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Unusual Findings
Developer Epic Llama Games
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. From the Steam store page
203 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
85
LovedLoved
154 positive · 28 negative
95% range 79–89%
| Source | + | − | = |
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| Steam reviews | 154 | 28 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 9 | 1 | 5 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 6 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
207 of 243 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
85% recommend · 162 yes, 29 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 191 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (534 of 595 positive).
Players praise the game's nostalgic 80s atmosphere and references. [1][2][3] Some reviewers find the puzzles illogical or frustrating. [4][5][6] A few players note the game lacks polish compared to classic point-and-click titles. [7][8][9]
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- [20]
I love old-school adventures. I'm a kid of the 80's and grew up with LucasArts, Sierra-Online etc. This game seemed to have the potential to bring back that kind of entertainment... but it didn't. The story is OK... the solutions to the riddles are at times confusing... but what really sucked was when I simply could not continue to play the game, because I appearently had done something I wasn't "supposed" to do. …
- [1]
Unusual finds and strange things are afoot in this point and click homage to everything 80s, filled to the brim with stuff that made the era so memorable. I could also be seeing this through rose-colored glasses since I was there for most of it. Shame my mind was too young for the ladies' spandex craze though. Being a bucketful of nostalgia, Unusual Findings slaps from every angle. Aside from an obvious Stranger …
- [4]
Overall I've spent good time solving it. Nice pixel graphic, good length of the story and amount of puzzles. I managed to complete it in less than 8 hours. There were few downsides : - Stranger Things vibe - not very original, even the music is similar - Some puzzles were not really making any sense like "spill the oil, because after you will do, someone will come and slip on it" - no matter that nobody was walking …
- [10]
BEST GAME EVER!! Very reminscent of Maniac Mansion or Monkey Island or Callahan's Crosstime Saloon. The characters and locations are Excellent, Amazing pro voice acting, tons of lines or dialog, lots of clever interactive object based puzzles. The story is great - one could probably make a movie based on it - but best of all, the game's really got heart! I know that sounds like a cheesy cliche thing to say. But you …
- [2]
The pompous retro 80's atmosphere with its carefree clichés and music are the main thing here! The era of Miami Vice, Hanoi Rocks, synthpop, C64 computer weekends, prank calls, VHS (/w Betamax!), BMX bikes and sharp styles. If you loved Thimbleweed Park (2017) / Alien Incident (1996) you'll like Unusual Findings as relative mixture! Vinny, Nick and Tony are three different youngsters of witty, rebellious and …
Summarised from 34 of the 211 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
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Unusual Findings sits at 85% positive across 182 opinionated reactions from 3 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
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60 of 203 · most liked firstUnusual finds and strange things are afoot in this point and click homage to everything 80s, filled to the brim with stuff that made the era so memorable. I could also be seeing this through rose-colored glasses since I was there for most of it. Shame my mind was too young for the ladies' spandex craze though. Being a bucketful of nostalgia, Unusual Findings slaps from every angle. Aside from an obvious Stranger Things influence, I could throw in a few other movies, like Stand By Me, The Lost…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →📣 SUMMER SALE - Major discounts + New bundles! 📣 New collaborative bundles with related game: KIYO - Bunny Tyranny Unusual Findings Darkestville Castle Mayhem Brawler Also BROK and major DLCs Brawl Bar and First Hat at their lowest discount ever! store.steampowered.com/bundlelist/9... 🔼
neutral · AI labelView post →I love old-school adventures. I'm a kid of the 80's and grew up with LucasArts, Sierra-Online etc. This game seemed to have the potential to bring back that kind of entertainment... but it didn't. The story is OK... the solutions to the riddles are at times confusing... but what really sucked was when I simply could not continue to play the game, because I appearently had done something I wasn't "supposed" to do. About 10 hours into the game (yes, I'm a slow player), I simply couldn't pick up…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →BottomLine at the Top: A good title that could have been a great one if not for some unforced errors. Still, def worth playing for all the 80's kids and P&C afficionados. Intro: Ahhh the 80's in the US of A. What a great time to be alive... 'cept for, ya know, anyone poor or belonging to any kind of minority group and what have you. Overlooking them though (as was done in the 80's) you had great music, style, movies, and of course the briefest of opportunities to catch the now extinct…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty nice game, the atmosphere is similar to one of the awesome Netflix series - Stranger Things. The spirit of adventure, mysticism, conspiracy theories, funny dialogues of geek friends and very cozy pixel graphics are what this short game offers me. I loved it from the very first minutes. For me personally, it's the best find of the year among indie games! https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3301197502
