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Obduction

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App ID 306760
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Cyan Inc.
Supported Systems Windows macOS
Technologies Unreal Engine
Last Changenumber 29807810
Last Record Update 29 June 2025 – 06:32:01 UTC ()
Release Date 24 August 2016 – 14:03:00 UTC ()
😏 77.26%
3k reviews
8
In-Game

A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.

Additional Information

Developer Cyan Inc.
metacritic_name Obduction
controller_support partial
metacritic_score 76
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/obduction?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Cyan Inc.
eulas
1 ↴
id306760_eula_1
nameObduction EULA 1
urlhttp://store.steampowered.com//eula/306760_eula_1
Store Release Date 24 August 2016 – 14:06:00 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
OpenVrSupport Yes
OtherVrSupport Yes
ControllerVr
xinput1
steamvr1
oculus1
kbm1
PlayAreaVr
seated1
standing1
othervrsupport_rift_13 Yes
vrheadsetstreaming Yes
Primary Genre Adventure (25)
Store Genres Adventure (25), Indie (23)
Steam Release Date 24 August 2016 – 14:03:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 16 May 2025 – 18:11:38 UTC () (1747419098)
library_assets
library_capsuleen
library_heroen
library_logoen
logo_position ↴
pinned_positionCenterCenter
width_pct40.29275854582667
height_pct73.00891821658692
osextended macos64,macosnotarized
review_score 6
review_percentage 79
Detected Technologies (?) Unreal Engine, NVIDIA_APEX SDK, NVIDIA_Ansel SDK, NVIDIA_Nsight_Aftermath SDK, NVIDIA_PhysX SDK, NvCloth SDK, OculusXRPlugin SDK, Ogg SDK, OpenVR SDK, Vorbis SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 18 February 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 7032025
  • configuration:
    supported_inputgamepad
    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke1
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_00
    non_deck_display_glyphs0
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-stable
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
First seen on SteamDB 4 June 2014 – 21:20:25 UTC (), in changelist #547470

Supported Languages

10 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes
Dutch Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes

Tags

🗺️ Adventure 🧩 Puzzle 🗺 Exploration 🌱 Indie 🙌 First-Person 🤫 Mystery 🫠 Surreal 🥽 VR 🚶 Walking Simulator 🌫 Atmospheric 📚 Story Rich 🌍 Open World 🔎 Point & Click 👤 Singleplayer 〰️ Nonlinear 😌 Casual 🚀 Sci-fi 🧞 Choices Matter 📺 FMV 🌲 Survival

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Cloud Family Sharing Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Tracked Controller Support VR Supported Native Steam Controller Partial Controller Support

Assets

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library_hero ↴
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timestamp16 May 2025 – 18:11:47 UTC
Trailers
256676426 ↴
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256669505 ↴
trailer_nameObduction Launch Trailer
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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
228986 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2015 Redist No size
228990 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980DirectX Jun 2010 Redist No size
229002 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980.NET 4.0 Redist No size
306761 Windows Obduction Content 8.53 GiB 3.60 GiB
306762 macOS Obduction Mac 5.30 GiB 4.64 GiB
520870 DLC 520870Obduction - High Res Image (520870) Depot 5.04 MiB 5.04 MiB
520873 DLC 520873Art of Cyan - Digital Art Book (520873) Depot 126.74 MiB 116.95 MiB
520871 DLC 520871Obduction - Original Sound Track (520871) Depot 796.54 MiB 579.07 MiB
520872 DLC 520872Obduction - Strategy Guide (520872) Depot 1.46 MiB 1.44 MiB

Total size on disk is 14.74 GiB and total download size is 8.92 GiB.

Total size on disk is 8.53 GiB and total download size is 3.60 GiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 7032025 1 September 2021 – 18:27:20 UTC
publicpreview 2637839 27 March 2018 – 17:26:41 UTC
version1.1 1310800 26 September 2016 – 23:36:44 UTC
version1.6.5 2256474 15 March 2018 – 06:31:06 UTC

Other

Name Value
privatebranches 1
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