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The Message from Deep Space

96% positive of 1,772 Steam reviews

Released: 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam

Made by Applesinmypants.

About the game

Mission: Translate an interstellar message, using the universal languages of math & science.

Tagged by players

Science
Aliens
Investigation
Text-Based
Dynamic Narration
Puzzle
Sci-fi
Retro
Space
Linear
First-Person
Language Learning

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Overwhelmingly Positive

What players say

Recommended
This game is brilliant. This game is way too long. Every message is a puzzle. There are 976 messages. I'm 25 hours in and I'm only halfway through. I've run out of gas, I'm done, I might come back to this in a few years.
28 h played when written. 50 found it helpful.
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Recommended
For years, I hoped someone would make a game like this, but foolishly thought it was impossible. Too complex. Too difficult. Too niche. But now someone has made it, and it's none of those things. In fact, it's even better than I had imagined. Have you ever wondered how you could develop a form of communication from scratch? Starting from absolutely nothing and building up all the way to a conversation about our…
26 h played when written. 19 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
it gets very repetitive and boring about halfway through, often with transmissions with an unclear or counterintuitive answer. i've ended up just looking up the solutions to super late game puzzles instead of finishing.
22 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.
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