Overview
- Also Known As
- Dear Esther
- Number of Players
- 1 (Single Player)
- Genre
- Release Date
PlayStation Store
20th Sep 2016, $9.99
20th Sep 2016, £7.99
- Official Site
- dear-esther.com
Reviews
Review Dear Esther: Landmark Edition (PS4)
Oh dear oh dear
The PlayStation 4 release of Dear Esther sits in a bit of an odd place. The game originally released in early 2012 on the PC and many players will have already experienced its spiritual successor, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. This new version, dubbed the Landmark Edition, does include a few extras such as developer commentary but...
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Dear Esther: Landmark Edition News
Podcast Episode 14 - The PS4 Slim and PS4 Pro
And is the Iron Price right?
A fictitious prize to whoever cites both references in that sub header! Anyway, we've got another bumper episode for you this week that comes to you with improved microphone quality on my end, for once. Huzzah! This episode, we catch up on all the latest new from the PlayStation Meeting and Tokyo Game Show. Plus, we...
News Dear Esther Strolls to PS4 on 20th September
One foot in front of the other
Those looking for a fresh dose of strolling simulator in their life may be enthused to learn that Dear Esther will walk 500 miles to the PlayStation 4 on 20th September. This is the acclaimed adventure game by Brighton-based developer The Chinese Room, and preceded Everybody's Gone to the Rapture on the PC. This new...
News Dear Esther Slow Walks to PS4 This Summer
Yours truly
Stunning indie explore-'em-up Dear Esther will sidle to the PlayStation 4 this summer, publishing house Curve Digital has announced. The game – originally developed by Everybody's Gone to the Rapture maker The Chinese Room – first put one foot in front of the other all the way back in 2012 on the PC. It went on to win a raft of BAFTA...
About The Game
"A deserted island… a lost man… memories of a fatal crash… a book written by a dying explorer."
Dear Esther is a ghost story, told using first-person gaming technologies. Rather than traditional game-play the focus here is on exploration, uncovering the mystery of the island, of who you are and why you are here. Fragments of story are randomly uncovered when exploring the various locations of the island, making every each journey a unique experience. Dear Esther features a stunning, specially commissioned soundtrack from Jessica Curry.
Forget the normal rules of play; if nothing seems real here, it's because it may just be all a delusion. What is the significance of the aerial – What happened on the motorway – is the island real or imagined – who is Esther and why has she chosen to summon you here? The answers are out there, on the lost beach and the tunnels under the island. Or then again, they may just not be, after all…
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