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Protocol

By signing below, you agree to follow the Protocol. Protocol is a program of strict rules created to make first contact with an alien life form that got shot down in the Arctic Circle.

Released Nov 20, 2018 Developer Fair Games Studio Publisher Sad Horse studio Platforms Windows ActionIndieAdventureDark HumorSingleplayer
View on Steam ↗ $8.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.

74.4%positive340 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Have a nice day!”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2022-05 via SteamCharts.

70all-time peak
0 10 20 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 15 avg · Nov 2018

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

51achievements
9.9%median completion
2.6%rarest: Impossible
81.6% of players 80.4% of players 50.5% of players 47.7% of players 47.5% of players 28.9% of players 28.7% of players 26.2% of players 25.1% of players 24.9% of players 24.7% of players 24.7% of players 23.1% of players 20.3% of players 20.0% of players 18.2% of players 17.8% of players 17.1% of players 16.4% of players 16.4% of players 16.2% of players 14.5% of players 12.9% of players 11.9% of players 11.1% of players 9.9% of players 9.8% of players 8.6% of players 8.4% of players 7.6% of players 7.2% of players 6.3% of players 5.7% of players 5.5% of players 5.5% of players 5.4% of players 5.1% of players 5.0% of players 4.9% of players 4.4% of players 4.1% of players 4.0% of players 4.0% of players 3.9% of players 3.9% of players 3.9% of players 3.8% of players 3.7% of players 3.4% of players 3.3% of players 2.6% of players 81.6% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
81.6%I.Z. — Violated the Protocol for the first time.
80.4%Repeat. Please — Used a hint for the first time.
50.5%I don’t like being tense — Used a hint 10 times.
Rarest badges of honor
2.6%Impossible — No violations during the game.
3.3%Rogue — Fetched the hand in ending 3.
3.4%Do you have enough patience? — Defeated a drone projecting AI many times.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$8.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$5.39lowest since tracking began2026-09-14
US8.99 USD
EU8.79 EUR
UK7.49 GBP
Australia13.19 AUD
Canada10.75 CAD
Japan1,000 JPY
Brazil29.99 BRL
China36.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$5.4 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$10

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $5 $10 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-17 09-26

Latest official news

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

Oct 02, 2023
Another our game is here!

We have completed the development of our latest project, and we are thrilled to announce that 'Noch' is now in release! The final part of the story is already available on Steam. If you enjoyed the 'P

May 05, 2023
May update - fixed disabling VR headset at the beginning of the game

Hello again! We've released a fresh patch for VR that fixes: disabling the Oculus helmet (at least on our test device everything works) and hopefully fixes this bug on the HP Reverb G2 (unfortunately,

Mar 08, 2023
The long-awaited Protocol update

Did you miss us? And we have good news: Fixed a crash when using the ValveIndex. Fixed VR input for: - HTC Vive - Vive Pro - ValveIndex - Oculus Rift - Oculus Quest (unfortunately we don't have a test

May 19, 2021
Noch - First Chapter

First 3 hours of mysterious adventure in deceased world starting now! Fourth project of Fair Games. And again we will say that we collected all experience from previous projects to put it into somethi

May 03, 2021
New update for Protocol! May 2021 edition

We’ve tried to make life of players easier (at least in Protocol) - Arkanoid mini-game is not so hard anymore - Fixed “speed" of loading AI into the loading module - Take off your clothes! - we fixed

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie
Player tagsAction · Indie · Adventure · Dark Humor · Singleplayer · Cyberpunk · Sci-fi · Aliens · Narration · First-Person · Atmospheric · Exploration (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , Russian * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Polish *
ControllerFull support
Achievements51
Official sitehttp://fairgames.studio/protocol/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Win 7 or higher 64-bit Processor: i3-i5 4gen (or similar AMD) Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 650 (min 2 Gb) DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 8 GB available space