Games Like The Message from Deep Space

Welcome to the Museum! Machinika Museum is a mystery game where you discover beautiful and mysterious machines of extra-terrestrial origins in an atmospheric galaxy-spanning 3D puzzle game. Will you be able to understand their stories and discover what happened to their previous owner?

Why similar: Science 33.9%, Aliens 19.2%, Investigation 13.8%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Puzzle 10.7%

Game inspired by SETI. Take the role of a scientist to find an extraterrestrial signal .Control massive Radio Antennas by using interactive control in your Observatory. Detect , download and decode unknown or story telling signals. Manage and Maintain an electrical system to improve your systems and make it more efficient.

Why similar: Science 48.4%, Aliens 33.3%, Space 12.5%, Indie 3.2%, First-Person 2.4%

A short horror game where you control a decaying spacecraft exploring distant star systems.

Why similar: Sci-fi 18.8%, Retro 16.3%, Space 16%, Aliens 15.2%, Text-Based 13.5%

Machinika: Atlas is an indie puzzle game and is the direct sequel to Machinika: Museum, you play as a museum researcher who just land on Atlas. Will you unravel the mysteries of the alien vessel? Solve cryptic puzzles to find out what happened!

Why similar: Science 21.9%, Aliens 18.6%, Investigation 12.7%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Puzzle 11.7%

The Station is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations.

Why similar: Sci-fi 34.5%, Space 25.6%, Puzzle 15.4%, First-Person 12.2%, Indie 6.7%

Faraday Protocol is a first person puzzle game that will test your wits and intelligence. Use the Bia-Tool, an ancient pistol-like relic of an alien civilization, to solve puzzles by bending energy and manipulating enigmatic machinery.

Why similar: Aliens 33%, Sci-fi 17.8%, Puzzle 17.7%, First-Person 10.9%, Linear 8.8%

_전언:(_message:)은 심리적 공포 요소가 포함된 텍스트 어드벤처 게임입니다. 달에 잔류하여 지구에 있는 본부와 통신을 하는 사이, 당신은 점점 이상한 낌새를 눈치채기 시작합니다...

Why similar: Text-Based 23.8%, Space 19%, Puzzle 18.4%, Sci-fi 14.5%, First-Person 10.7%

Cypher is a first person puzzle game about cryptography.

Why similar: Puzzle 75.4%, First-Person 16.2%, Indie 8.4%

A unique puzzle-adventure set in the secret YogLabs research facility. As a newly created clone, you’ll face a series of challenges while disaster threatens to consume the laboratory.

Why similar: Science 42.8%, Puzzle 17%, Sci-fi 11.6%, First-Person 8.3%, Space 8.1%

EXOTERRA: A Space Journey is a first-person science fiction puzzle game set aboard a stranded ship in the vast, dark expanse of outer space. Explore the HOPE-03 and uncover the mysteries it holds as you solve fully interactive escape-room-style chambers powered by a physics-based system.

Why similar: Sci-fi 35.7%, Puzzle 31.4%, First-Person 15.5%, 3D 7.2%, Adventure 4.4%

Sethian is a sci-fi puzzle game in which you master a fictitious language. The only surviving speaker is an ancient computer. Does it hold the answers behind the disappearance of the Sethianese people?

Why similar: Puzzle 45.4%, Sci-fi 40.9%, Indie 13.7%

Epigraph is a short, challenging, language decipherment puzzle game.

Why similar: Investigation 39%, Puzzle 29.1%, Text-Based 21.4%, 3D 4.8%, Adventure 2.4%

A strange signal... an alien craft... an interplanetary, gravity-defying journey through space and time.

Why similar: Space 38.5%, Sci-fi 33.2%, Linear 11.7%, 3D 11.4%, Adventure 5.2%

A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.

Why similar: Investigation 46.2%, Puzzle 35.6%, Retro 11.9%, Adventure 2.6%, Singleplayer 2.1%

An emotional point-and-click hard sci-fi adventure game about exploring an abandoned space station. Follow messages left by the long-gone staff to learn the outcome of the research team and the secrets they left behind.

Why similar: Sci-fi 27.1%, Space 24.2%, Puzzle 22.4%, Linear 11.4%, 3D 8.6%

Venineth is a single-player game focusing on unraveling the mysteries of ancient alien technology, somewhere in the universe via exploration, platforming, and puzzle-solving, in a dangerous, distant worlds.

Why similar: Aliens 40.2%, Sci-fi 19.1%, Space 14.2%, Puzzle 13.6%, Indie 6.2%

An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.

