“A deserted island…a lost man…memories of a fatal crash…a book written by a dying explorer.” 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 Esther..." - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years. Abandoning traditional gameplay for a pure story-driven experience, Dear Esther fuses it’s beautiful environments with a breathtaking soundtrack to tell a powerful story of love, loss, guilt and redemption. Winner of 2012 IGF Excellence in Visual Art. Supported by Indie Fund.

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16 comments by Protektor on Apr 26th, 2012

“A deserted island…a lost man…memories of a fatal crash…a book written by a dying explorer.”

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 Esther..." - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years. Abandoning traditional gameplay for a pure story-driven experience, Dear Esther fuses it’s beautiful environments with a breathtaking soundtrack to tell a powerful story of love, loss, guilt and redemption.

Winner of 2012 IGF Excellence in Visual Art. Supported by Indie Fund.

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rafyax
rafyax May 22 2012, 7:13am says: Online

fuuck why is not free !! ><

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xrhstaras
xrhstaras May 13 2012, 2:43pm says:

It ends very soon wihout be able to do anything or interact with any object in this.
Graphics are good but there is no scenario , no interaction with the world no goals nothing.
And if you keep walking and reach the tall radar/lighthouse then it ends there nothing more.
Very weird game and even it has good graphics and environments i don't recommend it to anyone.

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GusTheCrocodile
GusTheCrocodile May 19 2012, 3:54am replied:

When you first started on the island, what did you think? Did you wonder where you are, who you are, where you're going, why? Those are your goals.

I'd point out that unless you read the manual, even something like Super Mario Bros doesn't have explicit goals. You just do what the game encourages you to do ("go right") until it ends.

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brickmasterj
brickmasterj May 9 2012, 2:45am says:

Wow, it's a good looking game but I think it might have a little of Amnesia...

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killabb23
killabb23 May 8 2012, 12:19pm says:

Anyone mind helping me out a bit?
I bought the game and try to install it, but I get an error saying
"There was an error during the MCF install process and it has been stopped."
"Failed to decompress buffer [68.-4]"
Anyone know why I am geting this? I really wanna play this game!

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xrhstaras
xrhstaras May 13 2012, 2:45pm replied:

...just run it from the desura's folder.

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THEM4CH1NE
THEM4CH1NE May 8 2012, 8:18pm replied:

Think i got it if you go to the web site and dl from there rather than from the desura launcher worked for me

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THEM4CH1NE
THEM4CH1NE May 8 2012, 8:10pm replied:

Same problem any help is appriciated

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SirPrimalform
SirPrimalform May 4 2012, 12:20pm says:

It doesn't say this requires Steam, but just to be on the safe side: Does this just give you a Steam key, or does it actually install through Desura?

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SirPrimalform
SirPrimalform May 8 2012, 5:49pm replied:

If anyone was wondering the same thing as me, I've since had confirmation from the developer that this version has nothing whatsoever to do with Steam.

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