The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (2014)

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Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One

3.45 from 955 ratings

3709 members have it in their collection · 54 playing now · 1791 backlogged · 503 wish listed

How long? Main story 4h · with extras 5h · 100% 5h (from 45 logged playthroughs)

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 vanished in the wake of a brutal murder, … Read more
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 vanished in the wake of a brutal murder, which Paul comes to see might not be the only murder to investigate. Using both regular and supernatural detective skills, Paul must figure out what happened to the missing boy. Read less
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Release dates

  • Sep 25, 2014 (Full Release) (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Jul 15, 2015 (Full Release) (Worldwide) PlayStation 4
  • Jan 19, 2018 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Xbox One
  • Aug 15, 2019 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch

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Review Barcastar 3/5 · Feb 10, 2020

This game left me with mixed feelings. I can't go too much into detail without spoiling it, but the game has a great eye for details, which you only realize fully once the game is over. It's some nice entertainment for a couple of hours, the only things that bothered me was that the world was so empty, I wish …

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This game left me with mixed feelings. I can't go too much into detail without spoiling it, but the game has a great eye for details, which you only realize fully once the game is over. It's some nice entertainment for a couple of hours, the only things that bothered me was that the world was so empty, I wish I had at least a few interactions with other people compared to the very long walking sequences (which is to be expected from a walking simulator I guess). But even worse, the game tells you that it has no jump scares and that you can play relaxed at your own pace. A shame, but the game lied. There is actually a jump scare section. And Nobody knows why they had to do that in this short game. Oh well,maybe I just hate jump scares too much. But besides that,and once you finally figure out how to actually play the game in a online guide because the game "doesn't hold your hand" (which apparently means it doesn't even introduce the most basic mechanics), the game was pretty decent. And the graphics are incredibly gorgeous.

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