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RubyRPG · Published by RubyRPG
Positive — 82% positive (22 reviews) · 6 achievements
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Engineer Cadence Quinn wakes from cryo sleep to blaring alarms. What happened to the crew? What's wrong with the ship? Use echolocation to navigate the darkness, solve the puzzles and uncover the mystery... A first person, blind accessible audio only experience.
Free To Play · 2026 · More free games
About this game
Waking up, you find yourself alone in the darkness.
To uncover the truth, use echolocation and your wits to solve the puzzles and find out what happened to your crew.
Impulse Response is a first person, audio only adventure game with zero visuals designed to be 100% accessible for blind and low vision players.
Send out audio pulses and pay close attention to the sounds of the ship to map out your surroundings and make your way through the eerie corridors.
As an engineer, you must figure out how to fix the failing systems to work out what went wrong while you slept.
■ Fully blind accessible
■ Headphones required to fully experience the spatial audio
■ 1-2 hours playtime
■ Voice acting by Jennissary and Brogan Farr
■ Music and SFX by Manadrop
Winner of Games for Blind Gamers 5 Game Jam 
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel i9 9900K/AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Integrated graphics
- Storage: 500 MB available space
- Additional Notes: Stereo headphones are required
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel i9 9900K/AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Integrated graphics
- Storage: 500 MB available space
- Additional Notes: Stereo headphones are required
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Patch August 16, 2026
Improved directional audio for users with virtual surround sound headphones Stability improvementsRead full article on Community Announcements (dedly13)AnnouncementsOfficial
Impulse Response is now out on Linux, MacOS and Steam Deck!
Hello everyone! We're so grateful for everyone who has given the game a go so far, and thanks to everyone who has left a review and given us feedback. We've had lots of requests for wider platform support. After a weekend of hacking away, we're pleased to announce Linux, Mac and Steam Deck support. Steam Deck Players: With the Linux build live, Impulse Response should now be fully playable on your Steam Deck! We haven't gone through Valve's official "Deck Verified" certification yet, so if you are playing on the go, please let us know how it feels. Where to leave feedback: Because these are brand-new builds, there might be a few platform-specific issues. If you run into any weirdness, please let us know in discord so we can look into it. Thanks so much for playing our game!Read full article on Community Announcements (dedly13)Patch NotesOfficial
Patch
Fix a bug where you could lock yourself in engineering 1 with no way outRead full article on Community Announcements (dedly13)Patch NotesOfficial
hotfix
fix a crash when returning to the main menu during the tutorialRead full article on Community Announcements (dedly13)AnnouncementsOfficial
Yellow alert! Impulse Response is out now!
Impulse Response is now officially out on Steam! Thank you to everyone who supported the game during the game jam and development. ːsteamhappyː Join our discord to chat about the game!Read full article on Community Announcements (dedly13)
