The 11th Hour

The 11th Hour, the much-anticipated sequel to record-selling adventure horror The 7th Guest, follows the path of mystery, desolation, horror and grotesque logic set by its predecessor. It is one of the finest…

51 30 November 1995 ESRB M

Adventure Point-and-click Puzzle Drama Horror Mystery

The 11th Hour is an adventure developed by Trilobyte, released 30 November 1995 on DOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The 11th Hour is

The 11th Hour is an adventure game developed by Trilobyte and released in 1995. It was published by Nightdive Studios. It is available on DOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Groovie. It carries an ESRB M age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The ill-fated mansion of deranged toymaker Henry Stauf has been left to corrode and decompose for 70 years. However, the ominous silence only concealed the deadly legacy of madness and, when a journalist named Carl Denning arrives to search for his missing lover, the malignant past and undying forces are brought back to the real world. From the second you enter the mansion, every moment is filled with horror. Three mysterious women are your only guides as you try to escape the haunted house.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are drama, horror and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

The 11th Hour holds a critic score of 51 out of 100. That places it above 10% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1995 averaged 66, so it scored 15 points below the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1.8 GHz Processor, 1 GB RAM and 3D graphics card. At 1GB 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. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

The 11th Hour launched on 30 November 1995, within three weeks of Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Suikoden, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest and Rayman. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Suikoden, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Rayman.

Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

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Quick answers

The 11th Hour — frequently asked questions

When did The 11th Hour come out?

The 11th Hour was released on 30 November 1995 for DOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for The 11th Hour?

At minimum, The 11th Hour needs 1.8 GHz Processor, 1 GB RAM, 3D graphics card graphics, 2 GB available space of storage.

How many GB is The 11th Hour?

The PC version needs about 2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("2 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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