Why similar: Sci-fi 41.9%, Puzzle 30.7%, Space 14.9%, Adventure 5.7%, Indie 4.2%

Fight against brain-rot in this story-driven educational physics puzzle game. You will need to learn and apply high school physics concepts to solve increasingly challenging problems and uncover a galaxy spanning plot. When you have finished, you will be able to take a college level physics course.

Why similar: Science 50.7%, Aliens 16.6%, Puzzle 11.9%, Sci-fi 10.8%, First-Person 5.1%

Embark on an archaeological adventure inside an ancient pyramid to find your missing mentor. As an intrepid explorer, solve puzzles, investigate clues, and unravel the pyramid's secrets. Spoiler: it was not built by humans!

Why similar: Aliens 43.8%, Sci-fi 18.5%, Puzzle 17.4%, Investigation 16.9%, Adventure 2.5%

Investigate. Interrogate. Descend into a world of intrigue to untangle the Mystery of the Malign.

Why similar: Investigation 38.5%, Puzzle 26%, Retro 16.3%, First-Person 8%, 3D 5.4%

You wake up in a spaceship with no memories. In this escape room with a sci-fi setting you will have to investigate your past solving different puzzles. Will you be able to discover what happened to you and how did you get there?

Why similar: Investigation 38.5%, Sci-fi 26.3%, Puzzle 22%, First-Person 4.3%, 3D 3.4%

Uncover the lies. Free your mind. Veritas is a compact narrative puzzle game that asks: what is truth, and does it even matter?

Why similar: Science 51.9%, Sci-fi 16.2%, Puzzle 13.5%, First-Person 7.4%, Retro 6.6%

Rethink human’s dominion in The Invincible: a story-driven adventure set in a hard sci-fi world by Stanisław Lem. Discover planet Regis III as scientist Yasna, use atompunk tools looking for a missing crew and face unforeseen threats. Make choices in a philosophical story that’s driven by science.

Why similar: Science 44%, Aliens 23.8%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Space 10%, First-Person 5.1%

A spaceship simulator for aliens, an ever-changing rule discovery puzzle for humans.

Why similar: Aliens 47.2%, Puzzle 23.4%, Sci-fi 16.2%, Space 10.4%, Indie 2%

A retro-sci-fi themed mystery investigation puzzle game. Search for clues across the solar system, gather intelligence using your cutting-edge investigation tools, and figure out what happened. When you find all 15 ships, you win!

Why similar: Puzzle 39.4%, Retro 30.1%, Space 24.6%, Indie 3.7%, Singleplayer 2.2%

10 CDs, 10 passwords. Find hidden messages, text, numbers to unlock next CD to continue your steganography puzzle journey.

Why similar: Retro 33.6%, Puzzle 32%, Text-Based 16.6%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Indie 3.2%

After discovering an ancient portal, you suddenly find yourself among the remnants of an ancient alien civilization. Technological relics, sprawling ruins, and cryptic puzzles are all that remain. If you are to learn their secrets, you must unearth the fate of the race that called this world home.

Why similar: Science 48.9%, Sci-fi 14.5%, Puzzle 13.8%, Space 13.1%, First-Person 6.3%

Exographer is an exploration game based on science. Become an explorer, stranded in an alien planet, and discover the secrets of an extinct civilization. Gain new powers to avoid dangers and obstacles in your journey, and use your camera to reveal particles and hidden clues.

Why similar: Science 59.1%, Puzzle 13.6%, Investigation 13%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Adventure 2%

Experience an immersive sci-fi adventure. Walk in the footsteps of the ill-fated crew members of the Miranda station. Explore a world cloaked in mystery and danger, solve clever puzzles to help discover the questions that...

Why similar: Space 28.5%, Sci-fi 27.1%, Puzzle 21%, First-Person 14.2%, Adventure 5.8%

The Turing Test is a challenging first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. You are Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA) sent to discover the cause behind the disappearance of the ground crew stationed there.

Why similar: Puzzle 31.2%, Sci-fi 28.7%, Space 21.4%, First-Person 14.3%, Adventure 2.4%

Investigating a time-loop during the Cold War, light years away from Earth. Neoproxima is a text-based adventure game that combines exploration and simple RPG and survival mechanics. Plan your next loop carefully, and go as far as possible before time catches up with you.

Why similar: Investigation 33.1%, Sci-fi 30.4%, Text-Based 16.6%, Space 16.2%, Adventure 2.6%

You must explore the labyrinth of riddles and investigate the apocalyptic event at the research facility following the experiments with the Higgs boson, or “the God particle”.