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Overall I've spent good time solving it. Nice pixel graphic, good length of the story and amount of puzzles. I managed to complete it in less than 8 hours. There were few downsides : - Stranger Things vibe - not very original, even the music is similar - Some puzzles were not really making any sense like "spill the oil, because after you will do, someone will come and slip on it" - no matter that nobody was walking there before. I would prefer if every action had some logical purpose. - You…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had a hard time deciding if I would recommend the game. To be honest, it is a nice game, but nothing more. + I like the nostalgia, pixel art and voice acting + the idea seems interesting - I feel like the story would've had more potential that hasn't been used. - I missed half of the "optional" puzzles, no idea where the other half was. - the controls (in the inventory and using the 3 actions provided) feel bulky and lack context in many cases. - the puzzles themselves are mostly pretty…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's ok, but suffers from the plague that is thinking that making ton of nostalgic references makes a game (or any piece of media) interesting. It has its fun moments, but "Secret of Moneky Island" this is not.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This felt like the perfect game for me, I've been playing point and click games since the early Lucasarts games, and the overall vibe to this (with the 80s references) - I went into this feeling very optimistic. But I really struggled with it. Firstly the puzzles felt really intuitive and abstract - there is a lack of direction in the game, so you're never really 100% what your'e supposed to be doing. That's excarbated if you step away from the game for any amount of time... Hob's Barrow is an…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game starts as an exciting adventure but it ends up being very frustrating. There're many puzzles that just aren't intuitive. If you missed an item (such as the camera because you couldn't differentiate a box from a wall, or the Geiger counter because you left the room and didn't even think of coming back because why would you) for some reason, you could spend hours searching for a clue on where to go next or how to get another item that you've already figured out how to use but cannot grab…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm gonna get straight to the point. When I first played through this game and it introduced us to the map system, I was excited by all the possible locations I could visit, interacting with different characters and getting many '80s references. Then the puzzles and tasks I needed to do started piling up, that I started getting confused about what items I needed and what I needed to do to solve them. Something, like a notepad, would have been useful to keep track of all the quests I needed to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wanted to like it, but it seems so unpolished. And the puzzles aren't fun. It just seems like it needed to cook a lot longer. It feels hollow and empty, with a nice 80's Stranger Things aesthetic. Lots of potential, but I think it needs a rewrite. It's an almost recommend, but I'm just not having fun playing it for a few different reasons.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is very nice aesthetically and tries to capture a retro feel but has a lot of issues under the hood once you really start playing it. The most noticeable is the amazingly poor English localization - There are lots of typos, weird grammatical errors, and a lot of strange and clunky dialogue. It's very obvious the writers didn't have English as their first language and no one on the team had enough knowledge to edit and fix the script. Considering the production value they put in other…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was hoping to relive the fun I had with games like Day of the Tentacle, Monkey Island, Space Quest, Kings Quest, ... but alas. Characters are hollow, voice acting is cheap, total lack of any humor, puzzles are stale and simple, graphics are messy, ... Feels like a one person rush job.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An attempt at creating a game of the era long gone, which succeeds to some extent. The style is on point, and the humor matches the vibe (namely, is unfunny), but the so-so writing and uninspiring puzzles overshadows the positives. If you tried and liked the more modern takes on point-and-click adventures, you wouldn't enjoy "Unusual Findings."
