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Missing Translation

AlPixel Games · GamesBoosters · 2015-09-24

Steam

AdventureCasualFree To PlayIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 24, 2015 (Mac), Sep 24, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Lost in a weird city in the middle of the desert and surrounded by strange creatures that keep staring at you. This is a game about exploring the unknown and solving puzzles... lots of them! Don't be fooled by the looks, this isn't a point & click adventure.

Missing Translation is a free-to-play Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2015, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 3311 reviews).

0
playing now
88%
positive of 3.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
49/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
1.4h
time to beat (IGDB)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Missing Translation is a simple yet oddly bizarre and charming story about a man (or woman depending on your preference) that seems to be living a boring and un-flavorful life, that is until they are transported to a mysterious world. In this world your selected character is to solve puzzles and do various tasks to further the plot.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 51 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2021-03-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
272720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1902026-09-14 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 11 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1301Sep 2015Aug 2025Sep 2015 — avg 130 · peak 359Dec 2015 — avg 11 · peak 24Mar 2016 — avg 9 · peak 25Jun 2016 — avg 8 · peak 21Sep 2016 — avg 7 · peak 25Dec 2016 — avg 6 · peak 14Mar 2017 — avg 7 · peak 19Jun 2017 — avg 7 · peak 17Sep 2017 — avg 4 · peak 15Dec 2017 — avg 4 · peak 12Mar 2018 — avg 3 · peak 11Jun 2018 — avg 4 · peak 44Sep 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2019 — avg 2 · peak 10Mar 2020 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Sep 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Feb 2022 — avg 1 · peak 6Jun 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2023 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2025 — avg 2 · peak 4Aug 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Aug 2025

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Completion

6
achievements tracked
51.5%
earned "He can talk, he can talk"
23.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

27 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-09-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,18258%6

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

2DIndieShortCasualPuzzleAdventureAtmosphericMultiplayerFree to PlaySingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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