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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

87% positive of 6,865 Steam reviews

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To finish
3.5 h
To 100%
5.1 h
Released
2014
Steam Deck
Verified
Platforms
Steam, GOG, Epic, Xbox / PC Game Pass, PlayStation

Made by The Astronauts.

About the game

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.

Tagged by players

  • Detective
  • Walking Simulator
  • Mystery
  • Atmospheric
  • Lovecraftian
  • Supernatural
  • Horror
  • First-Person
  • Exploration
  • Story Rich
  • Short
  • Open World

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What players say

  • Recommended
    The game starts strong with enough exploration and mystery to keep you curious throughout. I had a really good time with this short experience and the ending was honestly a little hard to digest (quite traumatic, to say the least). If you enjoy walking simulators with an emotional story and a mystery that slowly unfolds, then this one is well worth your time.

    3.9 h played when written. 8 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    A very interesting walking simulator with horror themes and puzzles and artsy stuff. The story starts pretty vaguely on a moody seemingly abandoned island, and then you figure out you're a paranormal investigator who solves ghostly murder mysteries. Strikes a reasonably good balance between moody and creepy. Good: Really nicely made environments, graphics were really nice by 2014 standards and hold up even today.…

    3.7 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    A collection of illogical "happenings" that require you to wonder endlessly around a fairly large space just waiting to come across something that happens. Then when it does, you have no idea what the connection is, or what to do next. A pretentious, pointless waste of time. Coupled with auto-save only which appear to be fairly widely spaced so you loose any progress, and frequent glitches and stalls.

    13 h played when written. 11 found it helpful.

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