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In terms of point and click games it's not bad considering the price. Overall it's a solid 6.5~7/10. Some of the puzzles are annoying as sin and not worth the effort of brute forcing them but overall it's a decent game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I thought it had potential at first, but it flopped big time. It just felt like a "Stranger Things" ripoff (the title of the game, the sci-fi, the kids) . You (the human race) join the good alien forces to defeat the bad aliens for no reason. The story was weak, the characters didn't have any memorable personalities and the dialog was so boring that I ended up eventually skipping it. It was full with references from the 80's and it was a huge focus of the game since it couldn't offer anything…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There were a lot of things I really liked about this game: the art style is spot-on, the music gives great 80s vibes, the characters are (for the most part) entertaining, the story is fun and compelling. Honestly, the way it looked is one of the main reasons I bought it. I would also like to say that I am a big fan of puzzle games, and I like to think. The puzzles in this game started out okay at best, not super satisfying to solve. Sometimes they were obvious, and when it wasn't obvious, it…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The pompous retro 80's atmosphere with its carefree clichés and music are the main thing here! The era of Miami Vice, Hanoi Rocks, synthpop, C64 computer weekends, prank calls, VHS (/w Betamax!), BMX bikes and sharp styles. If you loved Thimbleweed Park (2017) / Alien Incident (1996) you'll like Unusual Findings as relative mixture! Vinny, Nick and Tony are three different youngsters of witty, rebellious and adventurous type. The interaction interface here is a simple pie menu akin to the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Attempt to make a game 80s style, similar to Monkey Island or Maniac Mansion. Plenty of retro references. But the humor fall flat, the puzzles are not interesting and the 'multiple choices' are actually still very linear and lock you out of other ways to solve the puzzle. Not enough creativity, also not in the dialog. In essence, you have 4 'scenes' in which you just run around the various screens and just pick up whatever you can until you cannot pick anything up anymore. Then you exhaust…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a decent game, but some of the puzzles get annoying like old school point and click games where the logic is a bit weird. Still, the style, music and dialogues are good, so I recommend it. Might want to use a guide sometimes though.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a borderline recommendation. Whilst it's not a bad game, I was really hoping for something to bring back the nostalgia of the old Lucas Arts games, but this falls a long way short and lacks both the charm and polish of those games. There are 3 endings, but I wasn't impressed enough to be bothered to re-play. I'd give it 5/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unusual Findings definitely provides a nostalgic 80s feel; reminding me of films like The Goonies (with slightly more violence and minor gore). The characters are well fleshed out and the scenarios around the town centre felt well thought out. It felt like a proper town you were exploring, with some pretty funny interactions. The alien elements to it really reminded me of a 80s film, with the 3 kids trying to defeat an enemy more/less on their own. I did enjoy the fact that the 3 kids were not…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →BEST GAME EVER!! Very reminscent of Maniac Mansion or Monkey Island or Callahan's Crosstime Saloon. The characters and locations are Excellent, Amazing pro voice acting, tons of lines or dialog, lots of clever interactive object based puzzles. The story is great - one could probably make a movie based on it - but best of all, the game's really got heart! I know that sounds like a cheesy cliche thing to say. But you could tell the developer really loves the 80s and everything about that decade,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Awesome game with awesome music that brings back a lot of memories and nostalgia. Its price is fair for what it offers. Its story is very interesting and the protagonists are quite funny and memorable, although we could have learned a few more things about some of the NPCs. The puzzles are quite easy, but at least they are not of a childish difficulty. It's obviously a product of hard work and affection. Great job, developers! Till next time, don't forget to point & click!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really awesome nostalgic PNC adventure game. 100% Gamehorder Approved!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really fun game. Loved it. Theme: A genuine love letter to the 80s. The music and pop culture references are everywhere and they're a blast. The story is basically a mashup of popular 80s movies — nothing groundbreaking, but it doesn't need to be for a casual game like this. The three main characters really carry it; I got attached to them quickly. Gameplay: The puzzles are well designed. Most of them are logical enough that you can work through them on your own, and even the couple I had…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you’re into Stranger Things or The Goonies, this one is right up your alley. Fans of 80s movies or relics of the past like me who also love point-and-click adventure games should definitely give it a try. Some of the puzzles can be tricky because hints are either missing or a bit misleading, but they’re solvable with a little persistence. The graphics feel a bit flat at times, likely due to the lack of foreground elements but the music perfectly sets the mood, with some spot-on synthwave…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun nostalgic adventure game. The characters are fun and the story interesting.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Loved the 80's storyline
