RetroSpace immerses players in a sprawling sci-fi world where uncovering hidden audio logs reveals the backstory and rich lore behind the game's universe. Collecting all these cryptic snippets isn't just about piecing together the narrative—it’s also crucial for earning the coveted Radio Ga Ga achievement, a badge of completion and dedication that many players strive for.
Hidden throughout myriad locations on the map, these audio logs can be notoriously elusive. Scattered across various sections, some even residing in alternate timelines, tracking down each one demands patience and keen observation. Visual guides highlighting each log's exact position cut down the guesswork and frustration that often come with searching these detailed environments blind.
RetroSpace: All Audio Log Locations
The total count comes to 48 unique audio logs, but don’t worry about having to collect every single one. Only 45 are needed to unlock the Radio Ga Ga achievement, allowing a bit of margin if you miss a few. Note that some logs cannot be accessed until you reach specific story milestones, especially those in the alternate timeline sections, so progression is key.
Stasis Chamber
1. Out of the blue dream
Within this area, look left for a distinctive red couch nestled beside a large star poster. This spot is easy to miss if you're focused on other objectives, so make sure to scan the left-hand side carefully for the audio log resting nearby.
2. The password is…
Head through the locked door where the audio log awaits just to your left. Keep an eye out immediately when entering this room as the log placement is close to the entry point.
3. This is incredibly tricky!
Navigate to the medical silo transfer area, then enter the ventilation duct located on the right side. Ventilation ducts are recurring secret spots throughout RetroSpace, often containing rare finds like audio logs.
Once inside the next chamber, drop down to the bottom level and find another ventilation duct to crawl through. The audio log you seek lies within, requiring careful navigation but rewarding your exploration.
4. The Cleaner’s Creed
From the previously collected log’s vicinity, drop through the gap to land near the dorm desk. This little-known nook houses another one of the elusive audio logs, so be thorough when exploring vertical spaces.
Medical Section
1. Jealous rage
This log is found inside a medical pod. They’re often scattered around sterile-looking rooms, so carefully inspect pods and beds alike in your search.
2. A real honor!
The intensive care unit conceals a ventilation duct overhead. You’ll need to crawl through it, which is a common method for accessing hidden spots in this section.
3. That damned disco breaks!
Within the lively disco hall, venture into one of the adjoining rooms and proceed through ventilation ducts to uncover the audio log tucked away beyond normal sight lines.
4. DJ Charlatan – puddles go bzzzzz!
After exiting the ventilation route, climb a ladder to the upper floor. Upper story exploration often reveals overlooked items and logs like this one.
9. Weird bug eyes
Return to the main path and check directly in front of the office. Logs placed in plain sight can be missed if you don’t pay attention to common gathering areas.
Alt timeline Medical Section
10. The light calls me…
Upon your first venture into the wrong timeline, revisit the familiar intensive care unit. This log uses familiar means of access via ventilation ducts, reinforcing their importance as exploratory paths.
Use the same ventilation duct you explored earlier to reach this log, emphasizing how timeline shifts may recycle locations with subtle changes.
11. Creepy audio logs
Drop down from the ventilation duct. The audio log lies near a corpse’s hands, reminding players to investigate unusual details in the environment.
Nexus Plaza
1. DJ Charlatan – stacking boxes
On the second floor, check beside a vending machine. Even seemingly mundane objects like vending machines can be clues to hidden content.
2. The Lost Wrench
This audio log appears after your initial journey to the wrong timeline. When you reach the Hub Plaza, investigate carefully to find it tucked away.
Nexus Garden
1. The Last Beer Ping Pong
Take a left at the warehouse, progressing until you encounter a cabin furnished with two couches and a table. The log sits on one of these couches, inviting a moment of narrative respite.
2. Happy Birthday, Ben!
Use the elevator to reach the upper garden level. Here, the audio log rests on the couch beside a seated body, blending story and collectible.
3. Blind Spot Paradise
Climbing toward the upper tower, you’ll eventually come to a Dome section. Check the table placed between two chairs to find this elusive entry.
4. Cleaners’ Shelter
Advance following the main storyline until you arrive at the shelter. Inside, open the storage compartment to recover this audio log.
5. The janitor’s haven
This audio log is reportedly located somewhere in Nexus Garden, though the exact spot remains unconfirmed. Continuous exploration and updates will clear this up in time.
Security Section
1. Mom, I’m changing!
Access the security zone from the Hub Plaza during your initial foray into the alternate timeline. The audio log sits on the floor close to large crates, so scan the ground carefully.
This audio log is on the ground near large crates in Security Section, reachable in the wrong timeline.
2. The Last Chocolate
Return to the normal timeline. After a system failure, look inside a locker to discover this audio log, often overlooked due to its concealed location.
3. The Last Bastion
Immediately enter the room to the left of the turret in this area. The audio log lies on a bench, an easy find if you’re thorough.
4. They are beasts!
Locate the passage beneath a curved corridor. Put out the flames on the right-hand side to progress further and retrieve the audio log awaiting you.
Put out flames on the right of the passage to find the audio log in Security Section.
5. There are boxes everywhere!!
Stay nearby in the same area and continue forward. Behind a row of pipes on the right sits the last log in this part. Searching behind environmental clutter pays off here.
