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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

by The Astronauts

  • Released Sep 25, 2014
  • $19.99
  • 4 h to beat
  • Nintendo Switch
  • PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • PlayStation 4
  • Xbox One

88%positive reviews

7,930 positive1,058 negative

What players say

Pros

  • Stunning, realistic environments

  • Investigation gameplay that rewards exploration

Cons

  • Short length and limited challenge

  • Monotonous gameplay and a static world

Mixed

  • Some call it a sweet, short adventure, others find it too short for the price

Media

Official Gameplay video (YouTube)Welcome to Red Creek Valley (YouTube)Gamescom Trailer (YouTube)

System 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

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In The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, you play as Paul Prospero, an occult detective who receives a disturbing letter from Ethan Carter and realizes that the boy is in grave danger. When Paul arrives in Ethan's home of Red Creek Valley, he realizes things are even worse than he imagined. Ethan has…

Ratings

  • 75IGDB players391 ratings
  • 82Critics16 reviews
  • 79Overall407 scores

Time to beat

  • 3.5 hStory onlyto the credits
  • 4.2 hStory and extraswith side content
  • 5.1 hCompletionist100%

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LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
English
Polish
Czech
French
German
Italian
Spanish (Spain)

Links

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