Strange Telephone

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App ID	705290
App Type	Game
Developer	HZ3 Software
Publisher	PLAYISM
Franchise	PLAYISM
Supported Systems	Windows
Technologies	Unity Engine
Last Changenumber	29694645
Last Record Update	23 June 2025 – 00:14:08 UTC ()
Release Date	21 January 2019 – 08:03:40 UTC ()

❓ 78.18%

350 reviews

In-Game

Strange Telephone is a 2D adventure game in which the player explores strange worlds created with merely 6 digits, and has multiple endings.

Additional Information

Developer

HZ3 Software

metacritic_name

Strange Telephone

controller_support

partial

community_visible_stats

Yes

ReleaseState

released

Publisher

PLAYISM

Store Release Date

21 January 2019 – 08:04:21 UTC ()

osarch

empty string

community_hub_visible

Yes

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/PLAYISM/
https://x.com/playismEN
https://www.youtube.com/ActiveGamingMedia/

Primary Genre

Adventure (25)

Store Genres

Adventure (25), Casual (4), Indie (23)

Steam Release Date

21 January 2019 – 08:03:40 UTC ()

Store Asset Modification Time

28 November 2019 – 06:35:02 UTC () (1574922902)

library_assets

library_capsule	en
library_hero	en
library_logo	en
logo_position ↴
pinned_position	BottomLeft
width_pct	23.3955659276546
height_pct	38.98123961054381

review_score

review_percentage

Detected Technologies (?)

Unity Engine, UnityIL2CPP SDK

Steam Deck Compatibility

Steam Deck:
All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on Deck, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
SteamOS:
This game runs successfully on SteamOS
Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on SteamOS, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
category: Verified
steamos_compatibility: Compatible
test_timestamp: 18 June 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
tested_build_id: 4501507

configuration:

supported_input	gamepad
requires_manual_keyboard_invoke	0
requires_non_controller_launcher_nav	0
primary_player_is_controller_slot_0	1
non_deck_display_glyphs	0
small_text	0
requires_internet_for_setup	0
requires_internet_for_singleplayer	0
recommended_runtime	proton-stable
requires_h264	0
requires_voice_files	0
gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported	0
hdr_support	0

First seen on SteamDB

26 August 2017 – 08:16:38 UTC (), in changelist #3336175

Supported Languages

4 Languages	Interface	Subtitles
English	Yes	Yes
Japanese	Yes	Yes
Simplified Chinese	Yes	Yes
Traditional Chinese	Yes	Yes

Hardware Categories

Partial Controller Support

Assets

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logo

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logo_small

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small_capsule

english

capsule_231x87.jpg

header_image

english

header.jpg

library_assets_full

library_capsule ↴
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image2x/english	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero ↴
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library_logo ↴
image/english	logo.png
image2x/english	logo_2x.png
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Assets

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community_icon	ae7b3ead79d211e2a8f6aa9ba7832dea64fcac62.jpg
page_background_path	app/705290
timestamp	13 December 2019 – 04:22:34 UTC

Trailers

256740210 ↴
trailer_name	Strange Telephone Trailer ver2.0
trailer_category	0
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microtrailer/video/mp4	256740210/microtrailer.mp4
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screenshot_full	256740210/movie_full.jpg
trailer_base_id	204150
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1547629613
256740906 ↴
trailer_name	Strange Telephone Trailer Tutorial en
trailer_category	0
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all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1548057828
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trailer_category	0
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trailer_max/video/mp4	256741183/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm	256741183/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4	256741183/microtrailer.mp4
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screenshot_full	256741183/movie_full.jpg
trailer_base_id	205902
all_ages	true
timestamp	1548257515

Depots

ID	Configuration	Size	DL.
705291	Windows Strange Telephone Content 32bit	76.29 MiB	30.78 MiB
705292	Windows 64-bitStrange Telephone Content 64bit	87.38 MiB	33.86 MiB
705293	Strange Telephone - OST	935.02 MiB	539.42 MiB

Total size on disk is 1.07 GiB and total download size is 604.06 MiB.

Branches

Name	Description	Build ID	Time Updated
public		4501507	19 December 2019 – 07:26:00 UTC

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baselanguages
privatebranches	1

Strange Telephone

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