Unusual Findings

Three friends uncover mysteries in the 1980s. Follow their amazing adventures in a game where your decisions really matter. Be prepared to spin like a record on your incredible journey back to the era of synthesizers, VHS Rental stores, 8 bits games and evil alien conspiracies.

Unusual Findings is a multiple endings, choices matter and old school game developed by Epic Llama Games and published by ESDigital Games.
Released on October 12th 2022 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 9 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Russian and Portuguese - Brazil.

It has received 434 reviews of which 398 were positive and 36 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 7.99€ on Steam and has a 60% discount.

The Steam community has classified Unusual Findings into these genres:

Multiple Endings Choices Matter Old School Point & Click Adventure Puzzle Third Person Conversation 2D Story Rich Hidden Object Pixel Graphics Nonlinear Colorful Family Friendly Sci-fi Atmospheric Mystery Comedy America

Media & Screenshots

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10
Processor: 2.5 GHz (Single Core) or 2 GHz (Dual Core)
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4850, NVIDIA GeForce GT 120, Intel HD 3000, or equivalent card with at least 512 MB VRAM
DirectX: Version 9.0
Storage: 1 GB available space

MacOS

OS: Lion 10.7.X
Processor: Lion 10.7.X
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4850, NVIDIA GeForce GT 120, Intel HD 3000, or equivalent card with at least 512 MB VRAM
Storage: 1 GB available space

Linux

OS: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Processor: 2.5 GHz (Single Core) or 2 GHz (Dual Core)
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4850, NVIDIA GeForce GT 120, Intel HD 3000, or equivalent card with at least 512 MB VRAM
Storage: 1 GB available space

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Dec. 2024

The pompous retro 80's atmosphere with its carefree clichés and music are the main thing here! The era of Miami Vice, Hanoi Rocks, synthpop, C64 computer weekends, prank calls, VHS (/w Betamax!), BMX bikes and sharp styles. If you loved Thimbleweed Park (2017) / Alien Incident (1996) you'll like Unusual Findings as relative mixture! Vinny, Nick and Tony are three different youngsters of witty, rebellious and adventurous type. The interaction interface here is a simple pie menu akin to the likes of Lucasarts' Full Throttle. There can be quirks when the requirement is for example to cooperate with a fellow kid; there is no straight out way to "ask" for example clicking the witty (geeky) Tony. One speciality is that there is no additional savegame mechanism (nor need really); the game is *just saved all along* as you go. This proved to be a working decision because no game breaking bugs were found. There are no dead ends either (even though you might occasionally swear it happened), but many ways to go forward and several different endings. There is more to play then after your 1st run! Iconic 80's film and band posters are scattered everywhere with variably funny changed names. Spot 'em all? Despite of some of its frustrating puzzles - Unusual Findings is a modern insta-classic you'll return just for the atmopsheric nostalgia hoot. Retro is a helluva drug, yes. Oh, and the The game is grrrreat on Steam Deck despite the still Unknown status.

Oct. 2024

Absolutely top-notch experience. Be aware the the seemingly unimportant choices you make during the start of the game affect the options you get later, for example one of my characters destroyed an item I thought I needed to complete a task, but there was another way. Make sure you sit through the credits for the Easter Egg afterwards, it wraps everything up with a nice bow.

Aug. 2024

Pretty nice game, the atmosphere is similar to one of the awesome Netflix series - Stranger Things. The spirit of adventure, mysticism, conspiracy theories, funny dialogues of geek friends and very cozy pixel graphics are what this short game offers me. I loved it from the very first minutes. For me personally, it's the best find of the year among indie games! https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3301197502

