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Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between
Developer Silverstring Media Inc.
Glitchhikers is a surreal journey through the spaces between places. A late night drive, a deserted airport lounge, a moonlit walk through an empty park, a quiet carriage on an overnight train. Who will you meet? What will you talk about? Where will the journey take you? Find yourself along the way. From the Steam store page
142 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Jul 14, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
73
Fresh
83 positive · 30 negative
95% range 65–81%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 83 | 30 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
86 of 118 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
74% recommend · 84 yes, 30 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 114 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (131 of 167 positive).
Players describe it as a tool for introspection and relaxation, perfect for quiet moments. [1][2][3] Some find the writing pretentious and shallow, comparing it to a philosophy 101 student. [4][5][6] Many appreciate the calming atmosphere and the ability to just vibe with the game. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [4]
This game is like being slightly drunk at a college dorm party. The ambient is nice, there is a neon-DIY-decoration in the room and some sombre 80s synth music in the background, yet, you’re stuck with this second semester philosophy student talking about how everything is actually affected by entropy, that the light that reaches your eyes while stargazing is actually from stars that are long dead and did you ever …
- [1]
I find myself coming back Glitchhikers at critical junctures in my life. I've played it after the most difficult set of finals I've ever taken, after getting diagnosed with a chronic illness, after the death of a pet, among other times. This isn't the kind of game I pick up casually whenever or play for a long time. It's more like the moment I get to exhale after holding my breath. The various journeys you go on and …
- [7]
Calm vibes of driving with a friend and idly talking about life. Of sitting on a train, watching the world go by, and remembering that every other person on the train is living their own life. Of letting a walking trail take you wherever it will for the sake of a journey. Glitchhikers was one of my most fondly remembered games of the last decade for the calm space it gave me to just sit with my thoughts. The Spaces …
- [10]
Gave me more to think about in a 22 minute train ride than some day-long discussions have. Conversations feel like I'm speaking with my closest friends. The clerk walked me through a self-care checklist I didn't know I needed. Glitchhikers is what happens when thoughtful and introspective dialogue becomes the entire game instead of being support for some larger plot, and creates places I predict I will return to …
- [2]
Not a game, but a tool for introspection. Drive/walk and speak to characters/things about what makes up life. Not exceptionally deep, but incredibly worthwhile to contemplate what it brings up. This is about what you bring to it, not what it provides. Take care of yourself.
Summarised from 34 of the 143 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
74% of the 114 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between. The complaint that keeps coming up: writing is pretentious and shallow. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Reactions
60 of 142 · most liked firstTwo big thumbs up while sipping an old fashioned from a comfy chair. When speaking with people outside of video game circles, or students new to computer science, etc., I present a list of "must play video games." These aren't necessarily the big blockbuster titles, but are representatives of what could be done with games that couldn't be done in other mediums. "What makes games more special than movies or books? What pushes the state of the art, from a philosophical or artistic perspective?"…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice presentation, but philosophically, it's an inch deep.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I find myself coming back Glitchhikers at critical junctures in my life. I've played it after the most difficult set of finals I've ever taken, after getting diagnosed with a chronic illness, after the death of a pet, among other times. This isn't the kind of game I pick up casually whenever or play for a long time. It's more like the moment I get to exhale after holding my breath. The various journeys you go on and travelers you meet are diverse, but all consistent enough in tone that you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is like being slightly drunk at a college dorm party. The ambient is nice, there is a neon-DIY-decoration in the room and some sombre 80s synth music in the background, yet, you’re stuck with this second semester philosophy student talking about how everything is actually affected by entropy, that the light that reaches your eyes while stargazing is actually from stars that are long dead and did you ever think about how fish actually fly in the water, man? In other words, it's…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was able to play this before release. As the convenience store attendant will tell you, don't approach this in a goal-oriented way or somply try to access all the content - to do so misses the point. This is a series of spaces and contexts for reflection, with dialogue that serves as gentle prompts. There are a handful of games that allow you to spend time just vibing, but I cannot think of any others like this one, in which quiet time to let your own mind wander is baked into the core loop.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →looking for the feel of the original? go play the original. looking to be handled with kid gloves to an almost embarrassing degree? play this. the writing drags the whole thing down and i have no clue who the audience for this is.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →oh my god there's an infinite drive feature and you can full screen it onto another monitor and do other stuff without it closing the game. 10/10 i actually love it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hello new followers! I'm an author, game designer, and Studio Director of @silverstringmedia.bsky.social ⚙️👨❤️💋👨 Novel THE CLOCKWORK EMPIRE is queer anti-fascist steampunk 🌙🎵 Silverstring's GLITCHHIKERS is chill latenight vibes 💀🥃 Novella AZRAEL'S STOP is dark cozy fantasy linktr.ee/lucasjwjohnson
