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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

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App ID 258520
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher The Astronauts
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unreal Engine
Last Changenumber 29224424
Last Record Update 28 May 2025 – 00:16:32 UTC ()
Release Date 25 September 2014 – 23:05:00 UTC ()
😎 85.86%
8k reviews
2
In-Game

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.

Additional Information

Developer The Astronauts
metacritic_name The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
controller_support full
metacritic_score 82
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-vanishing-of-ethan-carter?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher The Astronauts
eulas
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urlhttp://store.steampowered.com//eula/258520_eula_0
Store Release Date 25 September 2014 – 23:03:00 UTC ()
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Adventure (25)
Store Genres Adventure (25), Indie (23)
Steam Release Date 25 September 2014 – 23:05:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 31 October 2019 – 16:57:39 UTC () (1572541059)
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review_score 8
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Detected Technologies (?) Unreal Engine, Intel_oneTBB SDK, NVIDIA_APEX SDK, NVIDIA_CUDA SDK, NVIDIA_PhysX SDK, NVIDIA_Texture_Tools SDK, Ogg SDK, Vorbis SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • This game's launcher/setup tool may require the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or have difficult to read text
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  • Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on Deck, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
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  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: This game's launcher/setup tool may require a touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or have difficult to read text
  • Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on SteamOS, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
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  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 21 May 2025 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 481110
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First seen on SteamDB 2 October 2013 – 19:26:58 UTC (), in changelist #296399

Supported Languages

7 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes Yes Yes
Czech Yes Yes Yes

Tags

🤫 Mystery 🌫 Atmospheric 🕵️ Detective 🚶 Walking Simulator 🗺 Exploration 🙌 First-Person 🗺️ Adventure 😱 Horror 📚 Story Rich 👤 Singleplayer 🔮 Supernatural 🧩 Puzzle 🌱 Indie 🐙 Lovecraftian 🌍 Open World 🎶 Great Soundtrack 🤏 Short 🕴 Psychological Horror 🦚 Beautiful 🔎 Point & Click

Categories

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Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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timestamp4 October 2024 – 08:32:35 UTC
Trailers
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Steam charts

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  • 2 players right now
  • 9 24-hour peak
  • 1,443 all-time peak 26 September 2014
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Store data

  • 73,810 followers
  • #6337 in top sellers
  • 7,812 positive reviews
  • 1,030 negative reviews
  • 88.35% positive reviews

Twitch stats

  • 0 viewers right now
  • 6 24-hour peak
  • 37,934 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😎 Very Positive
  • 85.86% SteamDB Rating
  • 7,812 88.4% positive reviews
  • 1,030 11.6% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
25 September 2014 – 23:05 Steam Release -
8 November 2016 – 19:03 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Unreal Engine Bundle -

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How many players are playing The Vanishing of Ethan Carter right now on Steam?

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 2 players live playing The Vanishing of Ethan Carter on Steam.

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter had an all-time peak of 1443 concurrent players on 26 September 2014.

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