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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. 28 found it helpful.
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Recommended
The Message from Deep Space is a masterclass in slow-burn puzzle games. The entire experience, from start to finish, was constructed beautifully, and it was always incredible to see the game evolve over time in every way, including presentation, soundtrack, characters, and puzzles. The setting is hard sci-fi, inspired by the methods agencies like NASA actually think are our best shot at communicating with aliens. As…
37 h played when written. 17 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
I really wanted to like this game, in theory its absolutely up my street, but it suffers from a lot of problems. The biggest is that the problems are super repetitive, and the game always feels like its padding for time. Its normally spectacularly obvious when you've solved a concept after the first couple of puzzles, but the first few acts so far are a massive detour through super basic algebra and physics, with…
9.8 h played when written. 3 found it helpful.
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