Mission: Aliens
Sergeant, last night we received a signal that an unknown aircraft of extraterrestrial origin had crashed in the taiga.
100% of 7 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Games like First Contact
Loved how story-driven and mysterious First Contact can get? These games are a good place to start.
The Message from Deep Space
A meteorite lands in 1973 and starts broadcasting. You are the mission's Translator, building an alien language from scratch using math and science, one radio transmission at a time. A slow-burn puzzle game where the deciphering is the story: patient, nerdy, and by the end, surprisingly moving.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Retro
96% of 2,117 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 204$9.99Message From Aliens
In 2058, symbols arrive from space, and the whole game is written in them. Decode an alien language of over 1,000 glyphs, starting with their numbers and working up to their poetry and jokes. No hand-holding, no hints: just you, your notes, and the slow joy of a page of nonsense turning into meaning.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Relaxing
94% of 541 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 466$9.99Signal Simulator
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.
Mysterious, Replayable, Relaxing
79% of 972 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99Outsider
Shape humanity's future in a sci-fi narrative game where choices matter. Experience an extraterrestrial contact while deciphering an overarching mystery of far-reaching consequences. Who is the Outsider?
Story-driven, Mysterious, Replayable
100% of 5 Steam reviews are positive$12.99The Unknown
Aboard a small spaceship, you embark on an exploration, daring to face the threats of the universe. Activate your spaceship and uncover the hidden secrets of this vast cosmos.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Retro
100% of 6 Steam reviews are positive$2.99Missing Pieces
Missing Pieces is a story-driven adventure in a vibrant alien world, full of hidden secrets, a plethora of languages and a sparkling cast of characters: lovable rogues, heartbroken families, and questionable allies. Find friendship and love, learn about yourself and discover who you really are!
Story-driven, Mysterious, Relaxing
78% of 45 Steam reviews are positiveFreeIntelligence
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!
Story-driven, Mysterious, Retro
98% of 84 Steam reviews are positiveFreeThe Fermi Paradox
The Fermi Paradox is a choice-driven sci-fi narrative strategy game in which your decisions in one corner of the galaxy can upend entire civilizations in another. Guide species through millennia and help them explore the vastness of space, make contact and, perhaps, create harmony.
Story-driven, Replayable
77% of 959 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$18.99no signal
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.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Relaxing
99% of 70 Steam reviews are positive$15The Frosts: First Ones
An adventure about searching for a missing hunter and meeting with alien beings! Explore wild nature, climb on a rock, lure out a boar, meet a wolf, survive in a rockfall. Heal a deer and trick a creature! Meet the Unknown and find mystery!
Story-driven, Mysterious, Retro
90% of 39 Steam reviews are positive$2.99Looking for Aliens
Aliens are among us! Can you find traces of them on Earth, the moon, and the edges of the galaxy? Find all the clues to prove the existence of alien civilizations and discover how making fried eggs can end up in a monster attack!
Mysterious, Relaxing
95% of 238 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$7.99Space Pilgrim Episode I: Alpha Centauri
Captain Gail Pilgrim flies passengers across the galaxy, and this trip to Alpha Centauri was supposed to be routine. A fusion scientist, a retired space marine and a priest board her ship, and things get interesting from there. A short, funny retro point-and-click adventure with a story that pulls you along.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Retro
88% of 1,356 Steam reviews are positiveFree
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An old-school point-and-click sci-fi mystery adventure game set in a futuristic building.
100% of 1 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
FIND KITTENS 9: Aliens
Explore a mysterious alien world, find cute cats, and paint black-and-white locations with bright cosmic colors.
95% of 88 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Magic or Machinations?
A sci-fi choose your own adventure game!
100% of 1 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Investigating Alien Cats 调查外星猫
Investigating Alien Cats is a short independent horror game where you help your friend Kit rescue his friend and survive under the dangerous axe…
79% of 19 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Console Space
You are the captain aboard a starship. Make decisions in the terminal's text logs: from repairing the reactor to moral dilemmas that irreversibly…
100% of 10 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Search
The existence of all mankind is under threat. You are the only hope!
