The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
The Astronauts · September 25, 2014 · Mystery, Atmospheric, Detective, Walking Simulator, Exploration
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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter costs £2.99 in the United Kingdom, €3.25 in Europe (EUR), $3.77 in the United States, $3.99 in Georgia (USD), A$4.59 in Australia, CA$5.45 in Canada, NZ$5.92 in New Zealand, R$7.39 in Brazil and zł12.79 in Poland right now.
| Region | Best price | Official store | Key shop | Stores |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 United Kingdom | £2.99 −80% | £2.99 | £3.01 | 16 |
 Europe (EUR) | €3.25 −80% | €3.79 | €3.25 | 18 |
 United Statesyour region | $3.77 −80% | $3.99 | $3.77 | 18 |
 Georgia (USD) | $3.99 −80% | $3.99 | — | 13 |
 Australia | A$4.59 −80% | A$4.59 | — | 13 |
 Canada | CA$5.45 −80% | CA$5.45 | — | 13 |
 New Zealand | NZ$5.92 −80% | NZ$5.92 | — | 13 |
 Brazil | R$7.39 −80% | R$7.39 | R$20.85 | 15 |
 Poland | zł12.79 −80% | zł12.79 | zł15.34 | 15 |
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Trailers & screenshots
About The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
You play as occult detective Paul Prospero investigating a missing boy and a trail of murders in Red Creek Valley, using supernatural abilities to communicate with the dead and uncover dark secrets. This atmospheric first-person mystery focuses entirely on exploration and discovery with no combat, blending weird fiction horror with detective noir storytelling.
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.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter — game info
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Player modes
- Single-player
- Controller
- Full controller support
- PC Game Pass
- Not included
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What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
A collection of illogical "happenings" that require you to wonder endlessly around a fairly large space just waiting to come across something that happens. Then when it does, you have no idea what the connection is, or what to do next. A pretentious, pointless waste of time. Coupled with auto-save only which appear to be fairly widely spaced so you loose any progress, and frequent glitches and stalls.6 found this helpful
I have no idea what to do or what's going on. Needs instructions/directions as the areas can be big.2 found this helpful
[h1] ★★★★★ [/h1] [h2] ✦ 𝟓/𝟓 ✦ [/h2] [h3] A quiet little mystery that stays with you. [/h3] ༺━━━━━━━━━━✦━━━━━━━━━━༻ ✦ [b]Sometimes, less is more[/b] ✦ ◆ [b]The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is technically just a walking simulator, but somehow it completely got me.[/b] I can absolutely see why this type of game won't be for everyone, but I genuinely loved my time with it. ◆ Red Creek Valley is the real star of the game. On the surface, it's just a beautiful, peaceful place surrounded by nature, but there's always this feeling that something is wrong. Something is hiding beneath that peaceful surface. Something that Paul Prospero calls [i]"the sleeping evil."[/i] The atmosphere does a fantastic job of making you want to keep exploring just to find out what happened. ༺━━━━━━━━━━✦━━━━━━━━━━༻ ✦ [b]Simple, short, and strangely charming[/b] ✦ ◆ The game itself is quite simple, short and linear, and there's not a huge amount of gameplay to speak of. But honestly, [b]I don't think it needed much more.[/b] It has a certain charm that's difficult to explain. The combination of exploration, mystery, atmosphere and that almost dreamlike setting just clicked with me, and I had a genuinely g…1 found this helpful
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