For Your Consideration
2020-11-25 18:01 UTC · Community Announcements · MattN
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Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.
| App ID | 906100 |
|---|---|
| App type | Game |
| Developer | Screen Burn |
| Publisher | Devolver Digital |
| Homepage | http://www.observationgame.com |
| Release date | 2020-05-21 16:25 UTC |
| Release state | released |
| Controller support | full |
| Content descriptors | General Mature Content |
| Store page | store.steampowered.com/app/906100 |
| Last store refresh | 1 hour ago |
Launch options
| # | Executable | Arguments | OS | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Observation.exe | windows |
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Price history, US store (USD)
| Date | Price | Regular | Discount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-11 21:04 UTC | $24.99 | $24.99 |
| DLC | AppID | Release | Price |
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| Branch | Build ID | Description | Updated | Password |
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| public | 5312960 | 2020-08-11 10:13 UTC |
Depots
| Depot | Name | OS | Size | Download | Public manifest | Notes |
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| 906101 | windows · 64 | 6.99 GB | 4.67 GB | 7086532756140142266 |
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| Build ID | Branch | Updated | First seen |
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| 5312960 | public | 2020-08-11 10:13 UTC | 1 hour ago |
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The Epic Games Store is having a grand old halloween sale
2020-10-22 20:53 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Natalie Clayton)
Is there anything scarier than buying products at below the recommended retail price? Almost certainly, which is why I’d hesitate to call the Epic Games Store Halloween Sale particularly spooky. It is, however, taking a massive knife to game prices across the platform, with some pretty hefty discounts of up to 80% going on a number of range of fantastic games until the sale wraps on November 3rd. (more…)
Observation v1.17 Now LIVE, with fixes!
2020-08-11 10:26 UTC · Community Announcements · jon
We've just pushed a fresh new build of the game, that introduces a few much-requested features as well as some vital fixes for those on ultra-wide displays/resolutions previously not supported. If you've tried and had issues before with some of these, give it another spin and let us know if your issues are resolved. We hope you enjoy the game! PC: New Features: Extended range of supported keys for Key Binding (Keypad) Game Resolution options limited to the maximum resolution of their display to prevent other issues Improved support for various screen resolutions Master Audio Level Slider in Op
Trading Cards now live!
2020-05-22 15:42 UTC · Community Announcements · jon
Due to some scheduling and technical issues we were unable to get the Steam Trading Card content approved and live before the launch of the game, however they are definitely now live! Collect the set! Make some badges! Etc! ❤
Space station thriller Observation has landed on Steam and GOG at half price
2020-05-22 15:24 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Lauren Morton)
Observation , the game that’s akin to 2001: A Space Odyssey if you played the role of HAL 9000, has exited the Epic Games Store airlock after a year of exclusivity. You can find the space thriller over on GOG and Steam now, complete with a tasty debut discount. (more…)
Observation wins "Best British Game" award at the 2020 BAFTA Game Awards!
2020-04-03 13:54 UTC · Community Announcements · jon
We are absolutely thrilled to share that at a glittering (home-recorded) ceremony on Thursday night, No Code's Observation picked up the award for Best British Game at 2020's BAFTA Game Awards. In a category full of incredible games, we are truly honored to take this award, and it represents years of hard work from a dedicated team. You can watch the full ceremony here, and don't forget to wish list the game, coming very soon on the 21st May to Steam!