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This must be a first for a classic point-and-click which changes the plot, dialogues, and puzzles based on your previous decisions. Witty commentaries and Argentina references are a bonus that almost made me choke on the water last night playing, hahaha!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Full Ending B playthrough here!: https://youtu.be/wN-uhNP0U5c This game is fantastic especially if you love the 80s it has a super friendly interface and still holds the point and click difficulty throughout. The game has so many references and is a nostalgia trip even if you didn't personally enjoy the 80s and just loved looking at the media from the decade like the protagonist. The game also has a good bit of replay value with multiple endings and achievements to find throughout. It's…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Changed the key art to have less titties
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very good game. When I first stumbled upon the game at the store I was skeptical about whether I would like the game or not. I finished it just now and I can tell the game really does worth it. Story is very simple and light, and the game itself is full of things you dont see in everyday games anymore.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →doesnt have exits on both sides of the scenery, (LONG walks) turns a point and click in to a walking sim and there is alot of walking! Do you see where iam going with this? cause you should with all the walking iam doing! There are afew good moments, its just the large spaces between them! If there was some humorous conversation, or more draw or mini games or something to detract from the fact that solutions are spread out ..other issues! some key clues are 1 time only! THIS IS A PROGRESS…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very nice game that feels very much like “the old days.” I really liked the setting, and the plot reminds me of the movies and TV series from back then. The puzzles were of mixed quality. Some were straightforward, while others I could only solve by brute force.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →1980s is a very cool era, the music the mystery the style. The game have voice acting for every single interaction which is already better than a lot of games...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Clever 80s revival point and click, Overall 10/10 Totally my vibe, I love a good story, especially if it involves retro elements (I'm a millennial so I feel kinda close to the 80s even if I wasn't born then). The characters where well written and fun, the plot quite adventurous and exciting and the music was spot on (you spin me right round baby right rouuuund)! I also love the multiple endings and gameplays according to the choices you make, but unfortunately I didn't have the patience to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unusual Findings is fine. The best part of the game is the music, which is a nice synthwave nod to our memories of the 1980s. Unfortunately most of the other nostalgia attempts didn't land for me. A lot of the game is spent dropping mangled and mispronounced references to the most well-known games, movies, shows and bands from the decade. It feels like a "Remember the 80s" TV special, which superficially touches on all the big hits but never really feels like an authentic depiction of the era.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Grew up in the eighties? Loved point and click adventures? Check out my review of Unusual Findings on @treatyourgeek.bsky.social treatyourgeek.co.uk/point-and-cl...
positive · AI labelView post →Moon logic puzzles and bad hinting
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →When I started playing Unusual Findings, I knew what I wanted and what to expect: I wanted to dive in, head first in my beloved 80s, with its music and movies and games references; play the role of a handful of goofy kids and investigate a sci-fi mystery, point and click away, and solve quirky puzzles, all in glorious retro pixel art style. Bonus points if I could also use real pen and paper to take notes. BINGO. Unusual Findings has ALL this and then some. PLOT I won’t spoil or summarize…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I absolutely loved this game! Flash back to the 1980s point and click adventure. You and your friends must spend the night trying to save the world from aliens. There are three levels and an end game section. The levels had surprisingly large game worlds to them and it was fun to explore all the locations and meet all the eccentric characters throughout. Puzzles are typical point and click inventory type puzzles and I thought they were logical and made sense, though because of so many…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Super fun old style point and click adventure. Good humor, good voice acting, fun puzzles.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's all right..6.5 or 7/10 There are better options on Steam
