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Stranded
Developer Peter Moorhead
A minimal point and click adventure, designed to take the player on a short but memorable journey. From the Steam store page
215 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
45
Mixed
85 positive · 103 negative
95% range 38–52%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 85 | 103 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Negative
141 of 406 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
45% recommend · 85 yes, 105 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 190 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Negative (213 of 550 positive).
Many reviewers find the lack of puzzles and interaction frustrating, with slow movement and repetitive gameplay. [1][2][3] Some recommend it only at a steep discount for fans of atmospheric art projects. [4][5][6]
Liked
Representative posts
- [7]
I don't get why this game got such bad reviews. This is a short, damn beautiful looking adventure. It has a gorgeous art direction with excellent pixel art. The music and sound design are also really good, and make for a really immersive and atmospheric experience, that encourages you to explore this alien world. It has a really good, slow pace that sinks you little by little in its world and delivers a memorable …
- [4]
The one sentence description of the game by the dev is accurate. Minimal and short but I did find it memorable with some good music to liven up the slow gait of your astronaut avatar. At a steep discount I recommend it to adventure and pixel art enthusiasts that don't mind the brevity or the abstract nature of the storytelling... which is just fine by me.
- [1]
Even if it's on sale: just say no. I think we all need to stop buying anything Peter Moorhead puts out, because we're funding the production of nonsense. If you want to build a minimalist title to make me think about something, everything had better be pretty polished so that I can focus on what you're trying to get me to think about. OK, it's a walking simulator. I'm cool with that as long as walking itself doesn't …
- [2]
I only played it for 10 minutes. Even that was nearly PHYSICALLY painful to bear. You walk. You reckon - oh, it's an adventure, - therefore, I should click on things! :-D NO. -.- No, you can't. Because there are no things to click. Just empty, lifeless screens. And nothing, NOTHING to freaking interact with. No "take this thing", or "use this thing", or even The Basic ♥♥♥♥♥ of adventures, "look at thing". Just …
- [14]
I got this game for 1,19€ so it's okay... But the original price is nearly robbery! Don't get me wrong. What you will see and experience is beautifull. I love pixel stile and this game has wonderful maps. But only 16 of them... and you have to visit each over and over again. You can't do anything. Just walk to all maps until the ending. I think I needed around 30-40 minutes to complete the game,,, Can't really say …
Summarised from 34 of the 207 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 11, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked Stranded talk about beautiful pixel art and atmosphere; those who didn't talk about very short, about an hour of content. Which matters more to you?
Reactions
60 of 215 · most liked firstYeah, the Stranded being a very ham fisted reference to Hurricane Katrina went over my head when I first played the game but that was because I was 11 in 2006.
neutral · AI labelView post →The down votes aren't wrong. But, it reminded me of a few of my friends in elementary school...the sorta nerdy ones, that liked to draw, but didn't have the extra lunch money for brownies and snacks...every now and then, we would have an extra nickle, or dime, or if we were really high-rolling, a quarter. Anyway, us poor trailer park nerd kids never had enough for those awesome .50 cent brownies at lunch time, but discovered that if we drew a cool enough picture, someone would give us a nickle…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The one sentence description of the game by the dev is accurate. Minimal and short but I did find it memorable with some good music to liven up the slow gait of your astronaut avatar. At a steep discount I recommend it to adventure and pixel art enthusiasts that don't mind the brevity or the abstract nature of the storytelling... which is just fine by me.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →(WIP) Crafting swords and armours in my multiplayer factory automation game! ⚔️ Wishlist Left Stranded! store.steampowered.com/app/1936750/... It would help a lot! 🙂 #godotengine #gamedev #automationgame #indiedev #playleftstranded
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m not a huge fan of Apple, but I have to admit that the Macbook Air M1 works impressively well after five years. Thinner than my notepad, comfy trackpad and keeps up perfectly for developing A Stranded Spark! Of course I’m not expecting to make anything visually heavy, but works for me! #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →Even if it's on sale: just say no. I think we all need to stop buying anything Peter Moorhead puts out, because we're funding the production of nonsense. If you want to build a minimalist title to make me think about something, everything had better be pretty polished so that I can focus on what you're trying to get me to think about. OK, it's a walking simulator. I'm cool with that as long as walking itself doesn't become an unbearable chore while I wait for you tell me a story or give me…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Solid article here about how the tariffs are going to harm tabletop gaming. ICv2: $1.2 Million in Cephalofair Games Stranded in China; Other Publishers Warn of Price Increases icv2.com/articles/new...