neutral · AI labelView post →i really tried to like this but could not, the cringe was so strong with every conversation it felt like i was talking to my 16 year old self
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not my cup of tea. I guess you're supposed to enjoy the weird and random conversations the developers thought up, but I just really didn't. I felt less like I was exploring and more felt I was talking to a philosophy 101 student who glanced at SCP briefly. This game honestly lives and dies in its writing, because there's not much else, and I didn't find the writing to be anything special. Sorry.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Actually I'm disappointed... The grafic and the concept look interesting BUT! As a narrative game I would say that the language is not attractive and beatiful at all (maybe it's just for me a non-native speakers? ). What about introspective and philosophical side? The agromentation and the answers are very limited, superfluous and biased. Acutally it's not fair that I can just hear your point of view and then answering just with few words which I'm not even agree....and the you start again. I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game saved my life so yeah, there's a little something for everyone.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Glitchhikers (a cool game i made with my friends) is on sale! please enjoy this piece of vibe-based media
positive · AI labelView post →Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between is a one-note philosophical conversation game. While the visuals and general atmosphere are enjoyable, the characters are cardboard cut-outs. Each character is one dimensional and overtly moralizing over an agenda, often on topics directly related to contemporary culture. Regardless of my own personal sympathies to any one character's agenda, the dialogue choices feel impactless. The dialogue does occasionally stumble into an interesting idea to consider. The…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The idea for this game is great- calm introspection with atmospheric settings. Good if you're just getting into philosophy for the first time in life. HOWEVER. man. does this game take way too long to get to anything. You spent 40 minutes in each journey to encounter 4 characters who have 2 mins worth of conversation. Your encounters are RNG based so you encounter the same person with the same conversation over and over again whilst you wait to find that last person you would like to talk to.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →we got a steam review for Glitchhikers that simply reads "cheaper than therapy" and that's probably the height of my game making career
positive · AI labelView post →I went into the store and spoke to the clerk and then 30 minutes had passed before I got out of the store. In that time I had got myself a bottle of water, plugged in a fan, lit some incense, and dug out a suit for 2 funerals tomorrow. The first night I played this, I went to bed late and had to explain to my partner the wonderful experience I had just had. This is the game some of us really need.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is an interesting one, while I did enjoy it and I do think it's worth playing, I think it's also very mixed bag, and in a very earnest attempt to be as accessible as possible, it almost undercuts itself. The point of the game is to have interesting, somewhat profound conversations with strangers, from a variety of worlds on a variety of topics and a variety of viewpoints. It wants to lead you to introspection, and while it's not necessarily bad at that, it ends up being a bit flat if…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not a game, but a tool for introspection. Drive/walk and speak to characters/things about what makes up life. Not exceptionally deep, but incredibly worthwhile to contemplate what it brings up. This is about what you bring to it, not what it provides. Take care of yourself.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →game looks great, but its riddled with dialogues I would have found really deep at 14 yo.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was talking to people on a train. one was an artist in a wheelchair. "I went to a different galaxy and they were wheelchair accessible because they weren't horrible people." "That's cool." I said. "But wouldn't you rather be able to walk, if that becomes possible?" "No," the artist responded, "the entire world needs to conform to my disability. If they don't, that's called eugenics and that's a horrible thing." There was no way to discuss this point, as if the game wanted to end the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🎮 Are you a dev with at least 1 game on @itch.io? 🤝 Wanna join Glitchhikers (@silverstringmedia.bsky.social), Bardic (@katescapedsgn.bsky.social), & more to support Take This & @igdafoundation.org? Submit your game for the Indie Allies for Impact Itch bundle! tinyurl.com/iaibundle
neutral · AI labelView post →for me this was just way too slow. I could hardly stay awake.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I actually played the original short 30 minute glitchhikers a long time ago when I was mid teens and it touched me spiritually, It's something I adored. A beautiful introspective gem that I implore you to experience for yourself. Drive on.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I completed the train and road journeys. The "hikers" encountered reminded me of people I actively avoid in life. They say a lot of words and make a lot of references to lead you to believe they're deep, but they aren't saying anything at all. I spent most of the time played just rolling my eyes.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Calm vibes of driving with a friend and idly talking about life. Of sitting on a train, watching the world go by, and remembering that every other person on the train is living their own life. Of letting a walking trail take you wherever it will for the sake of a journey. Glitchhikers was one of my most fondly remembered games of the last decade for the calm space it gave me to just sit with my thoughts. The Spaces Between took everything that mattered to me from the original and expanded on…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Come join @sumipanda.bsky.social and me and our friends for a new game! Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between! Starting now! www.twitch.tv/sumipandacha...
