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Don't play this after you've eaten. Some of the puzzles are downright sick and twisted, and it all adds to the excellently dark atmosphere.
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About The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
About this game
GOOD NEWS EVERYONE: By purchasing the game, you actually get two games now: 1) The original The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, 2) The Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux. Please see this link for details.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery game that focuses entirely on exploration and discovery. It contains no combat or explosions of any kind. If our game leaves any scars, we hope you won’t be able to see them.
You play the game as Paul Prospero, an occult-minded detective who receives a disturbing letter from Ethan Carter. Realizing the boy is in grave danger, Paul arrives at Ethan’s home of Red Creek Valley, where things turn out to be even worse than he imagined. Ethan has vanished in the wake of a brutal murder, which Paul quickly discerns might not be the only local murder worth looking into.
Inspired by the weird fiction (and other tales of the macabre) from the early twentieth century, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter aims to significantly evolve immersive storytelling in games. While it features a private detective and quite a few mental challenges, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is not an especially puzzle-ridden game. Our focus is on atmosphere, mood, and the essential humanity of our characters.
Still, the discoveries won’t happen on their own, or without your help. Using both Paul’s supernatural skill of being able to communicate with the dead, and your own powers of observation, you will discover the mystery behind a trail of corpses, the roots of a dark ancient force lurking in Red Creek Valley, and the fate of a missing boy.
Key Features
- Explore and interact with the beautiful yet ominous world of Red Creek Valley, which was created with the use of revolutionary photogrammetry technology that allows for nearly photorealistic environments.
- Communicate with the dead and see how they died in order to gather clues that help you piece together the truth behind Ethan’s disappearance -- and the fate of his family.
- Experience, in non-linear fashion, a story that combines the pleasures of pulp, private eye, and horror fiction, all of it inspired by writers such as Raymond Chandler, Algernon Blackwood, Stefan Grabinski, and H. P. Lovecraft.
- Conduct the investigation on your own terms and at your own pace. Although there are a few scary bits in the game, players will have no need for sedatives. Our game is less about terror and more about clammy unease.
Game Details
- Platform:
- steam
- Release Date:
- September 24, 2014
- Developer:
- The Astronauts
- Publishers:
- The Astronauts
THQ Nordic
- Supported Languages:
- English
- Steam Deck Support:
- Unknown
- Link:
- Themes:
- Mystery
Atmospheric
Detective
Horror
Supernatural
Lovecraftian
Great Soundtrack
Short
Psychological Horror
Beautiful
- Play Styles:
- First-Person
Singleplayer
Open World
- Features:
- Steam Achievements
Full controller support
Steam Trading Cards
Steam Cloud
Singleplayer
Product Requirements
Minimum:
- OS: Windows 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core2 Duo or equivalent AMD
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX11 compliant card with 1GB of VRAM
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 9 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX9c compliant
Critic Reviews
82
Based on 66 Critics
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Statistics
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< 1 Hour
1.16%
~1 Hour
0.58%
~2 Hours
4.62%
~4 Hours
45.66%
~8 Hours
39.31%
~12 Hours
5.78%
~20 Hours
0.58%
~40 Hours
0.58%
~60 Hours
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>= 80 Hours
1.73%
Achievement Hunter?
1.73% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!
1.73% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!
Difficulty Statistics
Difficulty Rating
Simple
9.52%
Easy
29.52%
Just Right
52.86%
Tough
7.14%
Unforgiving
0.95%
Relax & enjoy! 52.86% of players consider this game to be Just Right
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Play Behaviour
Tried It
6.59%
Played It
10.47%
Halfway
5.81%
Beat It
37.21%
Conquered It
39.92%
Completionist! 39.92% of players have Conquered It
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter User Reviews
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liked the playing through it for the first time. There was a few times i could have been guided a little better instead of searching all over the map to realize all i needed to do was right in front of me the hole time. but once i realized how it worked that wasnt an issue.
overall I liked it with the story and I didnt get bored.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Somewhere in the middle. 39% of GameFAQs users said The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is Simple or Easy. 53% of GameFAQs users said the difficulty is Just Right. 8% of GameFAQs users said The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is Tough or Unforgiving.
Minimum:
- OS: Windows 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core2 Duo or equivalent AMD
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX11 compliant card with 1GB of VRAM
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 9 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX9c compliant
The average playtime for GameFAQs users is 8 hours.
Yes, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter has broad critical consensus. 85% of critics on Metacritic recommend The Vanishing of Ethan Carter. The Metascore is 82 out of 100.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter was released on September 24, 2014
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is published by The Astronauts and THQ Nordic
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter was developed by The Astronauts
Fanatical users tagged The Vanishing of Ethan Carter as Walking Simulator, Exploration, Adventure, and Story Rich
Fanatical users tagged The Vanishing of Ethan Carter as Mystery, Atmospheric, Detective, and Horror
Yes. Fanatical users tagged The Vanishing of Ethan Carter as having Singleplayer
Yes, Fanatical users tagged The Vanishing of Ethan Carter as Walking Simulator
Yes, Fanatical users tagged The Vanishing of Ethan Carter as Exploration
Yes, Fanatical users tagged The Vanishing of Ethan Carter as Adventure
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