HELSINKI ONLINE - PRESS KIT
https://helsinkionlinegame.com/press/
Press contact: pietari@albedo.fi

FACT SHEET
Game:        Helsinki Online
Developer:   Pietari Niinimäki, solo developer
Company:     Albedo Delight Oy, Helsinki, Finland
Release:     Supporter early access Thursday 29 October 2026 at 18:00 (Finnish time);
             public launch Thursday 5 November 2026 at 18:00 (Finnish time),
             with a free Visitor tier (the city centre)
Platform:    Desktop web browser with WebGPU: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari, Opera.
             A Windows version on Steam later.
Prices:      Visitor free. Citizen EUR 9.99. Supporter EUR 19.99.
             One-off payments, no subscription. The game is in early access.
Website:     https://helsinkionlinegame.com/
Play:        https://play.helsinkionlinegame.com/
Discord:     https://discord.gg/TsgS3FxcHS
Steam:       https://store.steampowered.com/app/4958560/Helsinki_Online/
TikTok:      https://www.tiktok.com/@helsinkionlinegame
Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/helsinkionlinegame/
YouTube:     https://www.youtube.com/@pietarni

ENGLISH

One line:
Helsinki Online is the real Helsinki as an open online world, played in the browser.

Short:
Helsinki Online is an open online world built from the real Helsinki. Walk the streets, fly over them as a goose or a duck, ride a flying bathtub, drive and take the tram, with other players in the same city. It runs in an up-to-date browser on a computer, with nothing to install.

Long:
Helsinki Online is the entire city of Helsinki as a multiplayer world in the browser. The city is built from open data published by the City of Helsinki, HSY, HSL and OpenStreetMap contributors: the real buildings, streets, trees, islands and shoreline, and the tram and bus lines that run through them.

You can go almost anywhere. Walk, drive, take the bus or the tram, row a boat across the bay, turn into a goose or a duck and fly over the rooftops, or ride a flying bathtub up the railway station clock tower. Day turns to night, it rains and snows over the real skyline, and everyone is in the same city, talking in chat.

There are minigames such as the Tub Rally and Viapori 1855, small ways to earn money such as returning bottles and cutting lupines, and you can buy a flat in any apartment building.

Helsinki Online is made by one developer, Pietari Niinimäki, in Helsinki. It is in early access.

SUOMEKSI

Yhdellä lauseella:
Helsinki Online on oikea Helsinki avoimena verkkomaailmana, jota pelataan selaimessa.

Lyhyesti:
Helsinki Online on avoin verkkomaailma, joka on rakennettu oikeasta Helsingistä. Kävele kaduilla, lennä niiden yllä hanhena tai sorsana, lennä kylpyammeella, aja autoa ja matkusta raitiovaunulla, samassa kaupungissa muiden pelaajien kanssa. Peli toimii ajantasaisessa selaimessa tietokoneella, eikä mitään tarvitse asentaa.

Pidemmin:
Helsinki Online on koko Helsinki moninpelimaailmana selaimessa. Kaupunki on rakennettu Helsingin kaupungin, HSY:n, HSL:n ja OpenStreetMapin avoimesta datasta: oikeat rakennukset, kadut, puut, saaret ja rannat sekä niitä pitkin kulkevat raitiovaunu- ja bussilinjat.

Lähes kaikkialle pääsee. Voit kävellä, ajaa autoa, matkustaa bussilla tai raitiovaunulla, soutaa veneellä lahden yli, muuttua hanheksi tai sorsaksi ja lentää kattojen yllä tai lentää kylpyammeella rautatieaseman kellotornin huipulle. Päivä vaihtuu yöksi, oikean kaupunkisiluetin yllä sataa vettä ja lunta, ja kaikki pelaajat ovat samassa kaupungissa ja voivat jutella chatissa.

Pelissä on minipelejä, kuten Tub Rally ja Viapori 1855, pieniä tapoja tienata rahaa, kuten pullojen palautus ja lupiinien kitkeminen, ja asunnon voi ostaa mistä tahansa kerrostalosta.

Helsinki Onlinea tekee yksi kehittäjä, Pietari Niinimäki, Helsingissä. Peli on early access -vaiheessa.

ABOUT THE DEVELOPER
Pietari Niinimäki is a game developer and 3D artist from Helsinki, with 14 years of experience in game development and 3D modelling. He makes Helsinki Online on his own, through his company Albedo Delight Oy.

OPEN DATA
The city is built from open data:
- City of Helsinki open data (CC BY 4.0). Lähde: Helsingin kaupunki, kaupunkiympäristön toimiala / Kaupunkimittauspalvelut.
- HSY - Helsinki Region Environmental Services (CC BY 4.0).
- HSL - Helsinki Regional Transport Authority, stops and timetables (CC BY 4.0).
- (c) OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0).
The data providers do not endorse this game. All credits: https://helsinkionlinegame.com/credits/
How AI is used in the game: https://helsinkionlinegame.com/ai/

IN THIS ZIP
screenshots/   12 screenshots captured in the game on 24 October 2026 (full resolution JPEG)
logos/         the Helsinki Online logo as transparent PNGs. The 3D logo is by @bones20ca.
photo/         Pietari Niinimäki
The trailer reel is at https://helsinkionlinegame.com/media/reel-1024-3.mp4
