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Signal Simulator
Game inspired by SETI. Take the role of a scientist to find an extraterrestrial signal .Control massive Radio Antennas by using interactive control in your Observatory. Detect , download and decode unknown or story telling signals. Manage and Maintain an electrical system to improve your systems and
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Very fun but has a bit of a struggle to learn everything at first. You have to have the patience to read manuals and but game is pretty forgiving about time. 9/10 the dev's face stares at me in my playthrough”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“Great for passing time when I should be working/studying. Aliens breh”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played“This game does not have the good or the fun. Watch percentages increase simulator.”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:40 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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Latest official news
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Update 1.7.8
New New error log system. File size protection. if log file line count is bigger than 1000 the log file will reset. Polarization Upgrade speed Rover Speed Upgrade Rover Analyze speed Upgrade VHS will
Update 1.7.7
New Colorblind filter in Graphics option Color Scheme options for changing the colors of your display text Options to change the terminal color Option to change the signal strength bar Fixes : Player.
Updated : In cause you are experiencing a freeze while loading the game
UPDATE : LOADING PROBLEM HAS BEEN FIXED When loading the game you can experience a freeze. The is not crashing just loading a big amount of textures that are used as monitor animations. It was created
Update 1.7.6 additional fixes and changes
Fixes : - Fix the grass rendering in the rover mode and storm the ares, Now shouldn't be rendered white or missing Changes: - Rover now uses a rigid body as a simulation instead of raytracing. This wi
Update 1.7.6 small update
Fix: When using the VHS, the game starts filling the log file with thousands of unnecessary logs. Vegetation scale in distance Optimizations: In the old version the monitor antennas, planets when you
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation |
| Player tags | Simulation · Indie · Psychological Horror · Aliens · Space · Horror · Science · Sandbox · Atmospheric · First-Person · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Win 7/Win 8/Win 10 x64 Processor: 2.4 GHz Dual Core Processor Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 1 GB Dedicated Memory DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 4 GB available space Sound Card: Sound Card: DirectX® Compatible Additional Notes: Future releases may require more hard drive space.