A Guidebook of Babel
Released Aug 2023
A narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with the butterfly effect at its core. Board the Babel, a mysterious cruise ship that takes you on a whimsical journey to the afterlife. Use a special pen to help fellow travelers fulfill their wishes by rewriting the past, changing how the future unfolds.
90% positive · 1,769 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to buy
Steam $14.99
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Evaluation
A Guidebook of Babel launched on Steam on August 3, 2023, as a complete four-chapter story-adventure game. The store description describes the full experience across all four chapters with no mention of planned additional content, seasons, or expansions. The two DLC items listed — an artbook and a soundtrack — were both released the day after launch and are purely supplementary content, not story or gameplay expansions.
Following launch, the developer (StarryStarry) posted a thank-you message on August 15, 2023, acknowledging the strong reception and describing ongoing work to polish and fix issues — things like save-game problems, text display bugs, and control concerns. The subsequent patches through late August 2023 were focused on quality-of-life improvements and bug fixes, consistent with a studio tidying up a newly shipped finished product. No additional content, expansions, or roadmap for future releases was ever announced after launch.
The developer's last recorded communication was on August 22, 2023. Since that date, there have been no new posts, announcements, or updates of any kind. Given that the game launched as a self-contained narrative experience with a clear ending (four chapters, complete story), and no content was ever teased or promised beyond what shipped, the silence is consistent with the development cycle being complete rather than a cause for concern. The game appears to have shipped as a finished product and received post-launch polish before the team moved on.
Evidence
A Guidebook of Babel officially released on Steam as a complete game.
Final recorded developer communication: a minor patch (v1.0.7) fixing cutscene optimizations and pathfinding bugs. No further posts after this date.
Content
2 of 2 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Thermite Games
Achievements
19
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
A Guidebook of Babel is a story-adventure game based on the butterfly effect. It was released in 2022 during the Nintendo Indie World showcase!
You will go on a strange rebirth adventure on Babel. The crew would use Memory Extractor to erase your memories before launching you into the afterlife with the cloud cannon. Passengers frequently moan that it's too late to say farewell to the past, but the crew's prime focus is gathering memories as fuel!
If you enjoy absorbing stories and mind-boggling puzzles, you've come to the right spot! Across four chapters, you'll need to go back in time and subtly rewrite history, trigger the butterfly effect, solve the puzzles hidden in it, and even change the future of Babel!
From the drenched deck to the bustling Central Station, the busy Memory Factory to the empty Giant Boiler...... Explore the Babel, meet panic-stricken humans and tough crew members, and investigate unprecedented instruments and strange creatures!
You need to help the trapped characters overcome difficulties: escape from the Interrogation Room, collect Stonehearth Crab Egg, and find mysterious signal sources... Don't expect to succeed with brute force!
Fortunately, you can travel back in time and discover what put them into trouble. Once you've located the crucial event, you can rewrite it with the pen in your hand. This move will immediately trigger a butterfly effect, change the plot's path, and reverse the current situation!
Feeling clueless? Then make use of this notebook. It will guide you through the process of assembling the collected evidence into a comprehensive reasoning chain!
The pilot stuck in the monsoon, the head chef worrying about the canned food, the swimming team captain chasing fugitives...... Oh, and the poor circus clown looking for his daughter! The fates of the characters complement each other, and this is destined to be a tragicomedy about separation.
Combining cute and funny, retro and cartoon, Babel is about to set sail. Grab your boat ticket, step on the deck, and enjoy the carnival!
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Last evaluated Jun 23, 2026
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