New Yankee in Santa's Service

New Yankee in Santa's Service

Rionix · 2016 · Strategy, Casual, Simulation

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Mostly Positive76% · 37
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$1.24-75%
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About New Yankee in Santa's Service

Find Santa's missing reindeer to avoid a Yuletide cancellation! When Mary cast the spell that was supposed to take her and Johnny home at the end of New Yankee in King Arthur's Court 2, she goofed and scattered St. Nick's reindeer with a loud KABOOM! Now the bearded one is demanding Mary and Johnny collect his sleigh pullers before Christmas Eve. As you guide the hapless heroes and a band of merry elves through a winter wonderland, you'll need to carefully manage your time and resources. Plan well, and you'll be ready to defend your ground when evil Snowmen, cackling Ice Witches, and deadly Yeti attack! Don't miss this instant holiday classic!

Key Features:
  • Complete over four dozen levels!
  • Battle snowmen, witches, Yeti and more!
  • Assemble and repair a variety of buildings!
  • Cast powerful spells to complete tasks!
  • Search for Santa's missing reindeer!

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Players criticize New Yankee in Santa's Service as a shallow clicker game with minimal gameplay depth—essentially tapping objects to collect resources that unlock more tapping with little meaningful decision-making involved. The game also suffers from poor technical implementation, lacking standard PC features like resolution options and graphics settings that most players expect as basic requirements. While some find it an acceptable casual time-killer or relaxing experience, others feel it's significantly weaker than previous entries in the series and offers little challenge or engagement.

Not recommended Aug 10, 2023
"New Yankee in Santa's Service" is a pointless "12 Labours of Hercules" screen tapper/clicker game. There's no gameplay, just tapping on the screen. The game is made to look like you're making interesting decisions as you're presented with a map of a town/village/pathway that has you clicking on various things to collect things which are then consumed when you click on an obstacle, which unlocks more things to click on. This is so lame and shallow, you could write a script to randomly click the screen and given enough time, it would beat the game. From a technical perspective, the game doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard. There's no option to change the resolution and no useful graphics tweaks. There's no way to ensure this is running at the native resolution of your display. There's no guarantee this game will look right on any PC as a result of this hamfisted design decision. The game features simple, cartoony 2D graphics, of the type you normally expect to see in low effort mobile apps. 3D graphics programming does require a degree of skill and competence and unfortunately not all developers have the budget or talent to deliver…
4 found this helpful
Recommended Feb 11, 2026
New Yankee in Santa’s Service is a festive time-management strategy game developed by Rionix and published by ESDigital Games, continuing the long-running New Yankee series with a distinctly holiday-themed adventure. The game blends light narrative storytelling with resource management, multitasking, and mild defensive strategy, all wrapped in a cheerful winter setting. Rather than aiming for deep tactical complexity, it focuses on accessible, structured challenges that gradually increase in difficulty while maintaining a cozy, family-friendly atmosphere. The story picks up with series protagonists John and Mary once again caught in magical mishaps. What begins as an attempt to return home through spellcasting spirals into chaos when Santa’s reindeer are scattered across a snow-covered land. Now, tasked with saving Christmas itself, the duo must help Santa restore order, recover his missing team, and prepare for the big night. The narrative is whimsical and lighthearted, serving primarily as a framing device to guide players through the game’s levels rather than delivering deep character development. Still, the holiday theme adds charm and gives each objective a sense of festive u…
2 found this helpful
Recommended Nov 28, 2023
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2 found this helpful
Recommended Jul 5, 2025
It's okay time killer where you have to finish levels in time what's not my cup of tea.
Recommended Jan 25, 2025
Just a so-so game. Nowhere near as good as all the others in this series. Just makes for a relaxing easy going game. Not much to test your skills.
Recommended Feb 4, 2024
I am 32 years old. My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and we adopted our son together. Both are now 4 years old. When we were going through our separation, I felt lost and unhappy. I was self-destructive. One day, I was so angry with everything spiraling out of control that I punched a concrete wall in a moment of overwhelming emotion. This resulted in breaking my fifth metacarpal in my right hand—the hand I worked with, played games with, and used to carry my children to bed—the hand I desperately needed to ensure I could continue providing. Upon learning the severity of the self-inflicted damage, I became almost suicidal. Keep in mind that just a few months before this, I was the happiest man, with no history of depression or anxiety. I had never experienced anger outbursts, nor was I the type to break down and cry, but I was in a tough situation that truly prevented me from seeing the light on the other side. With nothing better to do, I looked for a game I could play WITH ONE HAND while recovering. Somehow, I stumbled upon this game and read some of the comments. I decided it was worth a try... I must admit I didn't beat the game, nor did I play as much as some of y…

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