75% of 4 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Astrotester
Astrotester is an action-adventure game. Complete tasks across various locations and levels.
100% of 6 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Vessels
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…
95% of 117 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
100 hidden aliens
Hidden object game in the cosmic setting. Black and white hand-drawn graphics in a cartoon style. Game for all ages.
86% of 487 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Hidden gems like First Contact
The Message from Deep Space
A slow-burn puzzle game about decoding radio signals from a meteorite, one transmission at a time.
96% of 2,117 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 204$9.99
Message From Aliens
In 2058, symbols arrive from space, and the whole game is written in them.
94% of 541 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 466$9.99
The Abandoned Planet
A throw-back, retro-inspired, point and click adventure with chunky and beautiful pixel art
94% of 203 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Exographer
Exographer is an exploration game based on science. Become an explorer, stranded in an alien planet, and discover the secrets of an extinct…
94% of 126 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Void Whispers
Assume the role of a broadcast engineer in a tranquil city. All seems peaceful until the sky above starts to reveal something deeply unsettling.
91% of 432 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Looking for Aliens
Aliens are among us! Can you find traces of them on Earth, the moon, and the edges of the galaxy?
95% of 238 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$7.99
The Captain
In this retro-inspired adventure game you will have to race back home across the galaxy. Collect new friends on your journey. Make new enemies.
92% of 308 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$19.99
In Other Waters
Guide a stranded scientist through an alien sea as the AI in her diving suit, one signal and scan at a time.
88% of 2,115 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$14.99
The Fermi Paradox
The Fermi Paradox is a choice-driven sci-fi narrative strategy game in which your decisions in one corner of the galaxy can upend entire…
77% of 959 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$18.99
The Station
The Station is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization.
86% of 991 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Signal Simulator
Game inspired by SETI. Take the role of a scientist to find an extraterrestrial signal .
79% of 972 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
Space Pilgrim Episode I: Alpha Centauri
Fly a starship, chat with a strange set of passengers and puzzle your way through a voyage that stops being routine.
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Newest games like First Contact
Message From Aliens
In 2058, symbols arrive from space, and the whole game is written in them.
94% of 541 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 466$9.99
The Message from Deep Space
A slow-burn puzzle game about decoding radio signals from a meteorite, one transmission at a time.
96% of 2,117 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 204$9.99
Midnight Saturn
A grizzled private eye in a sci-fi adventure takes a murder case no one else will touch.
83% of 30 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Intelligence
A retro-sci-fi themed mystery investigation puzzle game. Search for clues across the solar system, gather intelligence using your cutting-edge…
98% of 84 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Outsider
Shape humanity's future in a sci-fi narrative game where choices matter.
100% of 5 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
The Greys: Human Abductions
In The Greys: Human Abductions, you discover top-secret documents and unsettling alien evidence.
75% of 12 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
I Want to Believe
I Want to Believe is a first-person action game with elements of detective work, simulation, stealth, freedom of action, and driving.
82% of 49 Steam reviews are positive$16.99
Earth Ten Days : 981Hz
On December 22, 2999 AD, the Dutaf man—who had paid a fortune to purchase ownership of Earth from humanity—are about to fully take over the blue…
82% of 34 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Stellar Code
Mysterious phenomena from space. A researcher's fatal accident. Cryptic codes engraved on an unknown material.
96% of 462 Steam reviews are positive$24.98
no signal
An emotional point-and-click hard sci-fi adventure game about exploring an abandoned space station.
99% of 70 Steam reviews are positive$15
The Unknown
Aboard a small spaceship, you embark on an exploration, daring to face the threats of the universe.
100% of 6 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Exographer
Exographer is an exploration game based on science. Become an explorer, stranded in an alien planet, and discover the secrets of an extinct…
94% of 126 Steam reviews are positive$9.99