Message From Aliens

A sci-fi puzzle game about decoding an alien writing system

Artless Games · Released Nov 1, 2026

Reviews: Very Positive; 96% of 360
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 886; daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck: Untested
Last update on Steam: 23 hours ago; Nov 6, 2026
Minimum PC: –; not published

What is Message From Aliens?

In this single-player puzzle game, Earth receives mysterious symbols from space in 2058. You work through chapters that progress from numbers and equations to poetry and jokes, using your own notes and an alien-to-alien dictionary. The entire interface uses alien symbols, and you can reach the ending without translating every text.

For you if...

+you enjoy puzzles involving math and scientific concepts
+you like investigating optional texts and hidden content

Not for you if...

−you prefer puzzles that require little reading or interpretation

Screenshots and trailer

Message From Aliens system requirements

As published by the developer.

Can my PC run Message From Aliens?

The published requirements do not name a graphics card we can compare.

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Minimum

OS: win 10

Does Message From Aliens have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does Message From Aliens run on Steam Deck?

Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 29
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages: Text only: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Romanian, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Armenian, Assamese, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Basque, Belarusian, Bosnian, Catalan, Cherokee, Croatian, Dari, Estonian, Filipino, Galician, Georgian, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, Igbo, Irish, K'iche', Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Konkani, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Maori, Marathi, Mongolian, Nepali, Odia, Persian, Punjabi (Gurmukhi), Punjabi (Shahmukhi), Quechua, Scots, Serbian, Sindhi, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Sorani, Sotho, Swahili, Tajik, Tamil, Tatar, Telugu, Tigrinya, Tswana, Turkmen, Urdu, Uyghur, Uzbek, Valencian, Welsh, Wolof, Xhosa, Yoruba, Zulu.

Does Message From Aliens use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Nov 2, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam