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missed messages. cover art

missed messages.

Angela He · 2019-05-30

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationFree To Play

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: May 30, 2019 (Web browser), May 01, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 01, 2019 (Mac), May 01, 2019 (Linux)

‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

missed messages. is a Casual, Indie, Simulation, Free To Play game released in 2019, priced at free-to-play, with an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000 and a review sentiment of Overwhelmingly Positive (96% of 15533 reviews).

0
playing now
96%
positive of 16k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
IGDB user rating (41 ratings)
1.4h
to beat · completionist 1h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Missed Messages is a freeware visual novel game developed and published by Angela He. It was released on itch.io on May 1, 2019 and on Steam on May 21. The game has four different endings that explores the themes of depression, suicidality, and family pressure. It was originally developed for the Ludum Dare game jam.

Trailer

missed messages. trailer thumbnail

Missed messages. A short, visual novel where your choices have massive consequences.

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 432 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~54/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,087 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 29,120 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.0k2.0k20192026Week of 2019-05-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,983 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,792 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 377 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 790 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 444 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 319 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 409 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 390 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 360 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 351 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 300 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
432Jun 2019May 2026Jun 2019 — avg 43 · peak 175Sep 2019 — avg 8 · peak 25Dec 2019 — avg 9 · peak 50Mar 2020 — avg 12 · peak 28Jun 2020 — avg 12 · peak 26Sep 2020 — avg 8 · peak 23Dec 2020 — avg 10 · peak 25Mar 2021 — avg 9 · peak 22Jun 2021 — avg 8 · peak 24Sep 2021 — avg 5 · peak 21Dec 2021 — avg 6 · peak 20Mar 2022 — avg 6 · peak 17Jun 2022 — avg 5 · peak 15Sep 2022 — avg 4 · peak 10Dec 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Mar 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Jun 2023 — avg 4 · peak 14Sep 2023 — avg 4 · peak 13Dec 2023 — avg 4 · peak 14Mar 2024 — avg 5 · peak 14Jun 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Sep 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Dec 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Apr 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Dec 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 7May 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Attention

1722026-05-31 — 14 pageviews2026-06-04 — 5 pageviews2026-06-08 — 12 pageviews2026-06-12 — 7 pageviews2026-06-16 — 8 pageviews2026-06-20 — 4 pageviews2026-06-24 — 6 pageviews2026-06-28 — 11 pageviews2026-07-02 — 9 pageviews2026-07-06 — 8 pageviews2026-07-10 — 3 pageviews2026-07-14 — 9 pageviews2026-07-18 — 3 pageviews2026-07-22 — 6 pageviews2026-07-26 — 6 pageviews2026-07-30 — 8 pageviews2026-08-03 — 11 pageviews2026-08-07 — 2 pageviews2026-08-11 — 4 pageviews2026-08-15 — 8 pageviews2026-08-19 — 9 pageviews2026-08-23 — 8 pageviews2026-08-27 — 11 pageviews2026-08-31 — 9 pageviews2026-09-04 — 2 pageviews2026-09-08 — 4 pageviews2026-09-12 — 10 pageviews2026-09-16 — 8 pageviews2026-09-20 — 12 pageviews2026-09-24 — 5 pageviews2026-09-28 — 2 pageviews2026-10-02 — 8 pageviews2026-10-06 — 3 pageviews2026-10-09 — 6 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

4
achievements tracked
82.1%
earned "missed."
49.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-05-29 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,64862%4

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.

Player tags

IndieCasualLGBTQ+RomanceEmotionalSimulationStory RichFree to PlaySingleplayerVisual Novel

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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