A Normal Lost Phone
A Normal Lost Phone

A Normal Lost Phone

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A Normal Lost Phone
A Normal Lost Phone is a game about exploring the intimacy of an unknown person whose phone was found by the player.
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Reviews
The reviews are taken directly from Steam and divided by regions and I show you the best rated ones in the last 30 days.

Reviews on english:
Reviews
88%
1,309 reviews
1,161
148
2.1 hours played
Written 29 days ago

Just finished playing this game, and it genuinely brought me to tears, incredible game. I was aware there would be LGBT topics, but I was not prepared for how close to home it would hit me and how accurate and well done all the topics were done. If you have a couple hours to kill, enjoy puzzle solving with a story and LGBT topics, this game is well worth the money!
2.2 hours played
Written 26 days ago

ok ngl i wrote a joke review originally but i honestly wanted to write a serious one because this game has me feeling very conflicted. i like the message, the premise, and the visual style, but i don't think it's executed well. a lot of the convos felt very stilted (especially the texts. people don't text like that) which kinda detracted from the experience. like it all felt kinda artificial. i dunno. i'd say it's cheap and short enough to be worth playing to kill time, but i can't say i think it'll be an experience that sticks with me
2.6 hours played
Written 4 days ago

This is a nice, short game that deals with uncovering secrets and grappling with one's identity. There's not much to it, though, so I don't think I'll have much of a reason to come back to this game. Also, the music gets a bit repetitive, and some of the dialog seems a bit stiff, almost like an instruction manual for someone who's never delved into any LGBTQ terminology. But that's probably very helpful to someone, and I think this game is still an overall good experience for the low price.
1.4 hours played
Written 5 days ago

This is a short (1-2hr) investigative game where you poke at someone's phone to find out what happened to them. There's a lot of reading of text messages, emails, message board posts etc. so it's for the most part an interactive fiction experience, but it does have some puzzles too. The story has queer topics, and it's structured a bit like that's a plot reveal, except the game tells you when you start it up that it will include discussions of anti-queer bigotry. So I think it's safe to say that this wasn't intended as a spoiler. (I won't get into exactly which queer topics, because that might be a spoiler, on the other hand.) The game has also been recently included in the 2025 Pride Humble Bundle, though that's not where I got it. I both liked A Normal Lost Phone, but also felt like I wasn't necessarily the target audience as a queer person who has been out for a very long time. A lot of the discussion is very very intro-level, which makes sense for the young protagonist, but I also felt like I knew about all this and did not need a lengthy explainer. I wished the dialog was a bit punchier, some of it was somewhat bland. I think for someone who doesn't know a lot about queer topics, this would actually be an approachable and empathetic introduction; so I'm glad that something like this exists, because I do get asked for intro-type queer media recs for teens a lot. I also liked the community aspect of the plot and how different communities were shown. I was a bit uneasy about the concept of snooping around someone's phone - this is kind of rooted in my own experience where the American authorities went through my phone at a border crossing (many years ago, this was not recent) so I would rather not reenact that with me doing the going through someone else's phone. But the fact that you are a stranger going through someone's phone is discussed a bit in-game, so it doesn't remain unreflected - that was good enough for me. I thought the puzzles were all quite organically incorporated into the story - I had one small annoyance, some of the puzzles depend on dates and the game is a bit inconsistent about date formats. The music was really intriguing and a *lot* more elaborate than I'd expected! You can also unlock some music, and to me this added a lot to my experience. I played on the Steam Deck and it ran well - I did have the Deck docked to my TV, so I don't know how it would work on the smaller built-in screen. Overall, this was a quite solid game, if not exactly what I'd been looking for. I already bought the sequel Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story, but I think I won't play it right away, because I like to vary the types of games I play; I'll probably get to it relatively soon though. _________ Source of the game: Bought with my own money in a Steam sale (not the current summer sale)
0.8 hours played
Written 8 days ago

A short game, but one I really enjoyed. I think the premise is really good, but I can't really divulge without spoilers.
1.7 hours played
Written 9 days ago

It's a short journey, but one that richly rewards for its cost.
2.1 hours played
Written 10 days ago

I got the game for 83 cents during Steam Summer Sale, but now that I have played it i'd say the normal price is completely justified. The game has a uniqe way of story telling, a fitting soundtrack and a compelling story. All in all I'd definitely recommend.
0.9 hours played
Written 19 days ago

Beautiful and original story. Short but great game!
2.1 hours played
Written 27 days ago

Amazing game that truly moved me. It brought me to tears because it portrays the harsh realities that some of us have to live with. It’s a really short game, but with a powerfull message.
3.6 hours played
Written 19 days ago

[h1]Wall of cliche Text[/h1] The single biggest reason I don’t recommend this game is that [b]it’s[/b] for the most part [b]just many walls of text[/b]. The amount of text (especially relative to the amount of puzzles) in this game is insane. On multiple occasions you need to extract key info from one of these “walls”. Because of the amount of text it took me 3.6 hours to complete the game and I have no idea how others do it in less than 2 or even 1 hour. I guess, I might be overly perfectionistic playing games and some text could be skipped, but then you miss part of the narrative, which is supposed to be the main part of the game. [h2]Lame “gameplay”[/h2] Progression=puzzles of this game are incredibly basic: find a key piece of info in the text walls and use it as a password in some other phone app. Most of the time this password is a date, but not a specific date, just an “important date”, so you need to bruteforce numerous possibilities. Despite reading through every single text and skimming through texts once more, I wasn’t able to identify one of the dates as important to try as a password and needed to consult a walkthrough (which is a total shame for a game of such a short length and shallow depth). To quote said walkthrough: [quote]… but I’m not sure why that date would be the password. I mean, it makes sense in hindsight, but it seems like a stretch to expect the player to know this is the password. Still, that’s it. [/quote] [h2]Story[/h2] is super cliche. If you saw the game’s tags on Steam store page (as I did, or alternatively you read some reviews) and heard about the game’s topic, then you likely already know most of the overall plot before even opening the game - that’s how basic it is. It’s presentation is also cliche. [h2]Agendas[/h2] I don’t mean the main topic of the game - I think any game is free to try to make some point. I refer to the fact that it also contains at least two other agendas ([spoiler]“eat less meat”[/spoiler] and [spoiler]“intimacy needs explicit consent”[/spoiler]), which have nothing to do with the main plot and are furthermore presented in the most cliche way possible. I don’t critique the specific agendas, but the fact that there are [i]too many[/i] agendas all dumped in such a short game. [h2]Lazy[/h2] in various aspects. The game doesn’t even try hard to be solid experience: [list] [*]Wi-Fi password is this game’s typical “key info piece” and is shorter than 8 characters (which is not allowed in real life) [*]For so many walls of text, there is not even a search functionality [*]Calculator misses some clicks [*]Ending is (in line with the rest of the game) very basic [/list] [h2]Overall[/h2] Biggest critique is still that this game is a wall of text. Only play this game if you like to read a lot. In which case, you should probably read something interesting. So, don’t play this game:)
2.6 hours played
Written 23 days ago

NO
0.9 hours played
Written 1 month and 1 day ago

7
3.0 hours played
Written 17 days ago

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