neutral · AI labelView post →One year younger than Stranded, released on this day in 1974, another game changer! Kraftwerk - Autobahn 🎶🎹🇩🇪
neutral · AI labelView post →My first ever #TTRPG is LIVE now on itch.io! Stranded in space is a 2+ player GMless game about being stuck on a broken space shuttle with your rival. Tell an enemies to lovers style story with your game partner(s) by playing through events rolled on the event table as you await rescue.
neutral · AI labelView post →Point and click adventure on an alien planet with some minimal exploration. Very short, very slow pace. Visually is nice but to put simply there's not much to it. So play only if you need it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not horrible, but not worth the asking price. The art style isn't too bad, if you don't mind the retro 16 bit aesthetic. The soundtrack is actually quite good, if a bit limited. The problem is that there isn't too much of a GAME here. Stranded takes about an hour to finish it (I can't really say "beat" when there are no challenges), and half that with a guide. I didn't mind the very short time I spent in this game, but it was an experience I'd expect from a (free) flash game on Newgrounds…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I only played it for 10 minutes. Even that was nearly PHYSICALLY painful to bear. You walk. You reckon - oh, it's an adventure, - therefore, I should click on things! :-D NO. -.- No, you can't. Because there are no things to click. Just empty, lifeless screens. And nothing, NOTHING to freaking interact with. No "take this thing", or "use this thing", or even The Basic ♥♥♥♥♥ of adventures, "look at thing". Just nothing. And every. Single. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Screen that you cross. Costs you MULTIPLE…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't wanna play this "What was your biggest impact on the internet?" game because I recommended notch play Stranded 2 and then we got tool durability in every video game even though most of them don't benefit from it.
negative · AI labelView post →+Nice art +Nice atmosphere -terrible controls -terrible 'gameplay' -short -repetetive
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Almost reached the 1000 active Wishlists mark for my factory automation game Left Stranded! 🎁 ✨Wishlist on steam! ✨ s.team/a/1936750 #gamedev #indiegame #godot
neutral · AI labelView post →Hmm.. no sorry, cannot recommend this point and click game, because it is missing a number of elements. For a game where the walking speed is so slow, it would have been nice to have some hotspots. Then, not having a menu to turn down the sound meant the tiny music loop was unbearable, and I was unable to save the game. I think would have liked the concept, but I just found the interface to be unplayable. Technically, it ran fine on ubuntu linux 16.04 with intel drivers.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Minimalist science fiction adventure game in which you, as an astronaut, explore the surface of a mysterious planet after a shipwreck ✅Interesting theme of loneliness and isolation ✅Good music that fits the atmosphere ✅The price is right ❌No puzzles and practically no interaction ❌Very slow character movement ❌No clear goal or plot explanation ❌Little interaction and practically no gameplay ❌Little content to discover ❌Many empty locations ❌No dialogue or story explanation ❌Poor graphics ❌❌…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Stranded is a boring walking simulator with pixel graphics. A spaceship crashes on an unknown planet, and our task is to explore the map's surroundings and try to repair the ship. Walking is slow. It's boring, and there are no hints.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In my slow progression through old bundle games and SG wins, I decided to fire this one up today. Stranded actually was quite a bit better than all the neg reviews would have you believe. Is it a great game? No. In fact, I would say it is mediocre. Not bad however. It's a bit mysterious story-wise, but I assume that after being stranded on this planet, you realize your only means of survival is to transfer your consciousness to one of the robots on the planet. Doesn't help you from being…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got this game for 1,19€ so it's okay... But the original price is nearly robbery! Don't get me wrong. What you will see and experience is beautifull. I love pixel stile and this game has wonderful maps. But only 16 of them... and you have to visit each over and over again. You can't do anything. Just walk to all maps until the ending. I think I needed around 30-40 minutes to complete the game,,, Can't really say it correctly cause I idled the game a bit for the trading cards. :D I'm sure I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't get why this game got such bad reviews. This is a short, damn beautiful looking adventure. It has a gorgeous art direction with excellent pixel art. The music and sound design are also really good, and make for a really immersive and atmospheric experience, that encourages you to explore this alien world. It has a really good, slow pace that sinks you little by little in its world and delivers a memorable ending and experience overall. Give it a chance!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I understand why people aren't fans of this game. It's not clear initially what you need to do and all you seem to do is walk around triggering different events. Despite this I did feel compelled to see it through to the end to see what was going to happen. It's not a long game, you will only need about an hour to finish it so keep that in mind if purchasing at full price.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I just added an action bar to my multiplayer factory automation game I called Left Stranded! #gamedev #godot #factorygame
neutral · AI labelView post →I bought this on sale and still feel cheated. There are about as many screens as you see in the preview and hardly anything I'd call a puzzle. I was hoping for the Dig and got something that probably should have been a free promo for a real game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a game with a good idea but just really badly realized. Lack of anything to do while progressing through the game with an infuriatingly bad input control. Clicking to walk somewhere can NOT be cancelled or updated with a new click? Wtf? Horrible pathfinder. And very slow walkspeed on top makes it so frustrating to play that I several times just wanted to quit and uninstall the game. Because guess what the only thing you have to do in the game? Click to walk somewhere! Yrk! Conclusion:…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →1986 World Series #StatisPro replay 10/18/1986 Game 1 - Angels @ Mets STRANDED RUNNERS EVERYWHERE AS METS TAKE GAME 1 CAL - 000 000 000 - 0 8 0 NYM - 001 000 000 - 1 7 0 WP: Ron Darling (WS 1-0, postseason 1-0) LP: Mike Witt (0-1, 1-2)
neutral · AI labelView post →Trying out Stranded Deep with my babes. Definitely an interesting game so far.
