Last Drop launches in Steam Early Access with a 1990s Finnish open world

Last Drop enters Steam Early Access on August 18, 2026. The debut project from Finnish studio Lohkare Games is set in the fictional town of Nykylä in 1994, where Seppo "Zeze" Sahtivaara is trying to keep moving while money is short and every new conversation can become a problem. The team presents the game as a story-driven open-world adventure built from its own memories and from stories rooted in Finland in the 1990s.

The unusual part is what Last Drop leaves out. This is not another open-world game built around firearms and a familiar crime sandbox checklist. Its central fights are skill-based one-on-one encounters inspired by classic fighting games. According to the developer, new techniques are learned by watching VHS action movies found in the world rather than by simply spending experience points. That gives exploration a direct role in expanding Zeze's options in combat.

The rest of the town is designed around everyday routines. Players can drive worn 1990s cars through roads, forests, and lakeside areas, ride bicycles, take odd jobs, visit the local pub, and use the sauna. The game also tracks practical pressures such as money and Zeze's Drunkenness level. Shops follow opening hours, weather changes, and townspeople have their own schedules, so the setting is meant to feel like a place with a life outside the main story.

Lohkare Games says the Early Access launch contains the first part of the story, with more planned during development. That distinction matters: the August 18 build is an invitation to enter an evolving project, not a claim that the full narrative is finished. The studio's announcement also stresses that many characters, encounters, and events draw on real stories, while the fictional town and its cast provide room for dark humor and exaggerated situations.

Last Drop is now available to add to your Steam library and launches on PC through Steam. Anyone interested in its mix of grounded Finnish detail, cinematic presentation, and fighting-game combat should approach the first chapter with Early Access expectations. The clearest question is whether the small routines and unusual setting can support the long-term growth of an open-world story as new content arrives.