Desktop Explorer

Jun 30, 2026UnratedNo votes

Genres

PuzzleSimulatorAdventure

Platforms

Windows

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Desktop Explorer is an exploration-puzzle game set in a retro-style operating system. Solve puzzles by interacting with built-in software features, immersing yourself into a realistic late 90’s computer experience. The game follows a fairly innocent narrative as you progress through it’s puzzles. However it becomes clear to you that there is more than meets the eye with this machine, as you slowly see its familiar façade fade away in favor of a darker aesthetic..

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Storyline

Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them? Your uncle has given you his old PC as living inheritance. To your surprise, it still turns on! Inside, a letter tasks you with investigating a missing person’s case along with a mysterious puzzle game named Desktop Explorer. You’ll learn that your uncle wasn’t the only one who used this computer before, and that the program inside it has a deeper role in this 90s atmospheric digital mystery.