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Dear Esther

by The Chinese Room

  • Released Feb 14, 2012
  • Price not listed
  • 2 h to beat
  • Linux
  • Mac
  • PC (Microsoft Windows)

76%positive reviews

4,641 positive1,480 negative

What players say

Pros

  • Atmospheric, moving story and visuals

  • Beautiful, haunting soundtrack

Cons

  • Very little gameplay

  • Railroaded path with no real choice

Mixed

  • Some call it a work of art, others call it an experience with no game

DLC, expansions and more

System requirements

Minimum:

OS *:Microsoft Windows XP / Vista / Vista64

Processor:Intel core 2 duo 2.4GHz or higher

Memory:1GB XP / 2GB Vista

Graphics:DirectX 9 compliant video card with Shader model 3.0 support. NVidia 7600, ATI X1600 or better (Pre-Sandybridge Intel graphics chipsets not yet supported)

DirectX®:9.0c

Hard Drive:2 GB HD space

Sound:DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card

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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…