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TR-49
A World War II computer. An archive of lost books. A world-changing secret. Narrative deduction meets audio drama, from the creators of Overboard!, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“With "Reduce Hints" switched on, I think this might be my new favourite game in the niche genre of "database search games". The obvious comparison is something like Her Story, which I did enjoy, but here the cohesion between the mechanics, the story and the way the world of the…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“Someone described this as "Wikipedia rabbit hole as a game" and yeah, that fits the bill. Cool idea! Wish we had more games like this. The start of the game is slightly chaotic -- while you're trying to learn what's going on and how to even play the game, the story wants to…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“Short but interesting deduction game in the style of Her Story or Immortality. Navigating this book catalogue and discovering all the books and commands and passwords was surprisingly challenging, especially towards the end. It wasn't that hard to figure out what I was supposed…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.
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.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
The CALIBRATION REVISION
Thanks to everyone who's been playing TR-49 so far! We've been busy collating feedback, tightening screws, replugging wires, so we can now bring you: The CALIBRATION revision The Settings menu (ESC ke
Hotfix 1.0.8
One big fix: - prevent one of the bad endings from locking players out of the better endings Other minor fixes: - reinstate a missing dialogue line - a few typos
Hotfix 1.0.7
We're blown away by the reception to the game. If you've played, please take a moment to leave us a review, as they really help give small releases visibility. But onto the main info: Hotfix 1.0.7 inc
1.0.6 - Minor Hotfix
This is a minor update only. Slightly less corruption towards the end-game for players who are resorting to brute-force. Move static SFX to the SFX volume slider, and reduce walkie talkie crackle volu
Bletchley Park origins
I don't actually know that my late great-uncle worked at Bletchley. But the available evidence suggests he did. Here's what I do know. I inherited a few things when he died - not in his will, but just
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Adventure |
| Player tags | Investigation · Puzzle · Story Rich · Alternate History · Mystery · Nonlinear · Detective · Interactive Fiction · World War II · Sci-fi · Philosophical · Female Protagonist (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Custom Volume Controls · Keyboard Only Option · Mouse Only Option · Playable without Timed Input · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 21 |
| Official site | http://www.inklestudios.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Any Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Any DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 200 MB available space