Return of the Obra Dinn
In this 1-bit first-person mystery game, a merchant ship called the Obra Dinn has appeared at a London harbor, years after being declared lost at sea. As an insurance adjuster, the player must examine the ship…
Return of the Obra Dinn is an adventure developed by Lucas Pope, released 18 October 2018 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Mac. The main story takes about 10.3 hrs to finish.
What Return of the Obra Dinn is
Return of the Obra Dinn is an adventure game developed by Lucas Pope and released in 2018. It was published by 3909. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
"In 1802, the merchant ship "Obra Dinn" set out from London for the Orient with over 200 tons of trade goods. Six months later it hadn't met its rendezvous point at the Cape of Good Hope and was declared lost at sea. Early this morning of October 14th, 1807, the Obra Dinn drifted into port with sails damaged and no visible crew. As insurance adjustor for the East India Company's London Office, find means to board the ship and recover the Crew Muster Roll book for assessment."
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are fantasy, historical and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 16 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Return of the Obra Dinn holds a critic score of 95 out of 100. That places it above 98% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 26 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 92, across 513 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 10.3 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2 GHz Intel i5 or better, 4 GB RAM and Discrete GPU. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB.
What it launched against
Return of the Obra Dinn launched on 18 October 2018, within three weeks of Red Dead Redemption 2, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Assassin's Creed Odyssey and Forza Horizon 4. It reviewed better than all of them. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Red Dead Redemption 2, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Forza Horizon 4.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Return of the Obra Dinn yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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