The Message from Deep Space
Fair · Short indie · 2026
The verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $9.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Reviews
- 97% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, OpenGL 2.0 compatible, ATI, Nvidia or Intel HD, 1 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
Mission: Translate an interstellar message, using the universal languages of math & science.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
- How long it takes to beat isn't in our data. We scored it as a typical Short indie game (about 4 hours) and docked the score for the missing length.
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $8.99. That was June 2026. It has gone on sale once in the 3 months tracked here, most recently in June 2026.
Value puts it in the top 6 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 81 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 99 percent. On the same math DEAD LETTER DEPT. ($14.99, scores 62) and Birdwatching Notebook ($9.99, scores 62) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
Of the 333 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written June 2026 to August 2026.
The drop-off
80% start to <1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
The Message from Deep Space scores 61/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. Length is estimated at 4 hours, not measured, so the score is docked. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/4080030/the-message-from-deep-spaceReviews set the ceiling, and price against its genre's typical length moves the BANG Score inside it, docked until a real length is known. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 1, price as of Oct 1.
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