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Control, I'm Not Coming Back

Desborde Games · 2026-05-29

Steam

AdventureIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: May 29, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.

Control, I'm Not Coming Back is an Adventure, Indie, and Free To Play title released in 2026, priced at free-to-play, with an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (98% of 6186 reviews).

98%
positive of 6.2k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
3,224
twitch viewers (latest)
3224.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
1
Nexus mods (1 downloads)
1h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2,749 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~344/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 28,838 Adventure games in the census by review count.

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 1 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.6k1.6k20262026Week of 2026-05-29: 1,650 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-06-05: 844 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-06-12: 608 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-19: 408 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-06-26: 335 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-03: 240 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-10: 304 positiveWeek of 2026-07-10: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-17: 292 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-24: 255 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-31: 251 positiveWeek of 2026-07-31: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-07: 150 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

5
achievements tracked
82.1%
earned ""The Edge Of The Universe""
64.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCustom Volume Controls#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)75430%5

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Census log

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