neutral · AI labelView post →Less than an hour's worth of content if you are lucky and stumble upon the required events. This is a short point and click walking sim with its own little story to tell. I say if you have a buck and want to spend an hour enjoying an alien planet and some chill music, then pick it up. I don't regret my time with this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Look at the community screenshots, all 5 of them and you'll have played the game. Short and repetitive.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A sleeping aid that is put to shame by demos for free AGS games. As much art as is a sign for the location of a toilet.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Everybody needs to make a game like this. Nobody needs to put it up for sale.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I knew the game had received bad reviews before I bought it, but since it was only one dollar on the Steam Summer Sale I figured it was worth the risk… Wow! Didn’t think I’d get buyer’s remorse for one dollar… LOL! I’d be very unhappy if I had paid full price for this… It’s a point & click game in the literal sense of the word, you point the cursor and click the mouse button to move your character, there’s nothing else to do… Nothing to pick up, nothing to assemble, nothing to solve or…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While obviously not for everyone, Stranded is a unique audio/visual experience that is extremely pleasing to the eyes and ears. The setting is incredibly mysterious, and you're thrown into an unknown world with little to no explanations. As you leave your marooned ship you'll slowly discover the secrets of your surrounding, and watch them change as the days and nights pass by. This feels more akin to an art project than a video game, and I love it. The game itself is very slow paced, which…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →you guys are stranded but im not stranded 'cause i am in a little pool of water in a little pool of water you guys are stranded but we're not stranded because we're in little pools of water in little pools of water come on, shake that pool of water shake it shake it yeah! shake it! yeah-ooh-wah
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In October 2015 the Steam refund policy was announced. If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, the purchase was made within 14 days and the in-game time is less than 2 hours, then you can request your money back. Walking simulator "Stranded" can be completed within one hour. The "developer" wasn't happy about that, I guess, but cool pixel art though. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2884547827 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2884547201
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The art style is really nice, it alone made me want to finish it through. Definitely would not buy at full price.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's just for looks and yea, it looks pretty, but just look at the screenshots, that's all the game has to offer (unless you like walking around extremely slowly)
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There's a lot to be said in executing an idea succently and with impact. This looks stunning, and I love the atmosphere of it, but there's no game and the story isn't there for us. I wish I had more time to investigate it, but I've poked as much as I could.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A charming but very short point and click game. The good: - Looks gorgeous - Atmosphere is done right - All about the exploration The bad: - Very short (definitely recommend getting it on sale) - Too little to interact with. Events are triggered by visiting certain places at certain moments in the game. That said, I liked it, despite the negative reviews.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got it for a small price, my expectations weren't very high. I would only recommend it when it's on sale.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I usually enjoy point and click adventure games and "walking simulators." Stranded isn't good at being either of those things. The agonizingly slow movement alone kills this game more than anything else, extending what might have been a 20 or 30 minute game to roughly an hour long drag. There aren't really any puzzles either and you can't interact with that many things. It's a shame, because the art is nice and the setting has potential. Just avoid this one, even if you got it for very cheap…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →uuuuuuuhm no. This game, like its sibling murder is a big practical joke. Some good pixel art that quickly overstays its welcome, incredibly tedious slow "gameplay", basically no content, horrendously overpriced, a meal so anorexic it's even too thin to get stuck between your teeth. I can't recommend a game where looking at its screenshots is more enjoyable and exciting than playing it. Seriously, browse through the screenshots on top of this page and wait half a minute before you scroll to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →barely a game, more like a test of some backgrounds and a sprite walk cycle. don't pay money for this. hell, i wouldn't even recommend booting it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There was a freeware sidescrolling game on Windows from long ago that looked like this. I think it was called Stranded or something? Basically, your spaceship crash lands on an alien forest that looks a lot like this, and you have a jetpack, a pewpew, and a grappling hook. Pretty durn complicated and I never got far, but it was a beautiful game. Edit: Capsized! From 2011. And not free. Huh. https://store.steampowered.com/app/95300/Capsized/
neutral · AI labelView post →Stranded At GDC Game Jam: make a game while you're stranded at GDC
