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Released Jul 17, 2026 $14.39 · −20% Overwhelmingly Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Desktop Explorer

By Recurring Dream

Psychological Horror Point & Click Puzzle Investigation Detective 1990's Mystery Simulation Interactive FictionAdventureText-BasedExploration

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Followers 9,800

Reviews 2,458 Overwhelmingly Positive

Players now 104 Peak today 104

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Desktop Explorer is a game tagged Psychological Horror, Point & Click and Puzzle by Recurring Dream, released Jul 17, 2026. It has 2,458 Steam reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive). The Steam games most like it include Neon Hearts City, Digital Hunger and Gumshoe Detective Agency: The First Case.

Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?

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Neon Hearts City 71% match · Point & Click, Puzzle, Investigation
Digital Hunger 69% match · Psychological Horror, Point & Click, Puzzle
Gumshoe Detective Agency: The First Case 69% match · Point & Click, Puzzle, Detective
From Ruins – A Detective Adventure 68% match · Point & Click, Puzzle, Investigation
Room2Room 67% match · Psychological Horror, Point & Click, Puzzle
New Folder 67% match · Puzzle, Detective, Mystery
Our Ordinary Home 67% match · Psychological Horror, Point & Click, Puzzle
The Mystery of Oak Island 67% match · Point & Click, Puzzle, Investigation
Big Ear Detective 66% match · Point & Click, Puzzle, Investigation
סוד המדבר - Secret Of the Desert 66% match · Point & Click, Puzzle, Investigation

Steam data

Everything Steam lists for Desktop Explorer · record updated 1 day ago

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Overview

App ID2527160

Release dateJul 17, 2026

Last change number39797716

Last record update1 day ago

App type: Game
Developer: Recurring Dream
Publisher: Recurring Dream, Outersloth, indienova
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked 1 day ago
Technologies: Unity detected
Metacritic: 89
Website: recurringdream.studio

Windows macOS

Steam Deck: Playable

Single-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Prices

Price · US$14.39

On sale40 of 41regions right now

Lowest seen · US$14.39Oct 23, 2026

Checked13 hours agoin 41 regions

United Arab EmiratesAED

Every price change is kept from Oct 23, 2026 on. Pick a region below to compare.

Americas 10

United States$USD $14.39−20% Lowest $14.39 · Oct 2026

CanadaCA$CAD C$ 18.79−20% Lowest C$ 18.79 · Oct 2026

BrazilR$BRL R$43,19−20% Lowest R$43,19 · Oct 2026

MexicoMex$MXN Mex$ 164.80−20% Lowest Mex$ 164.80 · Oct 2026 Latin America (USD)$USD $6.79−20% Lowest $6.79 · Oct 2026

ChileCLP$CLP CLP$7.520−20% Lowest CLP$7.520 · Oct 2026

ColombiaCOL$COP COL$ 34.160,00−20% Lowest COL$ 34.160,00 · Oct 2026

PeruS/.PEN S/. 32.79−20% Lowest S/. 32.79 · Oct 2026

Uruguay$UUYU $U416,00−20% Lowest $U416,00 · Oct 2026

Costa Rica₡CRC ₡6.080,00−20% Lowest ₡6.080,00 · Oct 2026

Europe 5

United Kingdom£GBP £11.51−20% Lowest £11.51 · Oct 2026

Euro area€EUR 13,59€−20% Lowest 13,59€ · Oct 2026

SwitzerlandCHF CHF 12.95−20% Lowest CHF 12.95 · Oct 2026

NorwaykrNOK 135,20 kr−20% Lowest 135,20 kr · Oct 2026

PolandzłPLN 43,19 zł Lowest 43,19 zł · Oct 2026

CIS 4

Russia₽RUB 611 руб−20% Lowest 611 руб · Oct 2026

Ukraine₴UAH 279,00₴−20% Lowest 279,00₴ · Oct 2026

Kazakhstan₸KZT 3 920,00₸−20% Lowest 3 920,00₸ · Oct 2026 CIS (USD)$USD $7.51−20% Lowest $7.51 · Oct 2026