Why similar: Science 39.3%, Sci-fi 17.9%, Investigation 17.2%, Puzzle 11.2%, First-Person 5.5%

Woken from a hypersleep, you find yourself alone on a drifting star cruiser, light years from home. The crew has disappeared, leaving behind nothing but a few scattered records and a strange artifact that seems to hold the key to an alien civilisation.

Why similar: Puzzle 62.8%, Indie 27.8%, Adventure 9.4%

You wake up in a spaceship, you realize that strange things are going on there, you try to get back to civilization. However, this is harder than you think, the encounters will drive you crazy and you will doubt yourself.

Why similar: Sci-fi 28.7%, Space 25.8%, Puzzle 17.1%, Retro 8.5%, First-Person 7.8%

In a concrete slab beneath the earth, a lone technician is sent for routine maintenance on a network of supercomputers. Each terminal operates on its own hidden rules, and the only way to escape is to learn how to speak their language. Crack the code, unlock the truth.

Why similar: Investigation 41%, Puzzle 25.1%, Sci-fi 13%, First-Person 8.7%, 3D 8.5%

In this relaxing space flight adventure, you pilot the science vessel Eurisko XI on a quest through deep space. Explore fascinating, fractal-based exoplanets and uncover their mysteries. Analyze artifacts and upgrade your ship to unlock new pathways. Your mission: find humanity’s new home.

Why similar: Space 27.9%, Sci-fi 26.2%, Puzzle 20.8%, First-Person 10.4%, 3D 8.7%

In Escape 51 you play as a small alien that has been mistreated by humans as he works to escape the research facility that has kept him and other aliens like him captive for so long.

Why similar: Aliens 41.8%, Sci-fi 15.5%, Puzzle 15.4%, Space 14.7%, Linear 6.9%

Follow Nova Dune, a space explorer in her quest to find out about the unfamiliar distress signal she received aboard her ship. Determined to investigate it, she finds herself on a desolated planet where all civilization has vanished.

Why similar: Sci-fi 36.8%, Puzzle 32.3%, Space 20.2%, Adventure 5.8%, Indie 4.9%

The Moon's haunted - and when an astronaut loses contact with Earth, the adventure begins in full. Fill up your oxygen, load up the guns, and set out on an interstellar FPS adventure across the stars, filled with puzzles, fights, exploration, and strange secrets of the universe.

Why similar: Sci-fi 27.5%, Space 22.4%, Puzzle 20.2%, First-Person 12.1%, Linear 10.6%

In this award-winning puzzle adventure game, play as the Traveler on a quest to reunite the Peoples of the Tower. Observe, listen, and decipher ancient languages in a fascinating universe inspired by the Myth of Babel.

Why similar: Puzzle 80.1%, Adventure 8%, Indie 6.9%, Singleplayer 5.1%

MYHA is a First Person Adventure game (Myst-like), part of a sci-fi series named The Black Cube (ASA: A Space Adventure...). Visit Myha, a moon in a far away solar system, and try to understand why you were teleported there.

Why similar: Investigation 22.1%, Puzzle 15.1%, Retro 14.4%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Space 12.5%

Take Notes is a puzzle game set in the near future within a bunker filled with 40 unique puzzles. Prepare yourself for a mind-bending adventure where every puzzle solved brings you one step closer to stopping the unthinkable

Why similar: Puzzle 34.3%, Sci-fi 27%, First-Person 19.2%, 3D 10.8%, Adventure 3.9%

Red Matter is a story-driven VR puzzle adventure game set during a dystopian sci-fi Cold War. Take on the role of Agent Epsilon, an astronaut of the Atlantic Union dispatched to an abandoned Volgravian moon base on a faraway planet. Your mission: to investigate a shady top secret research project.

Why similar: Sci-fi 38.4%, Puzzle 31.3%, First-Person 9.9%, 3D 9%, Adventure 4.6%

The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).

Why similar: Puzzle 43.4%, Sci-fi 27.1%, First-Person 14.2%, Science 10.1%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Experience the reversed escape room game. Solve many different types of puzzles and venture deeper and deeper into the mansion's heart. Investigate what lies behind the mysterious letter from your dearest friend.

Why similar: Puzzle 40.1%, First-Person 19.9%, Linear 15%, 3D 11.9%, Adventure 5.7%

Solve intricate puzzles to activate Nikola Tesla's creations, restore Wardenclyffe Tower, and unlock hidden devices in his New York lab. Explore the Chicago World's Fair in this mind-bending puzzle adventure.

