Full game metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Steam app type | game |
| Steam App ID | 2663360 |
| Live current players | 0 |
| SteamPulse tracked peak | 0 |
| Live count (today's peak floor) | 0 |
| Price | No longer available on Steam Store |
| Free to play | No current Steam offer |
| Discount | Not available |
| Original price USD | Not available |
| Current price USD | Not available |
| Release date | Coming soon |
| Developer | Patchbay Games |
| Publisher | Patchbay Games |
| Owners estimated | Not available |
| SteamSpy owner estimate minimum | Not available |
| SteamSpy owner estimate maximum | Not available |
| Review type | No user reviews |
| Positive review percent | Not available |
| Positive reviews | 0 |
| Negative reviews | 0 |
| Total reviews | 0 |
| Steam recommendations | Not available |
| Achievements | Not available |
| Average playtime forever | Not available |
| Windows support | Yes |
| macOS support | No |
| Linux support | No |
| Parent game | Not available |
| Store URL | Not available on Steam Store |
Short description
A puzzle-horror experience - navigate a huge mid-90s internet and use a variety of programs on your work computer to take down your pharmaceutical company without getting caught.
About this game
Aster Initiative goes beyond a love letter to the early days of computing. It’s a story-based digital horror experience with choices that matter, found-footage video, and an open web to explore. THE STORY You are Joanne Saunders, a newly hired secretary at the Canadian pharmaceutical company, Aster Initiative . As dark secrets from the company begin to unravel, you decide to dig deeper and take the company down from the inside— on your work computer . Can you do it in a single workweek ? THE GAMEPLAY With operating system, LapetusOS, you can: Surf a truly authentic and colorful early internet with side objectives Download and manipulate videos, pictures, documents and music Call and message a cast of unique characters Customize your desktop environment Decipher codes and solve puzzles But beware of your watchful supervisor, who doesn't tolerate slacking off. Between five workdays, navigate Joanne’s personal life through branching full-motion videos that shape both the story and her desktop experience. Keep an eye on your suspicion and stress levels. REINVENTING ANALOG HORROR Aster Initiative is built on meticulous period accuracy and atmosphere. Watch a fully produced Eurodance music video, explore a disturbingly faithful shock site, or listen to a 90s hip-hop track. Every in-game website is real HTML, created with the same tools, assets, and design techniques used in the 1990s. Video, photo, and audio are captured and processed using vintage methods, including VHS workflows and era-accurate digital artifacting. We collaborate with computer historians and technical consultants to ensure the experience is authentically 90s from the inside out. No generative AI is used in development. The early web was built by people, and so is this.
Supported languages
English * * languages with full audio support