neutral · AI labelView post →>ride train >"wow this is comfy" >let's talk to this stranger >"So yeah, the patriarchy is really killing us" >uninstall Literally: Pay money, get political pandering The Game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Play this when tripping, u wont regret it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted to like it but I don't think I did. Exploring the environments the first and second time are cool, after that its really boring. The writing doesn't really challenge you to think about anything or personally engaged with me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The original Glitchhikers kind of showed up in my life out of the blue at a very formative time, and I found myself deeply wishing I could experience more of it. From that perspective, it could be argued I'm a little biased, but even so, it's the kind of experience I'm glad is out there getting made. Even without the conversations and the thoughts and feelings they're made to pull out, I would still deeply enjoy this game on some level; rarely do we ever get to play anything based on the sorts…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice escape from the day to day. Can have deep thoughtful conversations or just walk around the spaces enjoying the art/music. Particularly like the airport where I can make my own music :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The main gameplay of Glitchhikers is of you, in a first-person space, navigating a liminal space and interacting with the beings within it. These beings will talk to you about life and death, privacy and technology, stories and wonder. If you have met one of these ‘hikers’ once, you will see how each of their conversations will go. There is some narrative customisation and choice, but ultimately, you will not be able to change or sway these characters’ views on anything. Nor will they usually…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gave me more to think about in a 22 minute train ride than some day-long discussions have. Conversations feel like I'm speaking with my closest friends. The clerk walked me through a self-care checklist I didn't know I needed. Glitchhikers is what happens when thoughtful and introspective dialogue becomes the entire game instead of being support for some larger plot, and creates places I predict I will return to often.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I tried to like this, but it felt like what a teenager would think was profound.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game to play if you ever feel alone and lost.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A game of powerful vibes. Skillfully captures the feeling of the highway at night. The evening commute. The quiet thoughts in quiet moments. Contemplation and musing. Reflection. Play at night, dim the lights. Sink into it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"The real function of art is to change mental patterns, making new thought possible." - Jean Debuffet In of itself the game is art, which is hard to quantify in one's mind when you're wanting to know whether to play it. However, if you give this game the time and attention it deserves, and yes, that means eliminating all distractions for at least an hour, you may just find yourself in a magical, otherworldly experience that gives you the sort of vibes you won't find in many other places.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have not had best time recently and lot has bothered me, so I really just wanted to find a game where I can get immersed in atmosphere, relax a bit and take it at my own pace, and I would say this game delivered on that greatly, the game play aspect is pretty simple and straight forward but the conversations are really thought provoking but still make me feel at ease, some conversation subject might maybe get too deep for some at times but game let's u easily skip almost any conversation if…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →✨ We're in the latest Humble Bundle! ✨ Not every game can fit in a graphic asset, but we gave it a shot! Grab Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between + a BUNCH of other great indie narrative games (Norco! Disco! Genesis Noir! and more!) while you can. www.humblebundle.com/games/cosmic...
