Christmas Market: Tidy Up Together

The feast is over. The mess is legendary.

Snow is falling on Starfjord, a little harbour town tucked between the mountains, and its Christmas market glows in the blue evening light. The great Christmas feast has just ended, and every lane, table and pagoda tent is buried under plates, ornaments, gingerbread, candles, knitwear, toys and confetti. You and your friends are the Night Crew: a team of cozy elves with one job before dawn. Put everything back where it belongs.

Tidy up together

Step through the big welcome gate on the promenade, scoop up armfuls of items, find the stall or shelf where they live and watch the shelves fill with a satisfying clink. Every finished shelf earns Cheer, every finished stall rings its shop bell, and as each corner of the market gets tidied, the litter is swept away with it. Play solo, or bring up to 8 friends in online co-op through Steam or over your local network. Split up, race each other or tidy side by side.

A market worth staying up for

• A hand-built harbour Christmas market inspired by Norway’s west coast: snowy wooden chalets, glowing pagoda tents, a garland tunnel full of fairy lights, a 14-metre Christmas tree, a bandstand and a Ferris wheel by the water, with lit hillside houses and snowy peaks all around.

• Five areas to restore, all open from the first minute: the Feast Tent, Bakery Lane, Ornament & Candle Row, Knitwear & Toys, and the Mulled Wine Bar & Town Square.

• 3,486 items across 64 types piled up all over the market in Classic mode, or a shorter Cozy market of about 2,100.

• Twelve Golden Gnomes hidden around town, each unlocking a perk for the whole crew.

• A Workshop full of upgrades and festive magic: Guiding Star, Reindeer Sense, Elf Magnet and Elf Express.

Take a break

Ride the Ferris wheel for a view over the whole market and the lake, jingle your sleigh bells at your crew, warm up by a crackling fire pit, or press F1 for photo mode. When the last ornament is home, the sun rises over a sparkling, finished market.

Cozy by design

• No timers, no fail states, no stress. Tidy at your own pace and save at any time, with three save slots.

• Hours of Christmas music, plus carolers, church bells, crackling fires and the harbour lapping at the quay.

• A crew of cute, colourful elves with knitted hats, puffy coats and mittens. Every player gets their own colour.

• Hold Tab for a market map with progress for every area, and ping spots for your crew.

• Fully rebindable controls, extensive graphics settings and a reduced-flashing option for the twinkling lights.

Put the kettle on, call your friends, and let’s get this market sparkling before morning. Merry Christmas!