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Hadean Lands

Also known as Hadean Lands, hadean lands, hadean-lands

Alchemy, puzzles, and a crashed starship. Old-style interactive fiction — a classic text adventure. No graphics! No dialogue trees! No point-and-click! You type your commands, and read what happens next.

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16 May 2026

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AnnouncementPublished 26 Jul 2022

Steam Deck not supported (sorry!)

I was able to do some Steam Deck testing this weekend. I'm sorry to say that Steam Deck is not a recommended Hadean Lands experience right now. The problem is the on-screen keyboard. It wants to pop up and obscure the l…

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August 2020
Release 2.2.1: Dark theme, Linux fixesUpdate to the UI framework! (No changes to the game content.) The game now supports OS dark theme. If you have your system OS theme set to "dark", all of the game windows (including the journal, map, preferences, and so…Announcementv2.2.14 changesUI/audioMaps22 Aug 2020
May 2017
Various things that I've been meaning to clean up in the past year. (No changes to the game content.) - In the journal window, you can now sort items by name or by date (the order you discovered them in the game). - Add…v2.1.01 changeFixStore22 May 2017
Various things that I've been meaning to clean up in the past year. (No changes to the game content.) - In the journal window, you can now sort items by name or by date (the order you discovered them in the game). - Add…v2.1.01 changeFixStore22 May 2017
July 2016
Release 2.0.5: a small UI updateAdded a few UI features. (No changes to the game content.) - "Full Screen" menu option. (F11 on Win/Linux, cmd-ctrl-F on Mac.) - "Find..." and "Find Next" menu options (ctrl-F/G or cmd-F/G). These let you do a simple te…Announcementv2.0.51 changeFixUI/audio05 Jul 2016
Release 2.0.5: a small UI updateAdded a few UI features. (No changes to the game content.) - "Full Screen" menu option. (F11 on Win/Linux, cmd-ctrl-F on Mac.) - "Find..." and "Find Next" menu options (ctrl-F/G or cmd-F/G). These let you do a simple te…Announcementv2.0.51 changeFixUI/audio05 Jul 2016
June 2016
Hadean Lands FAQHow do I play interactive fiction? This looks very weird. This is parser-based interactive fiction, a very old style of adventure game. I first played a game like this in about 1978. Here's an introduction to playing th…Announcement1 changeMaps05 Jun 2016
Hadean Lands FAQHow do I play interactive fiction? This looks very weird. This is parser-based interactive fiction, a very old style of adventure game. I first played a game like this in about 1978. Here's an introduction to playing th…Announcement1 changeMaps05 Jun 2016
May 2016
The Hadean Lands store page is live!...And the community page looks lonely, so I'm posting this. Hi! I'm looking forward to this launch, yes I am. Over the next few weeks I'll be putting together an FAQ. Feel free to put your questions up.Announcement26 May 2016
The Hadean Lands store page is live!...And the community page looks lonely, so I'm posting this. Hi! I'm looking forward to this launch, yes I am. Over the next few weeks I'll be putting together an FAQ. Feel free to put your questions up.Announcement26 May 2016

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