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The Burton Equation

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App ID 1007090
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher David 'Kralich' Driver-Gomm
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Source Engine
Last Changenumber 30013056
Last Record Update 11 July 2025 – 14:12:01 UTC ()
Release Date 27 December 2024 – 17:57:37 UTC ()
Parent App Half-Life 2 (220)
😏 79.97%
555 reviews
4
In-Game

Time is an equation, and you're here to solve it. 1920s Chicago detective Zachary Burton must defeat the Combine's attempts to influence humanity's past in the 20s, 40s, and 80s, and then achieve victory in the present - all the while pursued by a dark mirror of himself.

Additional Information

This game is excluded from Steam Family Sharing because: Free Game

Developer David 'Kralich' Driver-Gomm
MustOwnAppToPurchase Half-Life 2 (220)
ReleaseState released
Publisher David 'Kralich' Driver-Gomm
IsFreeApp Yes
Exclude from family sharing (exfgls) 3 (Free Game)
Store Release Date 27 December 2024 – 17:57:37 UTC ()
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community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Action (1)
Store Genres Action (1), Adventure (25)
Steam Release Date 27 December 2024 – 17:57:37 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 7 December 2024 – 19:01:46 UTC () (1733598106)
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Detected Technologies (?) Source Engine, Autodesk_FBX SDK, Bink_Video SDK, CEF SDK, Miles_Sound_System SDK, SDL SDK
Content Descriptors Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)
controllertagwizard Yes
First seen on SteamDB 26 December 2018 – 11:19:08 UTC (), in changelist #5603898
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes Yes

Tags

🔫 Shooter 🔫 FPS 🧊 3D 🙌 First-Person 🎨 Stylized 🎸 1980s 👽 Aliens 🕰️ Alternate History 🌎 America 💬 Comic Book 🚨 Crime 😨 Dark 💥 Destruction 🕵️ Detective 🌆 Futuristic 🔍 Investigation 🕵️ Noir 🚀 Sci-fi ⚔️ War 🪂 World War II

Categories

Single-player Captions available Profile Features Limited

Assets

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Launch Options

0. Unnamed launch option
Executable hl2.exe
Arguments -game theburtonequation
Launch Type Unspecified

Configuration

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installdir The Burton Equation
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