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Unusual Findings

Epic Llama Games · ESDigital Games · 2022-10-12

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AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view, Text

Releases: Oct 12, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 12, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 12, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Oct 12, 2022 (Xbox One), Jul 10, 2026 (PlayStation 5)

Three friends uncover mysteries in the 1980s. Follow their amazing adventures in a game where your decisions really matter. Be prepared to spin like a record on your incredible journey back to the era of synthesizers, VHS Rental stores, 8 bits games and evil alien conspiracies.

Unusual Findings is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2022, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 591 reviews).

3
playing now
90%
positive of 591 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
4.37★
PlayStation Store rating (315 ratings)
10h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

It's the 80s and the Christmas is coming, Vinny, Nick and Tony are young and their new cable signal descrambler just arrived. That same night while trying to decrypt a pay per view adult channel, they pick up the distress signal of an alien spaceship crash-landing in the woods near their town... Things only get weirder as they realize that the towering alien is killing very specific members of their community! Uncover the truth hidden behind the alien invasion... well sort of. Why here? Why is it killing locals? How can the boys stop it? Will they tune in the adult channel after all? The answ(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 81 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity up 108% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 28,838 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12k–27k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 591 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.85 at GameBillet (2026-07-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 38 of 65 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
686820222026Week of 2022-10-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 7 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
331Oct 2022Aug 2026Oct 2022 — avg 33 · peak 119Nov 2022 — avg 9 · peak 33Dec 2022 — avg 6 · peak 21Jan 2023 — avg 6 · peak 21Feb 2023 — avg 4 · peak 16Mar 2023 — avg 4 · peak 16Apr 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2023 — avg 4 · peak 19Jul 2023 — avg 4 · peak 16Aug 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Sep 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2023 — avg 3 · peak 13Dec 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Jan 2024 — avg 5 · peak 20Feb 2024 — avg 3 · peak 14Mar 2024 — avg 4 · peak 11Apr 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11May 2024 — avg 3 · peak 14Jun 2024 — avg 3 · peak 15Jul 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2024 — avg 3 · peak 12Oct 2024 — avg 4 · peak 17Nov 2024 — avg 4 · peak 17Dec 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10May 2025 — avg 1 · peak 10Jul 2025 — avg 2 · peak 11Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 14Dec 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Jan 2026 — avg 15 · peak 59Feb 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2026 — avg 5 · peak 15Apr 2026 — avg 2 · peak 9May 2026 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2026 — avg 4 · peak 15Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 12
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$3.892022-10-122026-10-082022-10-12 — best price $16.992023-03-06 — best price $14.992023-05-18 — best price $13.992023-06-21 — best price $12.892023-07-06 — best price $13.982023-07-24 — best price $19.992023-08-24 — best price $12.492023-10-05 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $10.992023-12-21 — best price $10.162024-01-09 — best price $19.992024-02-05 — best price $19.992024-03-14 — best price $9.992024-04-05 — best price $18.332024-04-29 — best price $9.992024-05-22 — best price $19.992024-06-17 — best price $19.992024-07-29 — best price $9.992024-08-20 — best price $18.332024-12-12 — best price $7.992025-01-09 — best price $19.992025-04-02 — best price $7.992025-06-23 — best price $19.992025-07-01 — best price $6.352025-08-19 — best price $6.792025-11-03 — best price $19.992026-01-07 — best price $19.392026-03-14 — best price $16.572026-04-08 — best price $4.292026-05-15 — best price $4.792026-06-11 — best price $19.992026-06-30 — best price $4.622026-07-16 — best price $4.992026-07-31 — best price $16.572026-09-10 — best price $5.002026-09-17 — best price $19.992026-10-08 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
80.3%
earned "Close Encounter of The Fourth Kind"
29.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableFamily Sharing3 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Russian

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2022-10-12, latest 2022-10-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5836%30
PS4 (PlayStation)15928%31
Xbox One (Xbox)15611%30
PS4 (PlayStation)9423%31
PS5 (PlayStation)1747%31
PS5 (PlayStation)119%31
PS4 (PlayStation)520%31
Switch (Nintendo)30%0
PS5 (PlayStation)20%31
PS4 (PlayStation)250%31
PS5 (PlayStation)0—31

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

Player tags

2DPuzzleColorfulAdventureNonlinearOld SchoolStory RichConversationThird PersonHidden Object

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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