Contact Protocol is a starship job simulator. When passing other ships on the way to Jupiter, you’ll check their details against company records and facilitate safe passage, but be wary - there are corporate competitors, smugglers, and more in the space lanes…
Download the demo on Steam [LINK]
What’s in the Demo:
- 10 ship encounters (including procedural elements)
- 10 character scenes where choices matter and affect the story
- 7 extra possible character scenes that appear depending on your actions
- Multiple ways to obtain important information
- Connected data systems: personal notebook, digital company records
- Mini-puzzles you have to complete when checking data
- A mystery so weird that players think it’s a bug (no one has solved it yet)
- Around 40 minutes of gameplay
The demo features content from Act 1 of the full game. You’ll be launched into the space lanes just as an unknown group has started to destroy corporate ships. Is it Martian nationalists, pirates, or something else entirely?
You’ll have to use your investigational skills to check passing ships, and decide whether they can be trusted. All the while, they’ll be making the same decision about you.
Genre: Investigation, job-simulator
Platform(s): PC
Players: 1
Release date: 2026
Contact Protocol
Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3846690/Contact_Protocol/
Discord server: https://discord.gg/T4HyG5eCEv
Instagram: https://instagram.com/contactprotocolgame
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ColdZephyrGames
TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@coldzephyrgames
Bluseky: https://bsky.app/profile/coldzephyrgames.bsky.social
About Cold Zephyr Games
Born in the corridors of the London College of Communication, Cold Zephyr Games has grown into a promising new indie studio. Their first game ‘Contact Protocol’ is set for commercial release in late summer of 2026.
Team Lead: Michael Hunter
Art Director: Peter Wood
Sound & Music: Rob Marr
Marketing & Communications: James Leys