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Dear Esther

75% positive of 6,118 Steam reviews

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Released
2012
Steam Deck
Verified
Platforms
Steam

Made by The Chinese Room, Robert Briscoe. Published by Secret Mode.

About the game

Begin a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.

Tagged by players

  • Walking Simulator
  • Short
  • Exploration
  • First-Person
  • Atmospheric
  • Story Rich
  • Casual
  • Adventure
  • Experimental
  • Mystery
  • Interactive Fiction
  • Soundtrack

What players say

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What players say

  • Recommended
    This review has sort of spoilers. When I was eleven I played a mod for Half-Life 2 called Dear Esther. I was interested in it because of how strange the name of the game was and I thought the name "Esther" was beautiful. The premise is simple. You wash up on an empty island in the Hebrides (collection of islands off the coast of Scotland) and walk. There are no puzzles, no enemies, no inventory, and no jump. It's…

    2 h played when written. 3 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    It's an evocative experience. Many people will call this game a "walking simulation". And while it's true there isn't much in the way of actual gameplay, if you like to be told a story through narration and environment. Or simply like to explore haunting places - Dear Esther is for you. It's a short experience, but an immersive one.

    3.5 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    I played this 14 years ago. It sucked. Walking simulators were a plague that I look back on with what you zoomers call "cringe". Go ahead ahead and give me that stupid jester emote. I couldn't possibly imagine respecting the opinion of anyone who liked this.

    1.6 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.

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