Burlaki: Paid in Kukish

Semyon Semyonych is hiring. The work is peculiar. The wages are kukish. The moustaches are magnificent. Join a fictional crew of river haulers in a comic arcade about making a living from very questionable jobs. Pick numbers, bonk the balda, turn the burmalda and repeat lantern signals during the night bdjezh. Every shift has a clear task and a result you can improve. Take the big contract: 60 tasks across six chapters, with number puzzles, cargo invoices, rotating pipes, choices and equipment to collect. Pack items in invoice order or connect a pipeline from inlet to outlet. Three repeatable voyages add cargo preparation, work stages and camp choices. Follow the river through 30 stops and take on longer errands between adventures. Visit the Carnival of Nonsense: six modes with 36 levels in total. Add numbers, alternate smallest and largest, catch the pointer in outer zones, steer against the wind or repeat an entire light phrase twice. Earn stars and bring trophies home. The river also has six tall tales with 12 endings. Deal with duck customs, negotiate with samovars or help a wandering moustache cross the river. Each story offers two branches with different jobs and a three-stage route. Finish either branch to earn its souvenir; return later to discover the other ending. Completed stages save, and each ending's bonus is awarded once. Spend your kukish on crew and workshop upgrades, then furnish your home with eight upgradeable items. A better samovar is a perfectly respectable ambition. Your room changes as you improve it, with space for earned trophies and souvenirs. Play in Russian or English, fully offline. Relaxed pace is available for timing and lantern jobs, with the same rewards. Sound and vibration have separate controls. No account, ads, in-app purchases or energy waits. Kukish are fictional game tokens with no cash value or prize redemption. Progress is stored only on this device. There is no cloud sync; clearing app data or uninstalling removes the local save.

Play Balda: 3 lives, Carnival or Tall tales from the home screen. The welcome no longer blocks play. Three new illustrations join a smaller artwork bundle: game images use 38.5% fewer bytes overall. Your progress and saved activities stay.