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Games Like Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
Feb 14, 2017·79% positive·
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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.
Best games like Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
The best games like Dear Esther: Landmark Edition are Call of the Sea, Gone Home, Home is Where One Starts..., Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, and Estranged: The Departure. GAMESLIKE ranks these alternatives using shared gameplay metadata, Steam review sentiment, and similarity signals. Evidence includes 79% positive across 2k Steam reviews, Steam genre and tag overlap across Casual, Indie, Adventure, platform support for Windows and macOS, and $1.99 pricing signal.
- Call of the Sea - Call of the Sea is closely similar to Dear Esther: Landmark Edition because both are Casual and Indie and Adventure games, and share gameplay elements like Walking Simulator, and fit the same co-op story and narrative choice intent.
- Gone Home - Gone Home is closely similar to Dear Esther: Landmark Edition because both are Indie and Adventure games, and share gameplay elements like Walking Simulator, Exploration, and fit the same co-op story and narrative choice intent.
- Home is Where One Starts... - Home is Where One Starts... is closely similar to Dear Esther: Landmark Edition because both are Indie and Adventure games, and share gameplay elements like Walking Simulator, and fit the same cozy/farming and co-op story and narrative choice intent.
- Everybody's Gone to the Rapture - Everybody's Gone to the Rapture is closely similar to Dear Esther: Landmark Edition because both games are made by The Chinese Room, and both are Casual and Indie and Adventure games, and fit the same co-op story and narrative choice intent.
- Estranged: The Departure - Estranged: The Departure is closely similar to Dear Esther: Landmark Edition because both are Casual and Indie and Adventure games, and share gameplay elements like Walking Simulator, Puzzle, First-Person.
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'A deserted island... a lost man... memories of a fatal crash... a book written by a dying explorer.'
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 its beautiful environments with a breathtaking soundtrack to tell a powerful story of love, loss, guilt and redemption.
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Every play-through a unique experience, with randomly generated audio, visuals and events.
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Explore incredible environments that fully immerse you in the haunting island and its mysterious past.
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A poetic, semi-randomised story like you've never experienced in a game before.
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Stunning soundtrack composed by Jessica Curry, featuring world-class musicians.
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An uncompromisingly inventive game delivered to the highest AAA standards.
Dear Esther: Landmark Edition has been remade with the Unity engine, featuring a full audio remaster, and the addition of a brand-new Directors' Commentary mode, allowing players to explore the island and learn what inspired the game and how it was crafted by The Chinese Room and Rob Briscoe.
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