Status anarchistica Mar 21, 2019
Oxenfree is available for free on the Epic Store until 4-4-19:
https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/oxenfree/home
The next free game after this is The Witness.
Oxenfree (2016)
Android · Linux · Mac · Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · iOS
3.75 from 1657 ratings
5094 members have it in their collection · 110 playing now · 2135 backlogged · 513 wish listed
How long? Main story 5h · with extras 6h · 100% 12h (from 82 logged playthroughs)
Oxenfree is a supernatural adventure game. Rites of passage and Senior year traditions set the stage for a group of friends sneaking off to Edwards Island, an old military outpost with no phone service. Players will take on the role of Alex as she brings her new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight party gone horribly wrong. Inspired by classic cult …
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Oxenfree is a supernatural adventure game. Rites of passage and Senior year traditions set the stage for a group of friends sneaking off to Edwards Island, an old military outpost with no phone service. Players will take on the role of Alex as she brings her new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight party gone horribly wrong. Inspired by classic cult films like Stand by Me and Poltergeist, Oxenfree is an adventure that pulls from the past but looks to the present. “It’s a coming of age story where players control how their hero comes of age,” says Sean Krankel, co-founder of Night School. “We’re drawing on the fond and mortifying aspects of being in your late teens, and setting it against a dangerous and ghostly backdrop.”
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Details
- Developers
- Night School Studio
- Publishers
- Night School Studio
- Genres
- Adventure, Indie, Role-playing (RPG)
- Themes
- Drama, Fantasy, Science fiction, Thriller
- Series
- Oxenfree
- Event
- Netflix Geeked Week 2022
- Steam
- View on Steam
Release dates
- Jan 14, 2016 (Worldwide) Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Jan 15, 2016 (Worldwide) Xbox One
- Jan 15, 2016 (North_America) Xbox One
- May 31, 2016 (Worldwide) PlayStation 4
- Mar 16, 2017 (Worldwide) iOS
- Jun 28, 2017 (Worldwide) Android
- Oct 06, 2017 (North_America) Nintendo Switch
Also available on
- Oxenfree: Collector's Edition (2016) · PC
- Oxenfree: Director's Cut (2016) · PS4
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Rating distribution
5 stars
352
4 stars
696
3 stars
477
2 stars
100
1 star
32
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status enragedbard Mar 12, 2019
This was a light but really fun to play, quick dialogue and choices based game with multiple endings and New Game+, time loops and changing the past. Definitely worth a play. It was $5 on the Switch.
Status joev14 Nov 22, 2018
The game tried so hard to be hipster, but came across as cringey. You're never quite able to tell what dialogue options matter and don't, and the game never really gives you a chance to go back and change things. You miss the 2 second window to say something? A character might hate you now. Don't notice a special collectible …
Read moreThe game tried so hard to be hipster, but came across as cringey. You're never quite able to tell what dialogue options matter and don't, and the game never really gives you a chance to go back and change things. You miss the 2 second window to say something? A character might hate you now. Don't notice a special collectible item right away? The area where it was is now locked off. Music might be interesting to some, but didn't feel like it fit the setting at all. Character movement is slow and awkward, and I kept finding myself wishing there was a manual run button, but it seems the only time Alex will run is when she's falling behind another character further ahead. I had hoped I'd like this, but alas, it honestly felt like a waste of two dollars and five hours.
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Status FinellaGrover Apr 22, 2018
I got this game only to find out it's not the type of game I enjoy at all. Walking around a lot with some puzzles and a few decisions in dialogue, and you can get a few different endings. Light creepiness but not actually 'scary'. I just wanted to finish it and get it off my backlog...if given the opportunity …
Read moreI got this game only to find out it's not the type of game I enjoy at all. Walking around a lot with some puzzles and a few decisions in dialogue, and you can get a few different endings. Light creepiness but not actually 'scary'. I just wanted to finish it and get it off my backlog...if given the opportunity to go back and buy this again or skip it, I'd skip it. It's just not my thing.
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Status padders Jan 5, 2018
finally got around to doing new game+ and also got the "firestarter" achievement, which was loads of fun. this is an example of teen dialogue done really well - it's natural and isn't cringey, really feels like a conversation flowing (take notes, life is strange)
Status VyXZeN Oct 10, 2017
Feeling under the weather and saw this game was free for Gold members. The premise sounds right up my alley, plus it's a Skybound game. Figured I can't go wrong. Hoping this will be the perfect creepy-but-not-too-taxing game to play while I eat soup and lay on my couch.
Status anderbubble May 30, 2017
If you mainlined 4 episodes of twin peaks already and need something to tide you over until next week, allow me to recommend the game Oxenfree. It's reminiscent of the Mark Frost parts of Twin Peaks, albeit not as much the David Lynch parts. Which is to say it feels like a "young adult" version of Lost.
It's pretty rad. …
If you mainlined 4 episodes of twin peaks already and need something to tide you over until next week, allow me to recommend the game Oxenfree. It's reminiscent of the Mark Frost parts of Twin Peaks, albeit not as much the David Lynch parts. Which is to say it feels like a "young adult" version of Lost.
It's pretty rad.
For an alternative perspective, it's made by some guys formerly from Telltale and Disney Interactive, and ends up feeling Superbrothers Sword and Sworcery: EP expanded into a Walking-Dead-Era Telltale adventure game. Or, more specifically, about 1-2 episodes of such a game. But the reduction in scope apparently affords the game more extensive branching paths: we plan to go back and play through it at least once more to try other choices and find collectibles.
Oxenfree has, I think, the best conversation system of any game I've played. Responses are always mapped to the same face buttons, supporting subconciusly-directed conversation reminiscent of Mass Effect; but the game doesn't stop to wait for your input, even in the Telltale game sense where a timer allows you to provide "no" response. Here, the option to speak simply fades away over time, and it's up to the player to speak up, even interrupt other conversation, as preferred. Other characters will realistically fold interjections into the conversation and return to the previous topic if it makes sense to do so. The whole thing makes the characters and their relationships feel believable in a way I haven't seen elsewhere.
This game is great; and while I thought the ending was a bit on-the-nose and underwhelming, NG+ and the game's relatively short length mean that the "end" doesn't have to be the actual final impression.
Status Please...callmeYork May 6, 2017
I really enjoyed this. Excellent visuals and that dialogue! I don't think I have ever heard such naturalistic dialogue in a game before. Night School created something really special with this. I can't wait to see what they make next.
Status Akachru Mar 2, 2017
Great game! Liked my ending. Great voice acting, great score. Two issues with the game:
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With the game is it can be sort of a walking simulator at some points. The travel time could kill some of the pacing at times. I realize that this time plus the brainless platforming was meant to make more room for the games main …
Great game! Liked my ending. Great voice acting, great score. Two issues with the game:
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With the game is it can be sort of a walking simulator at some points. The travel time could kill some of the pacing at times. I realize that this time plus the brainless platforming was meant to make more room for the games main feature (dialog), but it can get tedious at times.
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bugs. Ran into two cases where my companion got stuck on some geometry and I was unable to proceed with the story. It forced me to redo some parts of the game. Not the end of the world, but frustrating.
Other than that this is a well written, atmospheric, beautifully produced game. I look forward to more from the developer!
