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Strange Telephone

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App ID 705290
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher PLAYISM
Franchise PLAYISM
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 31961366
Last Record Update 29 October 2025 – 06:34:57 UTC ()
Release Date 21 January 2019 – 08:03:40 UTC ()
❓ 78.01%
357 reviews
0
In-Game
🗺️ Adventure 😌 Casual 👾 Pixel Graphics 🫠 Surreal 👩 Female Protagonist

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)
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library_capsuleen
library_heroen
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width_pct23.3955659276546
height_pct38.98123961054381
review_score 8
review_percentage 83
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_inputgamepad
    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke0
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_01
    non_deck_display_glyphs0
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-stable
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
First seen on SteamDB 26 August 2017 – 08:16:38 UTC (), in changelist #3336175

Supported Languages

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

Tags

🌱 Indie 🗺️ Adventure 😌 Casual 👾 Pixel Graphics 🫠 Surreal 👩 Female Protagonist 🏽 2D 🌫 Atmospheric 👤 Singleplayer 🫂 Psychological 🔎 Point & Click 🧸 Cute 🔇 Silent Protagonist 🎶 Great Soundtrack 🗺 Exploration 🌸 Anime 📺 Side Scroller 🎭 Fantasy 🎶 Soundtrack 📚 Story Rich

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Family Sharing

Hardware Categories

Partial Controller Support

Assets

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header_image
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Assets
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timestamp13 December 2019 – 04:22:34 UTC

Trailer 204150 ↴

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timestamp 16 January 2019 – 09:06:53 UTC

Trailer 205388 ↴

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timestamp 21 January 2019 – 08:03:48 UTC

Trailer 205902 ↴

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timestamp 23 January 2019 – 15:31:55 UTC

User File System

Key Value
quota 9.54 MiB (10000000)
maxnumfiles 10
hidecloudui 1
ignoreexternalfiles 1
savefiles
0 ↴
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pattern*.hz3

Save File Locations

Based on the configuration above, this is where we think the save files are located.

Read more about cloud saves in Steamworks documentation.

Platform Path Pattern
[All OSes] %USERPROFILE%/AppData/LocalLow/HZ3 Software/StrangeTelephone2.0 *.hz3
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