neutral · AI labelView post →Going in circles. Story: You play as an unnamed astronaut. You awaken from cryostasis and find yourself exploring an abandoned ruin and trying to piece together where you are, what happened to you as you explore the before mentioned abandoned civilization, but you quickly learn you aren't actually alone. There's basically no story here, it's another game where the entire story is told entirely through visuals and honestly I was confused by what I was witnessing. You literally loop around the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A new genre - point & click...and wait. With no direction, experimentation and exploration are discouraged by the tedium of trudging around ever so slowly. Looks pretty though.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →▀▄▀▄▀▄ 𝕊𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕕 ▄▀▄▀▄▀ 🍕🍟🥪 𝓣𝓛,𝓓𝓡 𝓡𝓮𝓿𝓲𝓮𝔀 🥙🥡🍖 Despite some serious design flaws, Stranded isn't a bad game once you know what to do. However at 30-45 minutes at most for it's play-through, I can't recommended it even at the $1 price point. 🥕🍅🥬🥦 𝓕𝓾𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓮𝓿𝓲𝓮𝔀 🍆🥔🌽🥑 Screenshot: Let's see what this world has to offer https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2594132083 Awaking from your cryostasis pod and leaving your damaged ship, you're…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Maybe there is somethin' wrong with me, but i did like it! Though the problems are that it's too short and too slow! aside from that, the music and visuals are beautiful~
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →... A cool little game. I'd honestly say better than Murder, the other project by the same developer. Stranded is a quieter story, but it is all the better for it. The cliches and unsurprising nature of Murder were all done through dialogue. All of the pluses remain: the art style and sound design are wonderful. Every frame of the game is a work of art. There is no dialogue in Stranded; instead, you walk around and explore the environments over a few days and nights. It is slow, introspective,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Amazingly crappy. The one huge flaw is the interface. The main character simply moves to where you click but at such frustratingly slow pace. No queues are provided for quick travel and it takes two or three clicks just to leave a scene. I don't remember how much I paid for this, but it wasn't worth it at all.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I loved it. rather an exprience than a game, but totally worth like 1 or 2$
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Everything that happens in this game is visible in the trailer. 42 seconds shows about everything unique that you will see in this game in terms of animation. I have a half hour on record, this was the total time for playing the entier story, and it only took that long because of the slow walk speed.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is not a game. Nor is it one of those 'experiences' or 'interactive stories' which aren't games either but may be worth your time for about 50 cents anyway. This is literally some pixel backgrounds, some music and a character you can move by pointing and clicking the mouse, that's it. I bought this a while ago in a Humble Bundle sale by mistake, thinking it was the game 'Stranded Deep' but no, this is something entirely different and not worth a cent/penny. On the up side... What I did…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tedious and boring. Poor controls and lack of "quality of life" features common since Sierra games of the late-80s. The "playtime" is extended by having the character walk slowly through the same screens back and forth, over and over. Dev likely did this to "build atmosphere"... it doesn't. For a free itch.io game, it would be Average. For a paid game, it's an insulting poor waste of time. Only plus I can think of: pixel art is slightly above average.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pros: - looks cool Cons: - character stops walking randomly. It's point and click, so you have to click many times in the same spot to get where you're going. - not any discernible meaning to the story. it's just some cool alien constructs and watching some switches power up.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There are five screens and it takes five minutes to walk from one end to the other.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"...a short but memorable journey." I've already forgotten everything as I've erased this experience from my memory. I doubt I've ever come back to reflect on it in the future because this is a very good example of what not to do. Even though I paid 22 cents for this, I'm still disappointed that I'll get most of my money back from selling the cards. Took about 15 minutes from start to finish. I didn't even really do anything other than click on the sides of the screen (which walking from side…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As the developer states in the description, it is a very audio and visual experience with the game. It also says right in the description that you can find a way to survive. Although short, I liked the ending as I didn't expect it. I went in without knowing anything about it other than from the game page's screenshots and the overwhelmingly negative reviews. Just to be clear that you get the actual experience, you do play a walking simulator to know more of the already short story. However,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sid Meier defined a game as a "series of interesting choices." This computer program delivers graphics, sounds, and interactivity, but no real choices. It's not really a game. It's probably worth the $.60 it is during a Steam sale, but not much more than that. Even with that, it's the half hour you'll spend with the game that's valuable - this probably isn't worth it.
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