# Strange Telephone

Summer DB entity ID: 6f65b8e2\-c858\-4506\-a08c\-cb8b70ec81e7

Steam App ID: 705290

Strange Telephone is a 2D adventure game in which the player explores strange worlds created with merely 6 digits, and has multiple endings\.  The protagonist Jill is trapped in a dark world with a large door floating before her\. She is aided by Graham, who takes on the form of a telephone\. Making phone calls with Graham creates various worlds that can be explored\. In each of these worlds are items to be found, including the key that will lead to her escape\. Developer's Voice This is a 2D adventure game in which the main characters \- Jill and Graham \- must escape from the world in which they've been trapped\. I feel that it turned out to be a very unique and original game, featuring all the trappings of a classic indie title: the pixel art graphics, animation, music, and more\. This is sort of a "behind the scenes" anecdote, but the game was designed and built upon the foundation of a "hidden story" which isn't directly explained\. All of the eleven various ending movies, characters, object designs, etc\. were meticulously put together in such a way as to contain parts of the "riddles" used in unravelling this hidden story\. I feel that if you can manage to read between the lines and figure some of this stuff out, then the world of Strange Telephone can be enjoyed on an even deeper level, so as the developer I really hope that players keep their eyes and ears open as the play through the game and see what they can find\. Developer  HZ3 Software

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: HZ3 Software

- Publisher: PLAYISM

- Release date: Jan 21, 2019

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Adventure, Casual, Indie

- Categories: Single\-player, Steam Achievements, Partial Controller Support, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/705290/ss\_390426f460d3255b4a179e1f610c379f51be38a6\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1576210954, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/705290/ss\_92823b5b17e701132a86409beeab04445c694d64\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1576210954, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/705290/ss\_2a9f6538bb44c6c6b5a67a37883e434e07de9890\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1576210954, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/705290/ss\_35d6b2dd3f7e4e36ffda45c10b9ba5d9d9b518a0\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1576210954, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/705290/ss\_f7746978c025edad7b581bf3785ac3dcf88527d6\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1576210954, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/705290/ss\_34878b8be36b26d1f1cad502552b64c6388f8a8d\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1576210954, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/705290/ss\_10185bdd116cd68d0a49da74cd89453f773ef4fa\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1576210954

- Price: 224 minor units USD; discount 55%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 366

- Steam positive reviews: 306

- Steam negative reviews: 60

- Steam positive percentage: 83.60655737704919%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

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## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/6f65b8e2-c858-4506-a08c-cb8b70ec81e7/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/6f65b8e2-c858-4506-a08c-cb8b70ec81e7/player-metrics?days=7)

Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-24T19:57:04\.362365\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-23T02:58:16\.011381\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-23T02:58:17\.280546\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-23T02:58:17\.053604\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

[Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/705290/) · [JSON](/api/v1/games/6f65b8e2-c858-4506-a08c-cb8b70ec81e7)