KAFI Announces Snow Panic, an Armed Ski Race for up to 8 Players
KAFI announced Snow Panic on November 7 for PC (Steam), with a release planned for the first quarter of 2027.
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Reporting from 2 sources: Automaton, Game Spark.
Why it matters
KAFI follows The Headliners, which passed 1.5 million cumulative sales and is being pursued for a live-action adaptation, with a smaller, faster multiplayer game, and the studio says it began earnest work on it around April 2026 after canceling another project.
Key Facts
- KAFI announced Snow Panic on November 7 for PC (Steam), with a release planned for the first quarter of 2027.
- Snow Panic is an online ski race for up to 8 players who attack each other with weapons and items.
- The game offers more than 15 types of weapons and items, including bazookas, homing rockets, mines, airstrikes, and an exploding goat.
- Snow Panic will launch with six snowy mountains, with more planned in post-launch updates.
- KAFI is a France-based three-person studio that includes Lucas Bouyoux and Bruno Grégoire and developed The Headliners.
The online ski race supports up to 8 players who shoot, mine, and call airstrikes on each other on the way down, with more than 15 weapons and items, including an exploding goat. It will ship with six mountains.
The Steam store page lists Japanese in-game text for Snow Panic, and the race track comes with hazards beyond the other skiers: bullets and rockets fly in from rivals, and wild animals also attack. Ragdoll physics send a hit skier tumbling down the slope or into a tree.
Online play has public and private lobbies, bots fill open slots, and proximity voice chat is included. A Custom Championship mode lets players set races, rules, and banned items, and a customization feature covers flashy 1990s-style ski wear, eccentric hairstyles, and skis. KAFI is a three-person studio based in France that includes Lucas Bouyoux and Bruno Grégoire.
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