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Estranged: The Departure
Estranged: The Departure follows the story of a fisherman, stranded on a mysterious island during a violent storm. Little does he know his adventure has just begun, and the island is home to more than it first seems.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“The only thing I was so surprised by is that I am only at 4% of people who finished the game. Like, WTF?? The game is positive, and many comments are like praising the game. So how come 95% of people did not finish it? I don't think I've ever seen something like this.”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“A short but very well done walking puzzle simulator. The sound design is very good and the few music tracks it has are very on point and really get you into the ambiance of the story, but the story itself is very average and it really failed to capture my attention, however, the…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“No bugs. environments are nice and simple but good story. Kept me entertained till the end. The music was really good aswell.”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:25 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Arctic Cold Next Fest Demo Available Now
The next instalment in the Estranged series, Arctic Cold, is taking part in Steam Next Fest! You can download the limited time demo from the Arctic Cold Store page right now. The demo showcases the fi
Estranged Auto HDR Update
Update 1.5.51 is now available for Estranged: The Departure, which provides support for the "Auto HDR" feature of Windows 11, and other minor fixes. Auto HDR Update Here's a preview using YouTube's HD
Early January Update: Extras Menu Tweak
A minor patch update is now available for Estranged: The Departure on Windows and Linux. Changes in this build: Tweaks to the Extras menu to link to the Official Estranged Wiki Happy 2025, and thank y
October Update: Quality of Life Changes, Official Estranged Wiki
A version update for The Departure is now live on Steam for Windows 32-bit, Windows 64-bit and Linux (version 1.5.50), including advanced graphics options, a Ukrainian translation, and quality of life
Early August Update: Localization Updates
A patch version update for The Departure is now live on Steam for Windows 32-bit, Windows 64-bit and Linux (version 1.5.49), including localization updates contributed by the community for the followi
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Early Access · Adventure · Action · Indie · Casual · Horror · FPS · Zombies · Singleplayer · Shooter · Survival Horror · First-Person (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Captions available · Adjustable Text Size · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Playable without Timed Input |
| Languages | English * , German, Bulgarian, Dutch, Russian, Turkish, Czech, Japanese, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, French, Finnish, Italian, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 14 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://iamestranged.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 64 bit and above, fully updated Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD, 2.5 GHz Memory: 3 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 470 and above or Radeon 6870 HD and above DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 10 GB available space Additional Notes: Requires newer hardware than Act I