The Search For Above Average Life

"The Search for Above Average Life is a light-hearted bullet-hell adventure where friendship is a matter of overcoming the language barrier."

·Steam· October 24, 2025· Main Game

The Search for Above Average Life is a light-hearted bullet-hell adventure where friendship is a matter of overcoming the language barrier. Play as SAAL, a lonely exploration robot, scanning planets and befriending the galaxy’s strangest inhabitants. Choose how to communicate—Speak, Write, Gesture, or Dance—then dodge red “misunderstanding” projectiles and collect green “understanding” to build trust. Expand your star map, meet eccentric aliens, unlock hints, and discover what it means to find life that’s truly above average.

Released 24 October 2025 for PC (Microsoft Windows), published by Steam. Single player.

Story

SAAL a lonely robot and sole survivor of an extinction event searches the galaxy for friends. They'll encounter quirky aliens, misanthropes, wandering civilizations, and all of the weirdness that the galaxy has to offer.