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Control, I'm Not Coming Back cover art

Control, I'm Not Coming Back

Desborde Games · 2026-05-29

Steam

AdventureIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player

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.

98%
positive of 5.4k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
1h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
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 12% of 11,312 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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