30 Games Like The Message from Deep Space (and Which You Already Own)

Which of these do you already own?

Your Steam profile link or name: the games here that sit in your library unopened are wrapped and lit. Public profiles only. No account needed, and no library is saved.

Where to start

ScienceAliens

3 games that share both with The Message from Deep Space

SciencePuzzle

6 games that share both with The Message from Deep Space

AliensSci-fi

4 games that share both with The Message from Deep Space

ScienceSpace

6 games that share both with The Message from Deep Space

And more like The Message from Deep Space

Each with the kinds it shares, under its name.

The Message from Deep Space: how long it is, and whether it holds up

How this list is made

A game is here when it shares the strongest of The Message from Deep Space's Steam community tags, Steam genres and IGDB themes, each shared tag counting for more the fewer games carry it: two metroidvanias are alike, two action games barely. Games of the same series come first, a similar typical length breaks near-ties, and a game sold twice is shown once. Games that share the same kinds with The Message from Deep Space stand together, under those kinds. Up to 30 games are shown, and the list stops where they grow much less alike. Where to start: the closest; the best loved of the closest fifteen with 10,000 reviews or more; the shortest of the ones 80% or more recommend; and a hidden gem, 90% or more but under 10,000 reviews.

The sticker on a case is the hours its own page leads with: half of the game's Steam reviewers had played that long or less when they gave their verdict. It is not a time to beat. Under a case, the share of its Steam reviewers who recommend it: loved at 90% or more, liked at 80%, mixed at 65%.

Games like The Message from Deep Space

Which of these do you already own?

Where to start

Science+Aliens

Science+Puzzle

Aliens+Sci-fi