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The Message from Deep Space on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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

The Message from Deep Space is a science, puzzle and aliens game developed and published by Applesinmypants.
Released on June 29th 2026 is available in English on Windows and MacOS.

It has received 734 reviews of which 714 were positive and 20 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified The Message from Deep Space into these genres:

Science Puzzle Aliens Sci-fi Retro Investigation 3D Text-Based First-Person Space Indie Dynamic Narration Linear Singleplayer Adventure

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS: Windows 10 (64 bit)
  • Processor: 1.5Ghz or better (x86-64)
  • Memory: 4096 MB RAM
  • Graphics: OpenGL 2.0 compatible, ATI, Nvidia or Intel HD
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
  • Sound Card: Windows compatible sound card
MacOS
  • Requires an Apple processor
  • OS: OSX 11.0
  • Processor: Apple Silicon Only - 1.5Ghz or better (64 bit)
  • Memory: 4096 MB RAM
  • Graphics: Metal
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
  • Sound Card: Mac compatible

Steam Price & Best Deals

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User reviews & Ratings

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20 hours played
July 2026
"I'm a translator, not a mathematician!" -Dr. McCoy if he was the MC Absolutely love the idea of this game. The characters, their quirks and their banter are absolutely delightful. I love trying to define definitions with context clues. (Happy dictionary, happy life!) I feel excited to keep playing and find out what the aliens want to say. Only one problem.... I feel in over my head with the math. It's no fault of the game, I knew what I was getting into up front. I thought I could muddle along, but got lost pretty early. Just a heads up if you suck at math like I do. Beware. Still giving a thumbs up though because I love the characters and if you're good at math then I can imagine this being amazing!
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52 hours played
July 2026
This game is a marvel. I highly recommend going into it blind, since every small discovery is absolutely joyous, and as you progress through the story, the game becomes profound and surprisingly emotionally deep. It's a pretty good candidate for GOTY for me. HOWEVER, a few caveats: - There is a lot of math, especially at the beginning (but also throughout). There is a purpose to all the math, and it's worth doing, but there's a lot of it. If the thought of balancing chemistry equations fills you with horror, this is probably not the right game for you. - The QOL is not great. There is a programmer NPC who creates tools for you, but as the game gets more complex, his work does not keep up. For example, there is an in-game encyclopedia that he just deadass stops updating like a third of the way through the game, which means you as a player have to maintain a bunch of notes on facts and relationships that you need regular access to. Also, the game is set in 1973 so I guess your character wouldn't expect to have access to things like text search -- but as a player, it's a NIGHTMARE going through all the materials without being able to search anything, open multiple windows, switch between panels, and so on. The most common functions you need are siloed away from each other so it's a million clicks to cross-reference anything. This becomes a huge time waster as the story evolves. - This might be an unpopular opinion, but I really don't like the NPC's. I think their endless bickering is supposed to be cute, but honestly they just come off as ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ who don't have much respect for their colleagues and only care about their own area of expertise. It's exhausting, scrolling through the chat takes forever, and it often interrupts the flow of solving the puzzles. - The hints, which come in the form of NPC dialogue, could use some improvement. I often get intrusive hints about things I understand perfectly well, but when I'm stuck then all of a sudden the NPC's clam up FOREVER. I wish there were more "levels" of hints -- a nudge about the translation if it seems you don't understand the words, suggestions about syntax when you seem to understand the content but don't know how to respond, and then more information if you're really flailing. There's a bit of this (I really like that sometimes the NPC's intuit why you wrote a wrong answer and suggest another approach), but it feels very piecemeal at the moment. - Finally, and most importantly, as the puzzles get more complex, the game gets fussier about your syntax, and sometimes what you're expected to type is counterintuitive. For instance, the game is often sloppy about parentheses (e.g. if the question supplies parentheses, I think that ought to mean that you don't include them in the response, but the game is wildly inconsistent about this). It's pretty feelsbad to understand the question perfectly but have to test a dozen permutations getting the red buzzer each time, and in some cases, not to even know whether the problem is a misplaced comma or a deeper misunderstanding. All that said, the dev is extremely active and responsive on Discord, and my impression is that they are hard at work on a lot of the QOL stuff. They have been gracious when players have mentioned ambiguous questions, poor answer formatting, typos, and other bugs. So I have every confidence this game will only get better with time; the game is still very new. Anyway, the game is magnificent, I cried more than once, and I'm not even done. Definitely worth much more than the $11 I paid, even if it's still a bit rough around the edges. If you're interested in puzzles, philosophy, and math, please, please, please play it.
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43 hours played
July 2026
If you love hard sci-fi like Project Hail Mary and learning to communicate through math, this game scratches that itch in a way I haven't seen from anything else. It's the most realistic depiction of first contact I've seen in a game, and figuring out what to respond to messages from aliens with makes you feel like a genius at times. I'm only about 10% of the way through the puzzles at this point, but I'm absolutely captivated by it. Amaze, Amaze, Amaze!
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34 hours played
July 2026
It feels like I've been waiting for this game my whole life. I'm a physicist and this is the closest I've gotten to the sense of wonder in the universe I felt since I was a kid. Great puzzles, well researched science, simple yet invigorating process of managing your own dictionary and syntax. If you want a realistic first contact story, this is the game for you.
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36 hours played
July 2026
If you like the scene in Project Hail Mary where Grace and Rocky are using clocks and tape measures to learn how to communicate, this game is that scene, but you're Grace.
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Frequently Asked Questions

The Message from Deep Space is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam.

No, The Message from Deep Space is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.75€ on Steam.

Yes, The Message from Deep Space received 714 positive votes out of a total of 734 achieving an impressive rating of 9.08.
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The Message from Deep Space was developed and published by Applesinmypants.

Yes, The Message from Deep Space is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Yes, The Message from Deep Space is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

No, The Message from Deep Space is not playable on Linux.

The Message from Deep Space is a single-player game.

No, The Message from Deep Space does not currently offer any DLC.

No, The Message from Deep Space does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

No, The Message from Deep Space does not support Steam Remote Play.

Yes, The Message from Deep Space is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for The Message from Deep Space.

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The Message from Deep Space
9.75€ Buy Now
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Developer
Applesinmypants
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Applesinmypants
Release 29 Jun 2026
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