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The Meaning

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App ID 2000480
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Ember Eye Studio
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 28088791
Last Record Update 22 March 2025 – 16:27:19 UTC ()
Release Date 22 October 2022 – 10:38:42 UTC ()
❓ 64.73%
23 reviews
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In-Game

"The Meaning" is a first-person psychological horror game focused on tense exploration and immersive storytelling. You are Ethen Daniels, a man who is struggling with the loss of his family and is now pursuing the meaning of life once again.

Additional Information

Developer Ember Eye Studio
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Ember Eye Studio
Store Release Date 22 October 2022 – 10:38:46 UTC ()
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Social Media https://discord.gg/7mBq8Xn4F9
https://x.com/MsskStudio
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIr-ZR-r1M6TSYVnnQtfPAg/
Primary Genre Indie (23)
Store Genres Action (1), Casual (4), Indie (23)
Steam Release Date 22 October 2022 – 10:38:42 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 22 March 2025 – 16:27:08 UTC () (1742660828)
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Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine, SteamworksNET SDK, UnityBurst SDK, UnityHDRP SDK, cURL SDK
Early Access Release Date 8 July 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC ()
First seen on SteamDB 12 May 2022 – 15:12:17 UTC (), in changelist #14791387

Supported Languages

10 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes Yes
Bulgarian Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes
Ukrainian Yes Yes

Tags

😱 Horror 🕴 Psychological Horror 📼 1990's 🚶 Walking Simulator 🌫 Atmospheric 🤫 Mystery 😨 Dark 🌱 Indie 🐤 Early Access 🧊 3D 🙌 First-Person 🫂 Psychological 👾 Retro 〰️ Nonlinear 🗺 Exploration 👤 Singleplayer 💥 Action 😌 Casual 🔍 Hidden Object 🌄 Action-Adventure

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Family Sharing Profile Features Limited

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Store Packages

SubID Name Billing Type Last Update
722295 The Meaning Store or CD Key 27 May 2025 – 23:03:16 UTC

Packages

SubID Name Billing Type Last Update
722294 The Meaning for Beta Testing CD Key 12 May 2022 – 15:12:20 UTC
734352 Steam Sub 734352 No Cost 10 June 2022 – 12:58:45 UTC

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