Please Fix! · published
If you played the PLEASE FIX! demo before, you'll find a different game behind the same help desk. We took everything we learned from it, threw out the old engine and rebuilt PLEASE FIX! from scratch: a new 3D office, a new cast, new repairs and a new week of work. You are still the entire IT department. The internet still goes for a walk. The printer is still eating a report. But now you can see it all happen.
A real office to run around. Six desks, a printer, a network rack and a lot of carpet between you and the person who needs you. Grab the right tool, get to the right desk and do the fix yourself.
Six coworkers, six different problems. Gary has a short fuse, and when he snaps it spreads. Bea is patient but takes her time with the duck. Chad tried to fix it himself first; it's worse now, but he tips. Linda brings you a coffee. Priya can't wait, but tips very well. Dennis sometimes forgets he asked.
Patience you can see. A hand up, then a frown, then steam. Leave someone long enough and the monitor goes across the room, and the anger spreads to the desks around them.
Four repairs, each its own little game. Press the reboot in the green. Tap the cable home before it slips out. Pull the paper jam, and let go before it tears. And the emotional support duck, where the whole repair is saying nothing at all.
A tool belt. You carry two tools at a time, so every trip to the tool shelf is a decision. People also catch your sleeve on the way past: "While you're here…"
The demo is Monday to Wednesday, and each day is busier than the last.
Monday teaches you as you play, one tool at a time, with no screens of instructions.
Tuesday brings the printer, which chooses violence and buries the floor in paper, and a fire drill that sends half the office out to the car park.
Wednesday the network goes down, and the boss does his rounds, handing out VIP jobs and taking points off you for every meltdown he sees.
Each day is scored out of three stars and has three side goals. Between days you pick a perk: faster shoes, a bigger tool belt, a friendlier auto-reply, a calming office plant and more, so no two weeks play quite the same.
Finish Wednesday and Overtime opens up: no clock, the boss on the floor and an emergency every minute or so, until the office gives up on you. It keeps your best score. Beat it.
Play with a keyboard or a controller. The game shows the buttons for whichever one you're using.
Music and sound have their own volume sliders, and screen shake can be turned off.
Pause whenever real life files its own ticket, or start the day again.
This is a new game, so progress from the old demo doesn't carry over. Your first Monday will walk you through it.
Some options from the old demo, like Cozy mode and reduced motion, aren't back yet. If you relied on one of them, tell us and it moves up the list.
This is still a game in progress, and the most useful thing you can tell us is where you stopped and why. Which day beat you? Which coworker did you leave waiting? Did you find the duck relaxing or stressful? The discussions are open and we read everything. If you'd like the rest of the week (Thursday and Friday are coming in the full game), add PLEASE FIX! to your wishlist. It's the single biggest thing that decides whether Steam shows this game to anyone else. Windows · single-player · plays offline · free demo Thanks for clocking in. Somewhere, someone is about to click "Reply all".