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is great. Pixel graphics, great story, great music. Some background graphics are weird, like signs, hope it's not AI. I've beaten the game, it does have multiple endings, but I won't go for that. Overall impression is very good. The game makes a great reverence to everything 80s, mostly movies, some music too and few video games. I've actually bought the game because the trailer started with "Spin me Right Round" song, but the game was totally up to the trailer and I am very satisfied.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well, I want to write a long positive, review... maybe I will add to this later. The game deserves a praise. If You like "Monkey Island" both for style and for humor - 100% this is for you.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolutely top-notch experience. Be aware the the seemingly unimportant choices you make during the start of the game affect the options you get later, for example one of my characters destroyed an item I thought I needed to complete a task, but there was another way. Make sure you sit through the credits for the Easter Egg afterwards, it wraps everything up with a nice bow.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you’ve experienced childhood in the 1980s, and/or are a fan of pop culture of that decade, Unusual Findings is an adventure game that you should check out. The developers took inspiration from movies, music and video games of that time, and crafted a game that celebrates and pays homage to this era. The game captures the zeitgeist of the 1980s in its creative and art directions: the graphics reminded me of those from Lucasfilm Games’ early adventure titles; character designs and plot…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While it is a 80s throwback and has lots of references to the era the story is pretty original and entertaining. There are alternate puzzles and 3 endings so it offers some replayability. The gamę is also pretty long with 3 acts that use map quicktravel and 3 shorter acts.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For a few wonderful hours I was transported back into the 80s, as a kid. Unusual Findings is a point-and-click love letter to the 80s that demonstrates the talented developers of Darkestville Castle are continuing to improve their craft. The narrative is excellent, the puzzles straddle the line between the obtuse and the obvious, and the licensed music does a fantastic job of setting the mood. The amount of content is a great value for even full price, and yet I am left wanting more. Epic…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An excellent point and click adventure in retro pixel style with a range in difficulty of puzzles. Highly recommended to anyone who enjoyed Monkey Island, Kings Quest, Day of the Tentacle, etc.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SUMMARY Coasting on nostalgia, just to merely get by. While I had an enjoyable enough time with this game, the biggest appeal of it is far from the gameplay. The puzzles are mismanaged significantly throughout. It's also not because of the "retro vibe", which is primarily aesthetic and carries very little significance throughout, more of being a stylistic theme than something built into the fabric of the game. No, what is truly fun about this game is the interactions between the three friends,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The following review is based on my full purchase (no freebies, discounts or special treatment/incentives) of Unusual Findings. I'm a long time point-&-click fan. I've played most, if not all of the greats over the course of my 35 years as a gamer (I'm now in my 50s). I have to say that this game stuck me as one of the best! Literally up there with Zak McKracken, Monkey Island, Indiana Jones and many others. I lived the 80s and they got the nostalgia just right. The puzzles and overall…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I absolutely loved this game. Just got literal goosebumps watching the outros but I won't say anything spoiler related. This is an old school point and click full of nostalgia for my favourite ever decade, the 80s. The puzzles are plenty challenging, the humour is right up my street, the friendship between the three main characters makes you feel like you are living through The Goonies or something like that. The creators of the game have the same love for simpler times of fun, freedom and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you had a minor degree of disappointment with the latest Monkey Island game as I did, let me tell you that this game will help scratch that itch. The best feature presented here is that the puzzles will have different solutions depending on some dialogue choices, and it even has 3 different endings. Try it out!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have nothing special to add. The game was amazing and i loved every moment of it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Was one of the original backers. And they delivered on time! Game is good. I'm generally not a fan of pixel art games (but still way better than 3D) but I like the graphics in this. It has a very Thimbleweed park graphics style about it. I love the background music too. While there's not a huge diversity of tracks - they are amazing and I would love to be able to download them or stream them to listen to while working - they're very catchy! I liked the story line. There characters are…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A cozy nostalgia generator for the mass culture of the '80s and '90s.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The 80s, distilled into video game format In a nutshell: Not just a love letter, but an all out audio visual nostalgic 80s themed orgy. If you grew up playing adventure games in the late 80s, you’ll probably love it. Everyone else might feel a bit left out. See the full review here: https://youtu.be/g4f4gahTF4U Things I liked: Wonderful pixel graphics that somehow manage to be both entirely derivative, and also unique Fully voice acted, mostly great, at times awkward Actually challenging…
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