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Desktop Explorer

95% positive of 2,359 Steam reviews

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Released
2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Platforms
Steam

Made by Recurring Dream. Published by Recurring Dream, Outersloth, indienova.

About the game

Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?

Tagged by players

  • Detective
  • Investigation
  • 1990's
  • Text-Based
  • Point & Click
  • Interactive Fiction
  • Psychological Horror
  • Immersive Sim
  • Mystery
  • Visual Novel
  • Puzzle
  • Stylized

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Overwhelmingly Positive

What players say

  • Recommended
    It's a really solid puzzle game. The graphics, the presentation, the characters, it's all pretty great. My only """negative""" is how the game tells the story thru a diary (the Chronolog) and it's kind of confusing, but that may be because I have negative IQ. Recommended!

    7.8 h played when written. 4 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    Very creative game. Loved the puzzles, loved the atmosphere, loved the progression, loved the tools. Most of all, the storytelling through the puzzles AND the lore snippets you collect fit perfectly with the mood and the theme. Simply perfect game overall Just add a "kill pizarro" button in between puzzles and this game is a solid 11.

    8.8 h played when written. 3 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    I was really existed for this game, had it wishlisted before it was out, but once I finally got the game I was sadly disappointed. I love games where you play on a screen, and puzzle games, this game had everything I love and perhaps that caused me to have my hopes far to high. The game is frankly boring. I kept doing puzzles and playing the game expecting the fun to come but it just never did. I have no plans on…

    1.9 h played when written. 3 found it helpful.

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