Status killerstar Jun 5, 2025
Trying this out as my "O" game for the alphabet challenge.
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
Featured in lists
Rating distribution
5 stars
352
4 stars
696
3 stars
477
2 stars
100
1 star
32
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status krymsun00 May 19, 2024
After hearing so many good things about this game, it was rather disappointing. Making the dialogue natural or realistic or whatever you want to call it sounds great, but is it worth it if it makes most of the characters absolutely insufferable? I just wanted to get off the island so I didn't have to spend anymore time with Ren, …
Read moreAfter hearing so many good things about this game, it was rather disappointing. Making the dialogue natural or realistic or whatever you want to call it sounds great, but is it worth it if it makes most of the characters absolutely insufferable? I just wanted to get off the island so I didn't have to spend anymore time with Ren, Jonas, Clarissa, or those obnoxious
Status Oursin Oct 15, 2021
i dont remember the beginning and the middle of the game but i can remember the ends had me kind of surprised ? idont know i just remember finishing it in like one or two afternoon and then immediatly forgetting about it so i'm pretty sure it's a good game worth playing but if you don't get really into it …
Read morei dont remember the beginning and the middle of the game but i can remember the ends had me kind of surprised ? idont know i just remember finishing it in like one or two afternoon and then immediatly forgetting about it so i'm pretty sure it's a good game worth playing but if you don't get really into it id say it's pretty forgettable.
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Status BMO Sep 28, 2021
Netflix now owns Night School:
Netflix Acquires Oxenfree Dev As Its First Game Studio
I really hope that in a couple years time we don’t read the headline “Netflix shutters Oxenfree Dev Night School”.
Status KennaM Jan 15, 2021
Glad to report that I was able to finish this game last night and it wasn't too creepy to handle! In fact the creepiness alleviated a lot once I got enough clues to piece together what was going on. Cool game, and one of those titles where I'm just as interested in the mechanics of how they made the game …
Read moreGlad to report that I was able to finish this game last night and it wasn't too creepy to handle! In fact the creepiness alleviated a lot once I got enough clues to piece together what was going on. Cool game, and one of those titles where I'm just as interested in the mechanics of how they made the game work as I am the plot.
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Status KennaM Jan 14, 2021
Started playing this last night - I didn't realize before starting that it's actually a pretty spooky game? I don't do well with horror but luckily it's juuuuust below the line of too scary for me... so far. I like the dialogue mechanic and it's intriguing, so I'm hoping it doesn't get to be too much to handle.
Status jademonkey Jul 1, 2020
Glad I finally got around to this. It deserves all the indie-cred it got back when it came out. The characters and dialogue are excellent, and the story has a really cool mood to it. The music and visuals were also on point, creating an appropriately unnerving environment.
I only have two small complains. Everything is a bit slow, which …
Glad I finally got around to this. It deserves all the indie-cred it got back when it came out. The characters and dialogue are excellent, and the story has a really cool mood to it. The music and visuals were also on point, creating an appropriately unnerving environment.
I only have two small complains. Everything is a bit slow, which helps with the mood, but makes some of the walking and radio tuning get just a bit tiring by the end. The bigger complaint is that I didn't want to do a second playthrough of a walking simulator immediately after the first, especially given the how slow movement is. I got a little way into the second playthrough and then just decided to finish the last bit on youtube.
Still, a really cool little game that is definitely worth a few hours of your time if you like story/walking simulator games.
Status Sadaharu_TR Feb 19, 2020
Not bad.
Not good.
Not satisfied.
If you leave all teenage bulls.ht and slow gameplay behind, you can enjoy the story.
Until the endings tho. Which forces you to play new game+, another 3-4 hours of boredom. Yet, nothing new actually happens.
Status MagwitchOo Nov 27, 2019
I want to like this game but i just can't. The dialogue and the branching story are great but moving around is annoying and the radio dial thing is so damn tedious, turning a dial for 10 minutes to get the 1 right station isn't fun, especially after you unlock the advanced radio. I just wish there was a better …
Read moreI want to like this game but i just can't. The dialogue and the branching story are great but moving around is annoying and the radio dial thing is so damn tedious, turning a dial for 10 minutes to get the 1 right station isn't fun, especially after you unlock the advanced radio. I just wish there was a better visual cue when you were getting close to the required station. This seems like one of those games that where it would be more fun to watch a walkthrough of it than playing it.
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Status 2StepInMidair Jul 8, 2019
What a delightfully unique game. Night School Studios seriously knows how to establish an ambience and tone for a game like I really haven’t seen before.
My only tiny gripe with the game is sometimes your dialog options just... cut off other characters, making you miss interesting dialogue.
Other than that, wow what a game. Great writing, tone, characters, everything.
Status georgeypoorgey Jun 25, 2019
I bought some quality headphones. Everyone was right. This game rules.
I hate all of her friends except her new stepbrother. He went to prison... FOR BEING COOL!