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Missing Translation

Missing Translation

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.

Released Sep 24, 2015 Developer AlPixel Games, Luis Diaz, Gustavo Santos, Albert Fernandez, Tice Thomason Publisher GamesBoosters Platforms Windows · Mac Free to PlayPixel GraphicsIndiePuzzleAdventure
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-08-12)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-15.

87.5%positive3,316 reviews
Recommended · 76 found this helpful

“This is a very simple game. There is no text. Just symbols and the letters q and e (you have to use them as retry and use/enter along with the arrow keys/wasd). The black-and-white concept art looks very strange at the beginning but actually there is no need to have something…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Recommended · 59 found this helpful

“Overview Missing Translation is a pixel visual indie game focused on solving puzzles in order to get back some boxes in order to complete some sort of machinery. There is no story, no background, just gameplay. It's a fairly short game, but it's free! The Pros: Nice art style -…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Recommended · 42 found this helpful

“Missing Translation is an unexpectedly great puzzle game, to top it off its free to play. While being pretty short, I enjoyed the game enough I can give it a positive review no problem. The game is a little hard for me to describe, but what it comes down to is solving a series…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2025-08 via SteamCharts.

359all-time peak
0 100 200 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 130 avg · Sep 2015

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-23.

6achievements
23.7%median completion
15.5%rarest: Bookworm
51.5% of players 40.4% of players 33.9% of players 23.7% of players 22.6% of players 15.5% of players 51.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
51.5%He can talk, he can talk — Hidden achievement
40.4%Zpv bsf uif wjmmbhf
33.9%Zpv bsf uif dsfbuvsft
Rarest badges of honor
15.5%Bookworm — Hidden achievement
22.6%The end? — Hidden achievement
23.7%Zpv bsf fwfszuijoh ifsf

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-08-12 07:53 UTC
Freelowest since tracking began2026-07-11

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Apr 24, 2019
Wishlist "A Place for the Unwilling" on Steam

Hi! It's been a while since we released "Missing Translation" on Steam, it's on the way to being four years old. Lots of things have happened in the way but, thanks to that small free game made on our

Oct 07, 2015
Contest winners :)

Hey guys! Gustavo, the artist behind "Missing Translation", just picked the winners, do you want to know who they are? *drums* Honorable mentions! We said two peope would get a free key to unlock the

Oct 07, 2015
Contest winners :)

Hey guys! Gustavo, the artist behind "Missing Translation", just picked the winners, do you want to know who they are? *drums* Honorable mentions! We said two peope would get a free key to unlock the

Sep 25, 2015
Fan Art contest!

Hey everyone! Launch day was crazy and we're still trying to answer all the e-mails and messages that we got. As you probably know we encountered some issues that we are trying to solve. We know you w

Sep 25, 2015
Fan Art contest!

Hey everyone! Launch day was crazy and we're still trying to answer all the e-mails and messages that we got. As you probably know we encountered some issues that we are trying to solve. We know you w

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.

GenresAdventure, Casual, Free To Play, Indie
Player tagsFree to Play · Pixel Graphics · Indie · Puzzle · Adventure · Casual · Great Soundtrack · Point & Click · Singleplayer · 2D · Short · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Romanian, Russian, S…
Achievements6
Official sitehttp://www.alpixelgames.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or newer Processor: 2 GHz dual core Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Hardware Accelerated Graphics with dedicated memory Storage: 100 MB available space