About Message From Aliens
Message From Aliens is a game tagged Aliens, Sci-fi and Text-Based by Artless Games, launching on Steam on Nov 1, 2026. That is a packed week for games like it, with 133 similar games launching the same week. The quietest week ahead for games like it starts Nov 30. The Steam games most like it include Add Astra, The Message from Deep Space and Similariddle.
Explore an alien logographic writing system with over 1,000 glyphs, from their number system to their culture and thought.
Launch window
Open in Launch Week CheckerBusiest weeks for games like this one in the next 12 weeks:
- Week of Nov 2, 2026 — Packed, 136 similar games
- Week of Oct 26, 2026 — Packed, 133 similar games
- Week of Nov 9, 2026 — Packed, 112 similar games
Quietest: Nov 30, Dec 7, Jan 11.
Also launching the week of Oct 26
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Steam data
Everything Steam lists for Message From Aliens · record updated 1 day ago
Overview
App info
- App type
- Game
- Developer
- Artless Games
- Publisher
- Artless Games
Languages
30 · 0 with full audio| Language | Interface | Full audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | ||
| Simplified Chinese | Yes | ||
| Traditional Chinese | Yes | ||
| French | Yes | ||
| Italian | Yes | ||
| German | Yes | ||
| Spanish - Spain | Yes | ||
| Arabic | Yes |
All 30 languages
| Language | Interface | Full audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Yes | ||
| Czech | Yes | ||
| Danish | Yes | ||
| Dutch | Yes | ||
| Finnish | Yes | ||
| Greek | Yes | ||
| Hungarian | Yes | ||
| Malay | Yes | ||
| Japanese | Yes | ||
| Korean | Yes | ||
| Norwegian | Yes | ||
| Polish | Yes | ||
| Portuguese - Brazil | Yes | ||
| Portuguese - Portugal | Yes | ||
| Romanian | Yes | ||
| Russian | Yes | ||
| Spanish - Latin America | Yes | ||
| Swedish | Yes | ||
| Thai | Yes | ||
| Turkish | Yes | ||
| Ukrainian | Yes | ||
| Vietnamese | Yes |
Platforms
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
Features
3Related apps
Patches
Patch notes
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Oct 22, 2026 Oct 22 Update
Reduced unnecessary screen redrawsDemo dictionary complete rate now only counts accessible words in demo.Full game (playtest build): Third message in epilogue rewritten.
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Oct 19, 2026 Oct 19 Update
Fixed a bug that prevented the dictionary from turning page.Fixed a bug that incorrectly highlighting dictionary categories with unrecognized words containing the marked word.Fixed a bug where automatically generated annotations weren't hi…
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Oct 18, 2026 Oct 18 Update
Dictionary is now unlocked in demo.Progress tracking.Ported the game to Unity 6 and turned down the unity logo.Reworked trailer and store assets, as many glyphs are outdated.
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Oct 15, 2026 Oct 15 Update
This is an internal test update.(Sorry, it is impossible to publish a tester-only patch note)Lots of typo fix and wording improvement.A qol feature in 5th small game.Player now bookmark specific page instead of entire article.I will update…
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Oct 14, 2026 Oct 14 Update
Today's update is only for full game's playtesting.Chapter 4 reworked. Players will begin learning about aliens one chapter earlier.Old chapter 4 moved to bonus chapter.Several adjustments to make the alien's world more scientific / sci-fi…
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Oct 1, 2026 Oct 1 Update
Fixed a few typosBased on information provided by a player, I modified some color scheme to better match the aliens' visual perception
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Sep 30, 2026 Sep 30 Update and Future Plans
Many revisions to dictionary entriesGlyphs with poor layout proportions have been fine-tunedSome glyphs are replaced by more understandable glyphs (I hope so)Mouse color now changes when hovering over an interactive objectText highlighting…
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Sep 21, 2026 Sep 21 Update
Option menu is now visible at the very startThe reason for hiding the options is, a playtester got stuck at options before solving their first puzzle for 1 hour. But now I think this might be a rare case. Lack of settings may cause more pe…
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Sep 20, 2026 Sep 20 Update
Redesigned a few glyphsChapter 1's most confusing article is broken down into several parts
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Sep 19, 2026 Sep 19 Update
Demo:Fixed a bug causing a glyph and its radicials mismatch.A few glyphs reworked.Replaced chapter 1 quiz 11.Some new text at somewhere. Full game:Renamed an alien
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Sep 18, 2026 Sep 18 Update
Fixed a typo in last message of chapter 1Fixed a bug causing player pagedown to an empty pageMore setting options (I am not telling you what is new)A new page in the main menu (I forgot to add it to demo)Disable rich textHighlight button n…
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Sep 17, 2026 Sep 17 Update
Demo onlineFixed a bug causing text incorrectly recognized as hyper linkFixed a bug in setting causing player to choose save slot - nullA few tweaks in small games
Screenshots
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