Train Station
1. History Lesson – 1
At the Nexus Plaza station, examine the bench for this audio log. Benches are small yet significant detail spots in RetroSpace’s world design.
2. Deep Space Sickness
Head to the Borealis Garden Entrance and inspect the space beside the notice board. Subtle placement like this demands an attentive eye.
3. History Lesson – 1
After advancing to the story section involving hunting super lifeforms and entering the wrong timeline, revisit the Nexus Plaza station. Here, another audio log awaits you on the familiar bench.
The second audio log is in the same bench spot at Nexus Plaza station in the alternate timeline.
Engineering Department
1. Design Aurora No. 5
Search inside the Lower Office and check the right side of the desk for the audio log. Desks and offices often harbor secrets overlooked before.
2. Then the void came..
The reactor core control room houses this log. Reactor rooms are usually pivotal points, making this log’s placement narratively fitting.
Borealis Garden
1. My son……
Once you reach the story section focused on hunting super lifeforms and are sent to the alternate timeline, check the entrance of Borealis Garden. This area blends story progression with collectible discovery fluidly.
Laboratory
1. In my dream…
Make your way to Area A, where the audio log is conveniently placed on the reception desk. Reception areas often serve as narrative entry points and collectible hubs alike.
2. Rose is born!
Enter Dr. Grimm’s office and smash the glass of the plant viewing window. Press the button to open the adjacent darkroom, where the audio log rests on an operating table. This multi-step approach rewards thorough exploration.
Press the button to open the darkroom. Go inside and check the operating table to find the audio log.
Grand Station
1. History Lesson – 2
Look in front of the central planet model. The audio log is quietly lying on the floor, blending environmental storytelling with player discovery.
2. History Lesson – 2
Find the Crew Section entrance. Pass through the door on the right to access the pneumatic duct leading to the shelter portal, where the log is on a couch. Pneumatic ducts often serve as less obvious navigational shortcuts to hidden content.
The pneumatic duct route to shelter portal with audio log on couch in Grand Station Crew Section.
3. History Lesson – 2
After progressing in the storyline to the point of hunting super-lifeforms and entering the alternate timeline, return to the central planet model area. The familiar audio log is here again, underscoring timeline interconnectivity.
The audio log is in the same spot as the first one near the central planet model in the alternate timeline.
4. Wrench buddies?
Visit the Luxury area entrance. Enter the room to the right of the respawn pod and check inside a locker for this audio log, which rewards exploration of less trafficked spaces.
Audio log inside locker near respawn pod in Luxury Area.
Luxury Section
1. Going home……
This audio log becomes accessible once the story reaches the hunting super lifeforms segment and the game shifts you to the alternate timeline. It can be found along the main path.
Keep to the main path to encounter this audio log in the Luxury Section post timeline shift.
2. All work, no play
Inside one of the private rooms, you’ll find the audio log resting on a couch. These quiet, private spaces contrast the busier zones and hide narrative secrets effectively.
Police Station
1. Bon voyage, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥!
Before you enter the Storage Area, take a detour into the office on the right. Check the table close to the lamp for the audio log. It’s a small but carefully placed detail important to note.
Audio log on table next to lamp in Police Station office before Storage Area.
2. About Mobius
Move into the Break Room from the Storage Area. Here, the audio log sits on a table to the left between two couches, blending a social space with critical narrative elements.
Audio log is on the table in Police Station Break Room between two couches.
Crew Section
1. It lives inside the wall…
This audio log can be located in the long corridor, rewarding those who pay attention to expansive and linear sections of the Crew area.
2. Environmental Narrative Skull
Turning left from the respawn point leads you to this collectible. Inspect the nearby wall carefully to find the audio log, emphasizing environmental story placement.
Inspect beside the wall left of respawn point in Crew Section to find this audio log.
3. We should have believed Conrad.
Turning right from the respawn, head toward the large red couch. The audio log hides nearby, blending in with the familiar furniture.
Audio log near large red couch right of respawn point in Crew Section.
4. Gadgets, gadgets, and more gadgets!
Enter room A2 to the right of the respawn pod. Look on the table inside to find this log. Technology-focused rooms often contain relevant audio logs.
Audio log on the table inside room A2 in Crew Section.
5. It escaped!
Continue deeper and approach the doorway of room C1. Here, you’ll notice a dead body lying on the ground, with the audio log resting on top. This moment adds a dark narrative layer to your discoveries.
Control Zone
1. History Lesson – 3
Upon entering the Control Zone, scan the right side of the couch to find this audio log. Player encourages attention to resting or gathering areas where logs may hide.
2. Build and destroy!
After reaching the Final Decision part of the story and your third visit to the wrong timeline, inspect the right side of the bar counter. This area conceals a valuable collectible at a pivotal moment.
3. The board is a lie!
Enter the CO Ready Room. Check the large table inside for the unexpected audio log, which nestles amid strategic plans and maps.
4. The void is inside me
Inside the Cockpit dormitory, look on the middle-lower couch. A seemingly safe space holds deeper storytelling through its audio log.
Audio log on middle-lower couch in Cockpit dormitory, Control Zone area.
Great Dome
1. I want to wake up!
After progressing to the hunting super lifeforms stage and entering the alternate timeline, you will find this audio log beside a yellow rug shortly after arrival. Bright visual cues like the rug help players quickly spot hidden items.
