If you grew up in the Philippines, you know the chant. “Langit, lupa, impyerno…” Everyone points in rhythm until the last syllable lands on someone. That person is the it or taya now. And the moment they finish counting, everyone runs. You grab the nearest bench, a staircase railing, the hood of a parked tricycle if you had to. Anything that wasn’t the ground. Because the ground meant the taya could get you.
That’s Langit Lupa (Heaven and Earth). One of the most classic Filipino playground games ever, and now somehow it’s on Steam.
NinetySix Studios, a small indie studio from General Santos City, built Langit Lupa: Office Wars around that same playground game. Desks and chairs are your safe zones now. The floor is still the enemy. And everything on every desk, every shelf, every corner of that office? Throwable.
Before each round, you pick a powerup from a randomized selection with a countdown ticking in the corner. Wall Passer lets you run straight through walls. Untouchable makes you immune to tags for a stretch. Water Cooler Spill creates a hazard on the ground. Garbage Blaster, Swap Gun, Cabinet Drop. Each one changes how a round plays out, and since everyone is picking at the same time with the same six-second window, nobody knows what the other players grabbed until it’s already too late.
Then the round starts. One person is the taya, everyone else stays alive by jumping onto anything elevated. Touch the ground and the taya can tag you. Get tagged and you become the new taya.
The demo on Steam right now has nine game modes, but the full game is planning to ship with over 20+. And here’s where it gets really good for Pinoys: a lot of those modes are based on other Filipino childhood games. Agawan Base, Patintero, Tumba Lata, Palosebo, Luksong Baka, Chinese Garter, Ice-ice Water, Sungka, Labo-labo. They’re all in there, running on the same chaotic office map.
Langit Lupa: Office Wars demo is free to try right now on Steam, and the full release is coming soon. It supports four to eight players in a private lobby, which means this is basically a group chat game. Round up your barkada, open a lobby, and within five minutes someone is going to get hit by a flying stapler and blame everyone else for it.
Controls are simple: WASD to move, J to tag, K to grab and throw, L to block or parkour. No long tutorial. You already know how to play this. You’ve known since you were a kid.
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