Why similar: Science 50.8%, Investigation 20%, Puzzle 11.9%, Linear 6.1%, 3D 4.9%

You are entrusted with the role of one of the elite captains, put on a high-tech mech suit suitable for travel into space and go on an exciting journey.

Why similar: Space 45.4%, First-Person 24.5%, 3D 17.1%, Indie 5.4%, Adventure 5.1%

Welcome to a breathtaking storyline full of portals, solving puzzles with an energy-absorbing weapon, and other adventures in a sci-fi atmosphere! Can you travel through parallel dimensions and uncover the secrets of your past?

Why similar: Science 62%, Sci-fi 14.9%, Puzzle 12.6%, First-Person 7.5%, Adventure 1.9%

Event[0] is a sci-fi narrative exploration game where you build a relationship with a lonely spaceship computer to get home to Earth.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 30.2% ★, Space 23.1%, Sci-fi 17.2%, First-Person 13.1%, 3D 9%

A story-based exploration game about the very far future. With the help of two Artificial Intelligences, explore a universe conquered by humanity, uncover your purpose in it, and try to stop it from falling apart.

Why similar: Sci-fi 60.2%, First-Person 15.9%, 3D 12.1%, Adventure 5.8%, Indie 4%

Mysterious phenomena from space. A researcher's fatal accident. Cryptic codes engraved on an unknown material. Together with your brilliant sister-in-law, you must unravel a mystery that could determine the fate of Earth. A sci-fi mystery visual novel of discovery and suspense.

Why similar: Sci-fi 33.2%, Investigation 27.3%, Space 21.7%, Text-Based 11.3%, Adventure 5.5%

Red Matter 2 is an immersive, puzzle-adventure game that will transport you to the far reaches of space. Step into the shoes of Sasha, an agent awakened in a lunar base by an undercover operative and tasked with uncovering the secrets of the mysterious Red Matter.

Why similar: Puzzle 36.4%, Sci-fi 35%, Space 9.7%, Linear 8%, Adventure 6.1%

The human species is all but extinct after an alien invasion devastated the earth. You are one of 77 returners - highly trained operatives given the mission of calling down the 8000 sleepers in space to rebuild the human race. Solve the mysteries of the alien ship to unravel what went wrong.

Why similar: Puzzle 41.5%, Space 36.5%, Indie 11.5%, Adventure 10.5%

Text based quest, mix of Sci-Fi and horror in the veins of Alien and Dead Space.

Why similar: Text-Based 36.1%, Sci-fi 28.1%, Space 19.6%, Indie 8.3%, Adventure 7.9%

Stellar Mess is a 2D point&click adventure game, set somewhere in Argentinean Patagonia. The game is inspired by early classic EGA games of the genre.

Why similar: Sci-fi 31.7%, Retro 27.5%, Investigation 17.6%, Space 12.3%, Adventure 4.6%

When the interstellar mission to colonize a new world goes terribly awry, the fate of the Letarri people falls into the hands of a lone adventurer. Now it's up to you to unravel the mystery of what happened. Can you save them and their mission, or is it already too late?

Why similar: Sci-fi 24.1%, Investigation 23.8%, Puzzle 16%, Space 15.2%, First-Person 10%

In the middle of a world-ending pandemic, a group of scientists discover the galaxy has been watching. From the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Subsurface Circular, Quarantine Circular is the next mutation in text-based adventure.

Why similar: Aliens 37.4%, Investigation 22.5%, Text-Based 19.6%, Sci-fi 15.5%, 3D 3.6%

Waking up alone in a derelict terraforming facility on an unknown (and distinctly not terraformed) planet, it's up to you to find a way to survive, learn what happened to the people who lived here and why you were abandoned in this narrative-driven incremental game.

Why similar: Text-Based 41.1%, Sci-fi 20.4%, Puzzle 19.2%, Space 14.4%, Adventure 3.2%

Atmospheric first person adventure game focusing on immersion and exploration. Meet strange characters, discover secrets and try to unfold the mystery of the Fragmentation.

Why similar: Investigation 47.2%, First-Person 28.9%, 3D 13%, Adventure 7.6%, Indie 2.2%

Quarantined inside an airlock. No memories. No way out. The remaining crew thinks there’s something wrong with you, but the Voice says it’ll help you escape. Navigate volatile conversations & unravel mysteries in this narrative adventure about trust, self-destruction, & shifting identities.

Why similar: Sci-fi 34.1%, Space 26.5%, Puzzle 22.4%, Indie 5.9%, Adventure 5.5%