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Stranded

Explore an alien world alongside an enigmatic companion. Follow the threads of a lost expedition while unravelling your own forgotten past. A mystery-driven adventure where knowledge is your greatest tool as you investigate interconnected ecosystems and gradually understand their rules.

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About the Game

A forgotten world. A lost expedition. A past waiting to be uncovered.

You wake up on an unknown planet with no memory of how you got there. Your hearing is damaged, your crew has vanished, and the wreckage of your ship is the only place that still feels familiar.

Guided by Astra, an alien creature with the ability of revealing a hidden layer of the world, your search for answers takes an unexpected turn. As your memories begin to return, so do unsettling questions.

What happened to the crew?

What was the true purpose of the mission?

Who or what is Astra?

And why does every answer seem to point back to you?

Discover the planet rules

Every discovery changes the way you see the world.

Plants, creatures and natural phenomena all follow consistent rules. By observing, experimenting and connecting their behaviors, you will find multiple ways to resolve environmental challenges and discover new routes.

Your useful PDA records every discovery, building a growing field journal you can revisit at any time. Expand it further by installing new app cartridges throughout your journey. 

Learn the ecosystem sounds

Bound by an enigmatic connection, your alien companion shares its unique abilities, allowing you to perceive, learn and reproduce the hidden sounds of the world around you. 

Use these sounds to interact with the ecosystem, influence its wildlife and discover new ways to progress as you uncover the planet's hidden language. 

Recover the past 

Investigate the remains of the crash, recover lost memories and piece together the events that led to your expedition's fate.

Return to your shattered starship between expeditions. As vital systems come back online, forgotten sections become accessible once more, gradually transforming the wreck into your home base. 

Explore at your own pace 

Take your time to explore diverse biomes filled with life, wonder and unexpected encounters. Wander freely and revisit familiar places whenever you choose. What will you notice the second time around? 

Let curiosity lead the way as you overcome dangerous situations through understanding instead of direct confrontation. 

Features

  • Explore a handcrafted alien planet full of unique flora, fauna and hidden secrets that reward observation and experimentation.

  • Progress through knowledge. Connect the world's behaviors to reveal new routes and resolve environmental puzzles.

  • Build your field journal. Your PDA automatically records everything you learn, letting you revisit your findings whenever you need them.

  • Perceive, learn and reproduce hidden sounds through your bond with an enigmatic alien companion.

  • Use learned sounds to interact with the ecosystem, influence its inhabitants and uncover the planet's hidden language. 

  • Investigate a forgotten expedition. Recover lost memories and piece together the events that led to your crew's fate.

  • Transform your shattered starship into a home base by reclaiming forgotten sections and restoring vital systems.

  • Explore at your own pace. Wander through diverse biomes, revisit familiar places and uncover new possibilities as your understanding of the world grows.

  • Experience an atmospheric adventure focused on discovery rather than combat.