Alien Video Game Scientist

Alien Video Game Scientist is a puzzle game about a video game found aboard an alien spacecraft that has entered the solar system. You play as a video game scientist investigating the mystery, accompanied by an unseen, snarky narrator who wants a share of the credit.

Navigate each level

Each of the 38 hand-crafted levels is a small, open-ended navigation puzzle. Find the exit while collecting required objects and, optionally, hidden or hard-to-reach ones. Levels offer multiple routes, with no single path through them; finding an efficient route can earn extra rewards. Mazes provide clues to point you in the right direction, though you can also wander. The game is not a precision platformer.

Levels use small floating platforms, and completing one should take no more than five minutes. Reaching the end is the only requirement, and a hidden option lets you skip a level. If you fall, you return quickly to the last checkpoint, which you can choose where to place.

Optional time trials

You can play at your own pace or take on in-game time trials and level-specific Steam leaderboards. The speed challenges focus on planning routes, deciding which areas to visit first and placing your respawn point, rather than split-second timing. The game presents these challenges as achievable with some planning, knowledge of the level and at most a few retries.