Missing Translation

Missing Translation

AlPixel Games · September 24, 2015 · Free to Play, Pixel Graphics, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure

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Very Positive88% · 3,317
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About Missing Translation

✦ AI summary

Explore a haunting desert city filled with bizarre creatures while solving dozens of puzzles across three distinct mechanics, all told through wordless black-and-white pixel art and a haunting soundtrack. With no tutorials or hand-holding, you'll unravel the mystery entirely on your own terms, choosing between two characters and discovering a drawn language as you progress through optional challenges.

Lost in a weird city in the middle of the desert and surrounded by strange creatures that keep staring at you. This is a game about exploring the unknown and solving puzzles... lots of them! Don't be fooled by the looks, this isn't a point & click adventure.

Missing Translation — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included
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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Missing Translation is a relaxing puzzle game with a pleasant soundtrack and clever mechanics that players enjoy solving once they understand how they work, though the experience is undermined by unclear design choices and lack of communication about what elements are actually interactive puzzles versus environmental decoration. While some find the gameplay engaging and satisfying, others report tedium from repetitive puzzle types and frustration from ambiguous UI that makes it difficult to distinguish solvable puzzles from red herrings.

Recommended Sep 30, 2026
Lovely little puzzle game with a great soundtrack!
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Recommended Sep 24, 2026
A really fun and relaxing game. The gameplay is interesting, and I enjoyed spending time playing it. Overall, I had a great experience and would definitely play it again. Highly recommended!
Recommended Sep 14, 2026
I do recommend this, but (I may have missed something but it was rather unclear) it is just a puzzle game, the language/translating part is completely secondary to the puzzles. The puzzles themselves were clever enough, but 25 in a row of the same thing with minorly increasing difficulty got tedious after a while. If you're looking for a language game, this is not it.
Recommended Sep 11, 2026
Although I started each section somewhat aimlessly, the game did good at teaching you mechanics through trial and error. I felt clever when I finally understood puzzles and really got into a rhythm with them! My only gripes were that there's no way to change keybinds and some things look like puzzles when they aren't. I spent quite some time trying to unlock doors 3 and 4 in the school, say the right code to the monitor in room 2, and call symbols in the enviroment, only to find out after in discussion boards that they were either not added to the game yet, or weren't puzzles at all.
Not recommended Aug 21, 2026
spent an hour and a half trying to figure out the point only to realize there was none
Recommended Aug 19, 2026
easy puzzle, . . but im playing it without knowing what the story HAHAH, after opening some guide, i just noticed that the character can talk using the bubble lol

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