- The Chinese Rooms cult classic Dear Esther arrives on iOS for the first time, in this faithful interpretation of the internationally renowned game.A man stands.
- In Dear Esther you explore an uninhabited Hebridean island while an old man reads a series of letters to his eponymous deceased wife. Themes of love, loss, guilt and redemption intertwine with the bleak geography and orchestral music. As you explore the derelict remains of buildings, shipwrecks and caves, you find a story that must be interpreted to make sense.
Dear Esther Game for PC, Mac, and Linux. Two years in the making, the highly anticipated Indie remake of the cult mod Dear Esther arrives on PC. Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear.
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Author:Andy Robertson.
Overview
In Dear Esther you explore an uninhabited Hebridean island while an old man reads a series of letters to his eponymous deceased wife. Themes of love, loss, guilt and redemption intertwine with the bleak geography and orchestral music. As you explore the derelict remains of buildings, shipwrecks and caves, you find a story that must be interpreted to make sense.
Details
Rating: PEGI 12+, ESRB TEEN
Release Date: 14/02/2012
Platforms:Mac, PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Genres:Adventure, Narrative and Open World.
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Commitment
Duration: This game will take between 1 and a half hours and 3 hours to complete.
Players: This is a single player game.
Players: This is a single player game.
Costs
Does not offer in-game purchases, 'loot boxes' or 'battle/season passes'.
This game is free with Origin Access.
This game is free with Origin Access.
Age Ratings
Rated PEGI 12 with infrequent mild swearing. Examiner expands on the rating: The director’s commentary features the phrase ‘holy *!@?*!’ The narrator makes several references to taking large amounts of painkillers, with phrases like ‘I swallow fistfuls of diazepam and paracetamol to stay conscious’.
ESRB rated this TEEN with Drug Reference and Language.
ESRB rated this TEEN with Drug Reference and Language.
Accessibility
Accessibility for this game is as follows:Difficulty
How you can adjust the challenge of play, and assistance the game offers when you fail or get stuck.
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Cognitive Pressure
Reaction-time Not Critical: Individual game actions don’t need quick reactions.
Low Pressure: Game tasks aren’t time-limited or with a high emphasis on performance. Or there is a low pressure play-mode available.
Save Anytime: The game automatically saves progress or you can save any time, and not lose progress.
System Settings
Windows has extensive accessibility features. Some, like colour correction, work with games. Lots of accessibility software can be used with PC games, from voice recognition to input device emulators. PlayStation 4 has a range of accessibility settings. Some are system only, some work in games (invert colours and button mapping). Xbox One has a system features, the excellent co-pilot share controls mode and adaptive controller support for all games... read more about system accessibility settings.
Supported by PlayabilityInitiative and accessibility contributors: Andy Robertson
Games Like Dear Esther
The following games are like Dear Esther. They address a similar topic or offer a similar way to play. They are good options to play next and also good alternatives to Dear Esther for younger age ratings.
Sunset
Tree
Everything
The Stillness of the Wind
Fractured Minds
A Dark Room
N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure
What Remains of Edith Finch
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
Gone Home
Firewatch
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