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The Challenge
The early 22nd century began the era of "time travel". At this time, the UN Security Council also created the "Time Bureau", a special surveillance service where employees are required to eliminate anachronisms caused by people visiting past events.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“8 Years of Nothing Now an Update Guess what right THE REMOVAL ANNOUNCEMENT, with a Maximum Discount of 70%...... https://steamcommunity.com/app/496440/eventcomments/595162055800208536?snr=1_2108_9__2107 for Preservation: Failed Challenge... Completing the journey of "The…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“Honestly, right now the writing is really bad. It hasn't been proofed, it's full of bad grammar and outright nonsense. The gameplay might be okay, but it's incredibly hard to get into a game when the writing is so poor.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Don't let the Unreal graphics fool you. ...I wanted to like this game, I really did. But the simple fact is.. it isn't "fun" walking around a huge open area looking for big canisters trying to avoid AI bots that have an IQ of like 3. They don't do anything when they get you, the…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2026-07 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
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Failed Challenge...
Exactly 9 years ago, on October 7th, 2016, the first public version of "The Challenge" was published on STEAM. We seemed to have everything necessary for success. A great team: A talented programmer a
Update (v0.8.0.0) [BETA BRANCH]
- Completely redesigned all levels of the game - Completely redesigned graphics - A new system of dialogues - New Inventory System - Introduced a system for controlling the development of the plot - C
Update (v0.8.0.0) [BETA BRANCH]
- Completely redesigned all levels of the game - Completely redesigned graphics - A new system of dialogues - New Inventory System - Introduced a system for controlling the development of the plot - C
Update (v0.4.0.1)
- Improved graphics at the "Stone Age" level - Fixed shaders and textures on the "Egypt" level - Fixed application settings after loading a saved game - Improved display of vegetation on "Egypt" level
Update (v0.4.0.1)
- Improved graphics at the "Stone Age" level - Fixed shaders and textures on the "Egypt" level - Fixed application settings after loading a saved game - Improved display of vegetation on "Egypt" level
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, Early Access |
| Player tags | Indie · Adventure · Early Access · Time Travel (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Russian |
| Official site | http://www.atumsoftware.ru/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 SP1 (x64) Processor: Intel Core i3 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 460 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 17 GB available space