Observation is great because it understands that less is more
2019-12-27 11:00 UTC · PC Gamer
I like my science fiction slow, thoughtful, and creepy, which is why one of my highlights of 2019 was Observation. Riffing on stylish, muted '70s sci-fi flicks like Solaris, Alien, and Silent Running, No Code's game tells its strange, eerie story with real class and restraint. Set aboard a stricken space station, whose design is based on the real-world International Space Station, you play as an artificial intelligence named SAM that has, somehow, become self aware. While this sounds a lot like 2001: A Space Odyssey: The Game—which the marketing leaned heavily into, including
Observation's devs tell us what it's like to release a game into the wild
2019-11-07 12:40 UTC · PC Gamer
After years of pre-production, pitches, and prototypes, then 25 months of solid development, Glasgow-based developer No Code finally released sci-fi adventure Observation in May, 2019. I reviewed it for PC Gamer, calling it a "stylish, understated, and subtly chilling psychological thriller", and other critics shared my enthusiasm for the game, which sees you playing as an artificial intelligence aboard a stricken space station.  That’s a long time to work on anything, and I’ve always wondered: what does releasing a game feel like? So I asked Observation’s w
Learn about the making of Disco Elysium, Observation and more at EGX on October 18th
2019-10-02 16:00 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (RPS)
Do you like hearing indie devs spilling the beans about the secrets of game design? Would you also like to see the lovely faces of RPS coaxing said developers to spill those beans at the same time? Well then, you better get yourself over to the Rezzed Sessions stage on Friday October 18th at EGX 2019, as we’ll be hogging the stage from 2.30pm onwards as we grill some friendly developers that just happened to walk into our big indie dev net. From the making of NoCode’s space horror game Observation to how to make an RPG like Disco Elysium, here’s the line-up for the second d
Wot I Think: Observation
2019-05-21 14:00 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Matt Cox)
Developer: No Code Publisher: Devolver Digital Release: May 21st On: Windows From: Epic Games Store For: 20/$25 I can’t think of another game that has so quickly made me care so much. I’m staring at Emma Fisher, adrift in zero gravity after (another) unknown calamity has buckled our space station and briefly disabled my camera feed. I’m looking at what might be a floating corpse, aghast at the idea that I’m responsible for it. She isn’t moving. She isn’t telling me what to do. In some ways, I’m more lost than she is. I’m the AI, you see. (more
Observation review: A chilling sci-fi thriller
2019-05-21 14:00 UTC · PC Gamer
The space station Observation has broken away from its Earth orbit and is drifting somewhere near Saturn. Its systems are malfunctioning, a fire has broken out, and the on-board artificial intelligence, SAM, is acting strangely. Things are not looking good for Dr. Emma Fisher, the reluctant, resourceful hero of this sci-fi thriller from the studio behind Stories Untold. But what's interesting about Observation is that you don't play as Fisher. Instead, you play as SAM, her AI helper. The station is an extension of you, and its cameras are your eyes and ears. You can, when asked, open
Epic Games Store starts its first big sale with a Stories Untold giveaway
2019-05-16 15:56 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Dominic Tarason)
It’s a busy day over on the Epic Games Store. On top of the expected fortnightly giveaway – this time the excellent horror-adventure Stories Untold – they’ve launched their first big sale. You can snag Stories Untold here for free, and I highly recommend it even if point & click (or even parser-based) adventures aren’t usually your thing. Developers No Code’s upcoming followup, the space-disaster AI thriller Observation, isn’t out until May 21st but pre-orders are down from 20 to a surprising 7.99/ 8.89/$12.49 in this sale. Many games are similarly
Observation is coming in May, but only on the Epic Games Store
2019-03-26 12:48 UTC · PC Gamer
Observation, No Code's spooky sci-fi thriller, is only a couple of months away. The Stories Untold developer and publisher Devolver Digital announced the impending release with a flashy new story trailer, which you can watch above.  The news was also accompanied by the game vanishing from Steam. Now it's just coming to "PS4 and the Epic Games Store", so it looks like Epic got itself another exclusive. It's available for pre-order on the store now.  While Observation is shaping up to be quite a bit different from No Code's previous horror game, both tell
Observation no longer observable on Steam [confirmed]
2019-03-25 23:45 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Dominic Tarason)
Update: Yup, publishers Devolver Digital today confirmed that Observation will now be exclusive to the Epic Games Store for one year. The good news is that Observation – the intense-looking sci-fi thriller from Stories Untold developers No Code – has a release date. Announced during Sony’s PS4-centric “State Of Play” stream, it’ll be out on May 21st. The concerning news is that the game’s Steam store page has vanished, as has any mention of Steam (or any PC storefront, for that matter) on its official page. Publisher Devolver make no mention of a PC ve
How AI thriller Observation is the spiritual successor to Alien: Isolation
2019-02-05 15:02 UTC · PC Gamer
Observation is an upcoming sci-fi thriller from No Code, the team behind horror anthology Stories Untold. In it you play as SAM, an orbital space station's advanced artificial intelligence that has suddenly become self-aware. Something has gone horribly wrong on the station, leaving it drifting near Saturn, and it's up to you to help survivor Dr. Emma Fisher escape to safety—a job made complicated by the fact that a sinister presence is interfering with your computer brain, and doesn't seem to have Fisher's best interests at heart. The game is viewed through cameras
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