June 2024

If you’ve experienced childhood in the 1980s, and/or are a fan of pop culture of that decade, [I]Unusual Findings[/I] is an adventure game that you should check out. The developers took inspiration from movies, music and video games of that time, and crafted a game that celebrates and pays homage to this era. The game captures the zeitgeist of the 1980s in its creative and art directions: the graphics reminded me of those from Lucasfilm Games’ early adventure titles; character designs and plot elements had hints of [I]Back to the Future[/I], [I]The Goonies[/I] and [I]E.T.[/I] to name a few; and somehow, the developers got the rights to Dead or Alive’s [I]You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)[/I] to have it as the game’s title track. Pretty radical I must say. [I]Unusual Findings[/I] is quite by-the-book when it comes to point-and-click adventure game design. I didn’t find the puzzles too difficult, though I did need some pointers for a few. What’s impressive is that your responses to your friends – in form of binary choices – affect how your companions and supporting characters treat you. This means there can be multiple solutions to the same problem, adding a bit of replayability. By my third playthrough to unlock the last of three possible endings, however, I’ve had my fill of [I]Unusual Findings[/I]. That’s still a lot of game for an indie point-and-click adventure title that plays it pretty safe. [I]Unusual Findings[/I] may not break the mould – in fact, it has similar vibe as Netflix’s Stranger Things – but don’t let it deter you from playing it. The story is interesting, the dialogue is snappy, and the game design is solid. The developers’ love for the 1980s and their passion for this project can be seen and felt in every scene. The references to 1980s pop culture makes [I]Unusual Findings[/I] stand out among its peers. It helps that it has modern adventure game design sensibilities to appeal to contemporary audience, and features plenty of references to ’80s pop culture to give it a retro cool. If you’re looking for a game that makes you nostalgic for that decade, [I]Unusual Findings[/I] should be one of the top choices for your next purchase.

Dec. 2023

BottomLine at the Top: A good title that could have been a great one if not for some unforced errors. Still, def worth playing for all the 80's kids and P&C afficionados. Intro: Ahhh the 80's in the US of A. What a great time to be alive... 'cept for, ya know, anyone poor or belonging to any kind of minority group and what have you. Overlooking them though (as was done in the 80's) you had great music, style, movies, and of course the briefest of opportunities to catch the now extinct 'Merican dream. I personally think the peak of 80's nostalgia was around 2015 but for those of us Xenials that haven't completely given up in the second decade of the 21st century, this game is a nice reminder that we were alive for the briefest of times during which we all thought we had a shot at living in something resembling a normal world. Hahaha, ohhh how naive we were... Jesus that was depressing to write...Hey! Did I mention they licensed You Spin Me Round by Dead or Alive!?! Thats fun! Pros: -Excellent soundtrack with some licensed 80's music. -Well animated sprite animations -Enough references and in-jokes to power the most inefficient nostalgia fueled engine out there -Classic P&C interface -Fully voice acted -Hotspot highlight function Meh...: -There are some weird pronunciations and stiff dialogue at times ( "I turn it on", "I Turn it Off"). It’s like 99% fine, but that only makes that 1% stick out all the more. -The hitboxes on certain scenes either encompass so much of the screen or are so numerous that it’s hard to find a spot to click to move the characters around. -This game has the most "Its locked" or "Its Closed" responses to actions I think I've ever seen in a P&C Game. -Not a fan of the big yellow boxes around all the inventory items. This is a nitpick yes, but thats what the "Meh" section is for. -I have mixed feelings about the multiple ending’s aspect of this game. Not sure if I'll go back to see the other ones or not, would rather that energy was put into making a single-track story. Cons: -No manual save slots. For a game with multiple endings this is unforgiveable. -This title had a puzzle flow that varied from straightforward to complete "What the f*** do I do now?!?". To complete one of the endings of this game took about 6 hours and I think at least a solid hour of that was going back and forth clicking everything on the inventory on everything in the scenes. This is especially strange given that there is a hotspot highlight function. For whatever reason, some things just still did not register despite using that function and it was a frustrating experience. Final Thoughts: I normally don't give letter grades in my reviews but in this case I think I will: B-. It’s better than passing in terms of me giving a recommendation, but the combination of negatives and the cumulative score of the "Meh's" bumped it down to the B-. And again it’s kinda unfortunate as I think these were avoidable issues. Still though, I overall enjoyed the game and would absolutely recommend it at its current holiday sales price. Though there was some room left for a sequel, I have a feeling there will not be. If there ends up being one id def check that out too. For more point & click goodness, check out our P&C fan Steam group, The Coalition of Point & Clickers!: [*] [url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/CPANDC] Coalition of Point & Clickers Main Page [*][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/34690626/] Coalition of Point & Clickers Curator 👑 Powered by HoI 4 Deu Curators group in German / English 👑⠀⠀⠀ [*][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/30388691/] Follow Main group [*][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/40282064/] Follow Second group

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Developer

Epic Llama Games

Publisher

ESDigital Games

Release 12 Oct 2022

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