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Desktop Explorer

PuzzleSimulatorAdventureIndie

Steam
Released

Jun 25, 2023

1,236 days ago
Platforms
  • PC
  • Mac
Ratings

Release dates

North America dates
  1. Jul 17, 2026118 days ago
    • PC
    • Mac
  2. Jun 25, 20231,236 days ago
    Alpha
    • PC
    • Mac

About

Desktop Explorer is an eerie point-n-click mystery game through the abandoned profiles of an old PC. Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?

Trailers

Screenshots

How long to beat

IGDB · 1 player
Rushed
7 h
Normal
8 h
100%
8 h

Reviews

Game info

Released
2026 · see every game from that year
Modes
Single player
Perspective
First person
Engine
Unity

Studios

Languages

5 languages
Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain)
LanguageAudioSubtitlesInterface
Chinese (Simplified)简体中文––
Chinese (Traditional)繁體中文––
EnglishEnglish (US)––
Spanish (Mexico)Español (Mexico)––
Spanish (Spain)Español (España)––

Themes & tags

9 more tags

Story & names

Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them? Your uncle has given you his old PC as living inheritance. To your surprise, it still turns on! Inside, a letter tasks you with investigating a missing person’s case along with a mysterious puzzle game named Desktop Explorer. You’ll learn that your uncle wasn’t the only one who used this computer before, and that the program inside it has a deeper role in this 90s atmospheric digital mystery.

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Release dates by region

4 releases in 1 region

worldwide

  • Jun 25, 2023PCAlpha
  • Jun 25, 2023MacAlpha
  • Jul 17, 2026PC
  • Jul 17, 2026Mac

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Where to find it

Data from IGDB and Steam. Critic scores from OpenCritic. Dates shown for North America, in your local time zone.