The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
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…
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is an adventure developed by The Astronauts, released 25 September 2014 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 4.2 hrs to finish.
What The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is an adventure game developed by The Astronauts and released in 2014. It was published by Nordic Games Publishing. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 3.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In 1973, paranormal investigator Paul Prospero receives a fan letter from 12-year-old Ethan Carter, inspiring him to journey to Ethan's hometown of Red Creek Valley, Wisconsin. Upon arrival, he learns Ethan has gone missing and begins encountering unsettling paranormal phenomena, as well as evidence of recent violence in the tiny mining village.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are horror, mystery and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 14 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 76% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 13 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 79, across 407 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 4.2 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core2 Duo or equivalent AMD, 6 GB RAM and DirectX11 compliant card with 1GB of VRAM. An 6GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 9GB.
What it launched against
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter launched on 25 September 2014, within three weeks of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Alien: Isolation, Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition and Bayonetta 2. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Alien: Isolation, Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition, Bayonetta 2.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Vanishing of Ethan Carter yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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