Released Sep 25, 2014 $19.99 Very Positive Counts toward your Steam games

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

By The Astronauts

Mystery Atmospheric Detective Walking Simulator Exploration First-Person Adventure Horror Story RichSingleplayerSupernaturalPuzzle

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Reviews 6,868 Very Positive

Players yesterday 4 at the busiest moment

Owners 500K–1M estimated

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a game tagged Mystery, Atmospheric and Detective by The Astronauts, released Sep 25, 2014. It has 6,868 Steam reviews (Very Positive). It has an estimated 500K–1M owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Once Alive, Liminal Salvation and Call of the Golden Valley.

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.

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Steam data

Everything Steam lists for The Vanishing of Ethan Carter · record updated 1 hour ago

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Overview

App ID258520

Release dateSep 25, 2014

Last change number39323160

Last record update1 hour ago

App type: Game
Developer: The Astronauts
Publisher: The Astronauts
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Metacritic: 82
Website: EthanCarterGame.com

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
English	Yes	Yes	Yes
French	Yes		Yes
Italian	Yes		Yes
German	Yes		Yes
Spanish - Spain	Yes		Yes
Polish	Yes	Yes	Yes
Czech	Yes		Yes

Windows

Steam Deck: Verified
Controller: Full support

Single-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily SharingFull controller support

Prices

Price · US$19.99

On sale0 of 41regions right now

Lowest seen · US$19.99Oct 24, 2026

Checked16 hours agoin 41 regions

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Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
481110	public	Oct 24, 2026

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Games	Price (US)
50695	The Vanishing of Ethan Carter	1	$19.99

ID	Name	Price (US)
319930	Not on the store yet	—

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
228983	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
228990	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
229002	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
258521	—	All	9.32 GB	3.78 GB	8358890155311250024
258522	—	All	5.17 GB	4.34 TB	5864944920622967324
258523	—	All	1.85 GB	116.02 GB	1560781289980822697