Unusual Findings

Unusual Findings

Released Oct 2022

Three friends uncover mysteries in the 1980s. Follow their amazing adventures in a game where your decisions really matter. Be prepared to spin like a record on your incredible journey back to the era of synthesizers, VHS Rental stores, 8 bits games and evil alien conspiracies.

89% positive · 591 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence

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Evaluation

Unusual Findings launched on October 12, 2022 as a complete point-and-click adventure game. The three DLC items on the store (HD wallpapers, original soundtrack, and digital artbook) were all released within two days of launch and are bonus/collector content rather than story expansions. The game received one notable post-launch content update: the free "Vinny's Diary" update, announced on June 27, 2024 and shipped on July 10, 2026. This update added a hints and diary system, improved controls, traditional Chinese localization, and various quality-of-life improvements. The July 10, 2026 news post closing out the Vinny's Diary update ends with: "We'll keep working to improve this game and provide you with a better game experience in near future!" — a general goodwill statement, but no specific future content, DLC, or roadmap was announced alongside it. There are no unreleased DLC entries on the store, and the developer has made no announcements of additional content since the update shipped. The two major_content posts from 2023 (NEWS-5, NEWS-7, NEWS-8) concern a different game entirely (REMEDIUM) published by the same publisher, ESDigital Games, and are not relevant to Unusual Findings. With the Vinny's Diary update now shipped and no further content announced, the game is complete as of July 10, 2026.
Evidence
Free 'Vinny's Diary' update launched, adding hints/diary system, improved controls, Chinese localization, and QOL fixes. Closing statement expresses general intent to keep improving the game but announces no specific future content.
news post · Jul 10, 2026 source content shipped
high
Developer announced the Vinny's Diary update coming that summer, describing it as a major free content update — this commitment has since been fulfilled by the July 2026 release.
news post · Jun 27, 2024 source content shipped
medium

Content

3 of 3 released · no outstanding content

Media

Details

Publisher
ESDigital Games
Achievements
30
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player

About this game



It’s the 80s and the Christmas is coming, Vinny, Nick and Tony are young and their new cable signal descrambler just arrived. That same night while trying to decrypt a pay per view adult channel, they pick up the distress signal of an alien spaceship crash-landing in the woods near their town… Things only get weirder as they realize that the towering alien is killing very specific members of their community!



Explore the world oozing with nostalgia, check the Video Buster Store for clues, challenge other kids at the Laser Llamas Arcades, go learn a new trick at The Emerald Sword comic store, try to get along with the punk looking Lost Boys at their hideout or even dare to ask THE BULL, the quintessential 80s Action hero, for some help!



Follow the story that pays tribute to 80s classics like The Goonies, The Explorers, Monster Squad, The Lost Boys, They Live, Terminator, and Aliens among others and a gameplay that combines mechanics of Point and Clicks masterpieces like Full Throttle with its own unique twist and more.



Your decisions do matter, and the way you make these three friends interact with each other increasingly affects their friendship and the whole story, changing the way they solve the game puzzles, the locations they visit, the answers they find, the story, everything.



Uncover the truth hidden behind the alien invasion… well sort of. Why here? Why is it killing locals? How can the boys stop it? Will they tune in the adult channel after all? The answers to these and other questions… in Unusual Findings.



  • Follow the Sci-Fi coming-of-age story. Three friends fighting together against the unknown… things (maybe against some known things too).

  • See, Grab and Talk action tokens, an inventory to use and combine items and your wits it’s all you need to play.
  • Stylized Pixel Art. All the charm of pixel art of the past with more colors and the new effects of the future. Some pixels look so real they can almost jump out of the screen*

  • Go back to a simpler time where mix tapes were a thing, Commodore 64 was a king, kids could play outside late at night and the only thing to worry about was THE GIANT KILLER ALIEN TRYING TO GET YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS.

  • The decisions you make affect the relations between characters and thus the puzzles, the game progression and the story.
  • The most radical music a synthesizer can play. Cool popular Synthwave Music alongside catchy tunes made exclusively for the game to power up the 80s vibes.

*The pixels do not actually jump out of the screen, In case you actually see a pixel jumping out the screen please visit an ophthalmologist... or/and look for psychological help.

Last evaluated Sep 19, 2026
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