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Dear Esther

by The Chinese Room

2012
AdventureIndie

Fantasy · Mystery

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About

“A deserted island…a lost man…memories of a fatal crash…a book written by a dying explorer.” Dear Esther is a ghost story, told using first-person gaming technologies. Rather than traditional game-play the focus here is on exploration, uncovering the mystery of the island, of who you are and why you are here. Fragments of story are randomly uncovered when exploring the various locations of the island, making every each journey a unique experience. Forget the normal rules of play; if nothing seems real here, it’s because it may just be all a delusion. What is the significance of the aerial -- What happened on the motorway -- is the island real or imagined -- who is Esther and why has she chosen to summon you here? The answers are out there, on the lost beach, the windswept cliffs and buried in the darkness of the tunnels beneath the island… Or then again, they may just not be, after all…
Publisher
The Chinese Room
Engine
Source
Modes
Single player
Themes
Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
Perspective
First person
Age Rating
PEGI 12 — Suitable for ages 12+

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Release History

Feb 14, 2012PC
May 15, 2012macOS
May 28, 2013Linux

Language Support

1 languages
LanguageAudioSubtitlesInterface
English