neutral · AI labelView post →Our game Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between is a weird late-night journey simulator 🌙 Enter one of four liminal journey spaces, vibe to the chill beats, and encounter surreal folks along the journey with you, who ruminate about life, love, art, and the universe store.steampowered.com/app/1449230/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Fun to look at; some interesting thoughts and conversations. Far more narrative heavy than I thought, but the dialogue is generally interesting and relatable. I do wish that other hikers we meet had significantly more dialogue so that if we run in to the same folks in a specific journey (such as the train), they would have additional things to say instead of repeating. Overall, an intriguing experience, and I have never played anything quite like it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This one is just straight up boring. I hoped for some interesting stories or at least something to make me think for a second, but all the things I have read or heard in this game are taken from somewhere else and are rewritten to sound sophisticated at best. At first glance, this looked like it is going to follow a similar glance like The Outer WIlds did, but was nowhere near that level or storytelling. You are served everything on a platter and that is it. NPC-s constantly try to add…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just as they say, it's not about the destination, but the... uhm, that other thing. A calming spiritual experience. Hauntingly human. Soundtrack is a work of art.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played the first Glitch Hikers back when I was in middle school, and it was one of the most formative games that I've played. 8 or so years later, this game came back into my life in a way I really needed. It's not for everyone, but its special to me.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it makes me feel things, but not bad things
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Glitchhikers is a nostalgic look at the conversations we have when we are finding ourselves, whether thats on a uni lawn or late night party, it reminds me of being young. Its a slow paced story but with many threads to pull at, and its worth taking journeys again.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's definitely not everyone's cup of tea, but it might be yours. To be completely honest, after checking the game out, I'm not sure if this is the game for me, at this point in time at least... darn it, Covid! This isn't the sort of game to play to wind down, despite the meditative music, since the topics covered in the many conversations you'll have with the glitchhikers are fairly deep and philosophical... though, some can be controversial as well I guess, depending on whether you are…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You can grab Glitchhikers as part of the "15 for $15" bundle from @humblebundle.com! With a widespread of genres, art styles, and game mechanics, this bundle is a great eclectic mix of indie games, and it is only available until April 15th. www.humblebundle.com/games/humble...
neutral · AI labelView post →Going live for a random-ish chosen game I know nothing about. I'm playing Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between. Appears to be a heavy narrative focussed game with a focus on healing from trauma, but aiming to be positive twitch.tv/LumKitty #VTuber #ENVTuber #VTuberEN #Twitch #Stream #Streamer
neutral · AI labelView post →"Garsh, I didn't know I'd meet a fellow traveler! The world is full of people all going their own unique way but arriving at the same unique destination at the same time. Ya gotta appreciate the wonder of the universe. It's impossibly vast and impossibly small! I used to play in a band. In it we played all kinds of different instruments. Life is the exact same way! We are all playing our instruments together simultaneously no matter where we are! Welp, gotta go! The sun is setting and I'm…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The niche this game serves is kinda better served by reality. This game has too much content. I greatly appreciate the idea of games as "spaces" but this is too noisy (content-wise) to elicit the right feelings. Of the three games I bought in a batch, this is the least remarkable, and the only one that removed the demo (coincidence, I think not).
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Now everytime im driving home at 10-12 and i pull open the radio on that one day where Joy94.9 is playing the "group therapy trance/techno" segment i feel really, really greatful, for life and everything in general, reminding me of this game and the things it reminds me to think about. Also taught me that i find it impossible to actually think about anything properly while driving. Naw but for real i like the idea behind it, especially the harder hitting seemingly realisticly dark storys…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really thoughtful conversations matched with great aesthetics. The music particularly was a standout.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is really fun, I have been lucky enough to play it before release. The art style is great, the conversations have so much depth and change over time...it definitely rewards repeating the modes and conversations over and over again as it evolves. It is a really nice digital space where you can come and go. You can easily switch modes, end conversations or quit at any point...but you can also linger a long time which is great. Stay on the highway or walking in the park as long as you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Fellow Traveller publisher sale starts today, and Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between is available for a whole 50% OFF! Get it now and enjoy a game of chill vibes, nighttime journeys, existential chats, and a ton of great music from @dmvibe.bsky.social ! 🌙 store.steampowered.com/app/1449230/...
neutral · AI labelView post →If you're a Vancouver local, come down to Heritage Hall on Main Street tomorrow for Vancouver Game Garden! vangamegarden.com We'll be showing off Glitchhikers, and we'll have SWAG! Get some free stickers or old Flow Weaver swag~
neutral · AI labelView post →a wonderfully beautiful game that has made me cry like a baby. It's just a really nice experience. One of those: "waking up t 4 am to watch the a meteor shower with your friends on a summer night" kind of feelings. One of those: "crying in the train because of a good book you've just finished while the spring sun is shining down on you" kind of feelings. One of those: "coming home from something fun and dancing in the rain to your favourite music" kind of feelings.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't know how or why, but whenever I get depressed about an upcoming big change in my life or whenever I feel lost, I come back to this game. It's hard to explain, but this always makes me feel better and more sure of myself. It's therapeutic.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played this obsessively on the switch to wind down can really heavily recommend. If only there was more to it and some more variation on the type of music would be great
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