Dear Esther
On a remote and desolate island, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: "Dear Esther..." - and so begins a journey that abandons traditional gameplay for a pure story-driven experience.
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Developer:
The Chinese Room
Platforms:
iPad, iPhone, PC
Releases:
- Worldwide February 1, 2012 by The Chinese Room
Readers rating
Decent
Average based on 18 ratings
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What our readers think of Dear Esther
Posted by My Dune on Mar 14, 2021
Nice walking sim
Do you like to simulate a nice walk on and through an island while someone tells a story with good music? This is your sim! Is this an adventure game or game at all? Absolutely not ..... frankly I don't think this title belongs on this site. Nonetheless,...
Posted by Stevens R. Miller on Sep 13, 2019
Nothing happens. At all. Ever.
The lowest score you can give at "Adventure Gamers" is 0.5 stars. I'm giving this one 1.0 stars because it has great imagery. Lots of it. Endless metric tonnes of it. And that's all. You wander, wander, and wander some more. Nothing happens. There are no...
Posted by thorn969 on Jul 10, 2014
Beautiful huge world... great concept
I'm not sure how to feel about this. It's not really a game. There's no challenge. The plot is minimal and never totally clear or explained. But it is impressive. The graphics are average for modern 3D adventure games, pretty, but somewhat blocky. But you...
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Game Information
| Platform | iPad, iPhone, PC |
| Perspective | First-Person |
| Control | Keyboard |
| Gameplay | Solitary Exploration |
| Genre | Mystery |
| Theme | Supernatural |
| Graphic Style | Illustrated realism |
| Presentation | Full 3D |
| Action (Compulsory) | - |
| Red Flags | - |
| Media | Internet download |
Product Details
System Requirements
OS: Windows XP/Vista
CPU: Pentium 4 3.0GHz (Intel core 2 duo 2.4GHz or higher recommended)
RAM: 1 GB
Video card: 128 MB, Shader model 2.0 (DirectX 9 compatible video card with Shader model 3.0. NVidia 7600, ATI X1600 or better recommended)
Sound card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
Hard Drive: 2 GB
