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OPUS: The Day We Found Earth

Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch • 2016

Should you play it?

Dive into the boundless galaxy and embark on an emotional adventure! Help little robot Emeth to fulfill a century-old promise by finding Earth in order to save Mankind—so step into the spaceship, operate a deep space telescope, and find out what’s out there in the unknown.

What works

  • Touching and emotional story
  • Beautiful soundtrack and visuals
  • Unique space exploration gameplay
  • Short and accessible experience
  • Planet naming for personal expression

Things to keep in mind

  • Short game length
  • Repetitive scanning gameplay
  • Limited gameplay depth
  • Some achievements require grinding
  • Lack of map overview and navigation aids

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Rumu

  • Finding Paradise

  • Night Reverie: Prologue

  • OneShot: World Machine Edition

  • Grey Instinct

  • STARDROP

Less idle-friendly

Games that feels like OPUS: The Day We Found Earth but with less of an idle filler feel

  • Space Pilgrim Episode I: Alpha Centauri

  • UNREAL LIFE

  • Space Pilgrim Episode IV: Sol

  • Tales of the Black Forest

  • Escape the Game

  • Yuki「清醒梦」

Less intimate

Games that feels like OPUS: The Day We Found Earth but with less focus on close relationships

  • Starcom: Nexus

  • The Mirror Lied

  • Zzzz-Zzzz-Zzzz

  • Lightracer Spark

  • Water Womb World

  • AETHUS

More survival-focused

Games that feels like OPUS: The Day We Found Earth but with a stronger survival pressure

  • Out There: Ω Edition

  • Eve of Souls: Static Pod

  • SIGNALIS

  • Citizen Sleeper

  • RymdResa

  • Nebel Geisterjäger ~ The First Lamb

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OPUS: The Day We Found Earth: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Idle, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Experimenting.

Last update: 21/08/2026