Desktop Explorer

- Desarrollador
- Recurring Dream
- Editor
- Outersloth, indienova
- Lanzamiento
- Jul 17, 2026
- Steam reviews
- 96% of players recommend it, from 2,373 reviews — Steam calls that “Overwhelmingly Positive”
- Etiquetas
- AdventureIndieSimulation
En Linux, Steam Deck y Steam Machine
Según los informes de ProtonDB, este juego funciona perfectamente con Proton sin ajustes (5 informes). Valve lo califica como Jugable en Steam Deck.
Valve lo califica como Jugable en Steam Machine. Valve lo marca como Compatible con SteamOS.
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About this game
The developer's description, from the game's Steam store page.
Your uncle has given you his old PC as living inheritance. To your surprise, it still turns on! Inside, a letter tasks you with investigating a missing person’s case along with a mysterious puzzle game named Desktop Explorer. You’ll learn that your uncle wasn’t the only one who used this computer before, and that the program inside it has a deeper role in this 90s atmospheric digital mystery.
Features
- Explore a 90’s operating system where every window hides a clue.
- Solve puzzles using classic OS tools like: file explorers, chat logs, and corrupted applications.
- Dig through abandoned software and forgotten files to uncover the truth.
- Experience a psychological horror mystery told through eerie interfaces and fragmented memories.
- Navigate immersive 3D environments rendered in retro-digital aesthetics.
- Listen to an original evocative soundtrack and nostalgic computer sounds
- Play classic pre-installed computer games
Photosensitivity Warning
This game contains occasional flashing lights, screen effects, and rapidly changing imagery that may affect players with photosensitive epilepsy or light sensitivities.
Desktop Explorer does not use generative AI-created content.
All artwork, writing, music, sound design, programming, and game assets have been created by our development team and through traditional creative processes.
System requirements
As Steam lists them.
Windows
Minimum
- OS *
- Windows 7 SP1+ (or later)
- Processor
- Intel or AMD Dual Core at 2 GHz or better
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Graphics
- Intel Graphics 4400 or better
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Storage
- 400 MB available space
macOS
Minimum
- OS
- macOS 10.12+
- Processor
- Intel or AMD Dual Core at 2 GHz or better
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Graphics
- Intel Graphics 4400 or better
- Storage
- 400 MB available space
Downloadable content
Steam lists 1 item of downloadable content for this game.
News
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