Released Feb 14, 2017 $9.99 Mostly Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Dear Esther: Landmark Edition

By The Chinese Room · published by Secret Mode

Walking Simulator Exploration Interactive Fiction Puzzle First-Person Psychological Horror Relaxing Horror LinearAtmosphericOpen WorldStory Rich

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Reviews 2,494 Mostly Positive

Players yesterday 5 at the busiest moment

Owners 200K–500K estimated

Dear Esther: Landmark Edition is a game tagged Walking Simulator, Exploration and Interactive Fiction by The Chinese Room, released Feb 14, 2017. It has 2,494 Steam reviews (Mostly Positive). It has an estimated 200K–500K owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include The Walks We Used To Take, Homesick and Nephise.

Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.

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The Walks We Used To Take 86% match · Walking Simulator, Exploration, Interactive Fiction
Homesick 76% match · Walking Simulator, Exploration, Puzzle
Nephise 75% match · Walking Simulator, Exploration, Puzzle
The Moon Sliver 74% match · Walking Simulator, Exploration, Puzzle
The Hotel 74% match · Walking Simulator, Exploration, Puzzle
Shifting To The Backrooms 74% match · Walking Simulator, Exploration, Puzzle
Phonophobia 74% match · Walking Simulator, Exploration, Puzzle
INFRA 74% match · Walking Simulator, Exploration, Puzzle
Replace the Lamp: The Last Shift 73% match · Walking Simulator, Exploration, Puzzle
What Remains of Edith Finch 73% match · Walking Simulator, Exploration, Puzzle

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Everything Steam lists for Dear Esther: Landmark Edition · record updated 6 hours ago

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Overview

App ID520720

Release dateFeb 14, 2017

Last change number39595575

Last record update6 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: The Chinese Room, Robert Briscoe
Publisher: Secret Mode
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Franchise: Secret Mode
Website: thechineseroom.co.uk/games/dear-esther
Links: Facebook Website Discord X YouTube

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
English	Yes	Yes	Yes
French	Yes		Yes
German	Yes		Yes
Spanish - Spain	Yes		Yes
Russian	Yes		Yes

Windows macOS

Steam Deck: Verified
Controller: Full support

Single-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudCommentary availableRemote Play on TVFamily SharingFull controller support

Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
1605460	public	Feb 2, 2017

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Games	Price (US)
123440	Dear Esther: Landmark Edition	1	$9.99
54010 Bundle	The Chinese Room Award Winners	2	$18.43
75941 Bundle	Gone Home + Dear Esther	1	$13.49
75014 Bundle	Light We Hold Dear	1	$21.24
55180 Bundle	Secret Mode 5th Anniversary Collection	15	$168.49