Look, let's be honest—studying is boring, which is why the cooperative cheating simulator Finals Week, developed by Italian studio Ravenna and Poland's Warsaw, is heading to Steam on August 29. Set in a brilliantly dysfunctional 90s-style school, it challenges you and your mates to pass a series of exams using literally every method possible except for actual studying.

You can copy answers from classmates, share textbooks, whisper sweet nothings via proximity chat, or transmit solutions using indestructible mobile phones. There are plenty of cheeky cheating strategies on offer, such as distracting the professor or utilizing secret passages. Meanwhile, the teacher patrols the classroom, wiretaps suspicious conversations, and polishes up an impressive throwing arm with erasers to clamp down on any illicit activity. Get caught, and you will find yourself fitted with a ridiculous restraining device that makes future cheating even trickier.

Naturally, this descends into a delightfully chaotic atmosphere where everyone either passes the exam together or fails miserably. You will need to communicate and improvise on the fly, utilizing an escalating arsenal of cheating tools: communication gear like mobile phones, walkie-talkies, and binoculars, alongside wads of paper, throwable objects, hidden textbooks, and even a tear gas gun disguised as a pen. Classroom equipment, secret passages, environmental hazards, and yes, even your own friends are all fair game for exploitation. You can also freely doodle on desks, walls, paper, and your mates, leaving behind genuinely useful study notes or utterly useless sketches.

During the breaks between exams, you can shoot hoops in the school corridors or interact with the surroundings to plan your strategy for the next test while unlocking fresh outfits, hairstyles, and colours.

Finals Week is crafted by DESTINYbit, a game development team based in Ravenna, Italy, previously responsible for Empires Apart, Dice Legacy, and NITRO GEN OMEGA. DESTINYbit likes to dabble across various genres and art styles, focusing heavily on building innovative anecdotal generators that whip up memorable, unexpected stories through play.