🎮 Irbet Tong — The Typo That Found Me
(Filed under: Dept. of Petty Affairs · Indie Torchlight Notes)
I wasn’t looking for it. I mistyped something else entirely, and the Steam gods whispered: Irbet Tong.
A name that sounds like an error message, but turned out to be a heartbeat. A small pixel-art story about a Sakha boy sent to buy jam while his village literally sinks into the thawing ground. Forty minutes long, quiet, and full of soul.
There’s no combat. No tutorial pop-ups. Just permafrost collapsing, spirits humming beneath the soil, and a sense that you’re walking through a culture fighting to remember itself.
I love when a typo becomes a teacher. It’s not just a game—it’s a tiny act of preservation. Made by Kyhynngy Oyuur, set in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), it carries the chill of the Arctic and the warmth of a story told before the world melts.
Sometimes the best finds aren’t searched for. They’re gifted.
— Jerry ‘The Ankle Biter’ Silverhand Tribunal Chair, Dept. of Petty Affairs
Price / Length: ≈ $6.99 USD · ~40–50 minutes of play time (Steam Store)
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