The main character is an 18/19 year old (depending on what date the player starts their game) who has the family home to himself while his parents are on holiday in Tenerife.

These fluids must also be topped up periodically and the engine oil replaced after a certain amount of time in order for the car to function correctly.

In addition to building the vehicle, the player must address the various survival aspects of the game, such as balancing hunger, thirst, fatigue, urine, stress, and dirtiness.

The player's needs can also be addressed through swimming in the lake, drinking alcohol, smoking, or successfully performing tasks related to the completion of the car.

To earn money for car parts, fuel, and shopping at the store, the player can perform various side-tasks for people living around the area.

The tasks include taking junk cars to the mechanic, delivering firewood on a tractor-pulled trailer, using a vacuum truck to empty the septic tanks of neighbors, making and selling kilju (Finnish homebrew sugar wine), picking strawberries in a field, and picking up an intoxicated neighbor from the town pub early in the morning.

[8] On December 30, 2024, an update was released along with an announcement stating that "the game is transitioning away from Early Access", and that a sequel was under active development.

"[1] Both the Rock, Paper, Shotgun article and Eurogamer's Martin Robinson compared the game's difficulty curve to Dark Souls.