Asia-Pacific 15

Japan¥JPY ¥1,680−20% Lowest ¥1,680 · Oct 2026

South Korea₩KRW ₩ 15,440−20% Lowest ₩ 15,440 · Oct 2026

China¥CNY ¥49.60−20% Lowest ¥49.60 · Oct 2026

Hong KongHK$HKD HK$ 84.80−20% Lowest HK$ 84.80 · Oct 2026

TaiwanNT$TWD NT$ 251.00−20% Lowest NT$ 251.00 · Oct 2026

SingaporeS$SGD S$13.19−20% Lowest S$13.19 · Oct 2026

MalaysiaRMMYR RM35.20−20% Lowest RM35.20 · Oct 2026

IndonesiaRpIDR Rp 121 680−20% Lowest Rp 121 680 · Oct 2026

Thailand฿THB ฿287.20−20% Lowest ฿287.20 · Oct 2026

Philippines₱PHP ₱449.60−20% Lowest ₱449.60 · Oct 2026

Vietnam₫VND 171.500₫−20% Lowest 171.500₫ · Oct 2026

India₹INR ₹647.00−20% Lowest ₹647.00 · Oct 2026 South Asia (USD)$USD $6.79−20% Lowest $6.79 · Oct 2026

AustraliaA$AUD A$ 21.28−20% Lowest A$ 21.28 · Oct 2026

New ZealandNZ$NZD NZ$ 21.59−20% Lowest NZ$ 21.59 · Oct 2026

Middle East & Africa 7

MENA (USD)$USD $6.79−20% Lowest $6.79 · Oct 2026

Israel₪ILS ₪53.19−20% Lowest ₪53.19 · Oct 2026

Saudi ArabiaSRSAR 33.83 SR−20% Lowest 33.83 SR · Oct 2026

United Arab EmiratesAED 38.40 AED−20% Lowest 38.40 AED · Oct 2026

KuwaitKDKWD 2.87 KD−20% Lowest 2.87 KD · Oct 2026

QatarQRQAR 33.83 QR−20% Lowest 33.83 QR · Oct 2026

South AfricaRZAR R 143.20−20% Lowest R 143.20 · Oct 2026

Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
25919174	public	Oct 13, 2026

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
2527161	—	Windows	1.25 GB	521.0 MB	913570569212476726
2527162	—	macOS	1.29 GB	535.0 MB	744644683679545554

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	25919174	Oct 13, 2026	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Desktop Explorer

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
DesktopExplorer.exe		Windows · 64-bit
DesktopExplorer.app		macOS

Space per player95.4 MB

Filesup to 5,000

Save locations1

Root	Path	Pattern	Systems
WinAppDataLocalLow	Recurring Dream/DesktopExplorer/de-gamedata	*	All

Achievements

Achievements2318 hidden

Most unlocked81.8%Fortuna

Rarest7.9%Kojami Code

Fortuna Hidden achievement 81.8%
Merneith Hidden achievement 62.2%
I like your style! Change your wallpaper for the first time. 60.5%
"What a Thrill..." Hidden achievement 46%
Sol Plaza Hidden achievement 41.8%
Muralist Hidden achievement 41.2%
Screen Time Hidden achievement 40.1%
Taking Notes Create a Notepage file for the first time. 38.7%
Sold Out Hidden achievement 38.5%
The Tower Hidden achievement 37.3%
Desktop Detective Hidden achievement 34.8%
Desktop Explorer Hidden achievement 34.6%
Lore Master Read all of the past users' Chronolog Entries. 27.9%
Example quest Hidden achievement 27.6%
Masterpiece Create a Sketchy file for the first time. 26.5%
Neat Freak Hidden achievement 19.5%
WebSurfer Visit all Websurfer websites. 18.9%
This is not your computer Hidden achievement 13.2%

All 23 achievements

Can I Pet Her? Hidden achievement 12.3%
"Clever Girl..." Hidden achievement 12.3%
I am the Law Hidden achievement 12.2%
Power to the People Hidden achievement 9.2%
Kojami Code Hidden achievement 7.9%

Data from public Steam pages, updated daily; 5 days of history. LaunchRivals is not affiliated with Valve or Steam.