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Ether One

Ether One

Ether One is a first person adventure that deals with the fragility of the human mind. There are two paths in the world you can choose from. At its core is a story exploration path free from puzzles where you can unfold the story at your own pace.

Released Mar 25, 2014 Developer White Paper Games Platforms Windows AdventureIndieFirst-PersonPuzzleExploration
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.

73.1%positive450 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“A brilliant game. Easy to miss things but most can be recovered without stalling. Two things that would have made it even better were a save facility and a map.”

— a player, Steam review · 54 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Great game. Very touching.”

— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.

12achievements
6.7%median completion
4.1%rarest: Hoarder
20.4% of players 16.0% of players 10.3% of players 8.2% of players 8.2% of players 6.8% of players 6.7% of players 6.3% of players 6.2% of players 5.8% of players 4.9% of players 4.1% of players 20.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
20.4%Rembrandt Repairer — Swapped the fuse in Restoration Chamber 3.
16.0%Clever Clogs — Restored 5 Projectors.
10.3%Smarty Pants — Restored 10 Projectors.
Rarest badges of honor
4.1%Hoarder — Fill the shelves in The Case.
4.9%The Knocker — Heard the complete tale of The Knocker.
5.8%Déjà Vu — Rang the bell in the Institute upon your return.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-09-25 21:36 UTC
$19.99lowest since tracking began2026-08-12
US19.99 USD
EU20.49 EUR
UK17.75 GBP
Australia28.50 AUD
Canada23.99 CAD
Japan2,600 JPY
Brazil67.99 BRL
China77.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$11 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$24

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-16 09-25

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jul 13, 2024
Celebrating 10 Years of Ether One Documentary

Ether One is now 10 years old since we first launched on Steam. We were fortunate enough to get onto Steam via the Greenlight process back in 2012. Since that moment, we've been able to create games f

Nov 02, 2021
A new game by White Paper Games

Hello all! We've been hard at work over the past few years to bring you a new game which shares some of its values with Ether One. It's called Conway: Disappearance at Dahlia View. It's a puzzle drive

Mar 17, 2020
New Ether One Redux patch is live!

To cut a very long story short, the save system needed a rewrite from the ground up in terms of how certain delay actions were handled. That in combination with an Unreal Engine version update to some

Nov 17, 2016
Ether One Redux 1.0.4 Patch notes

http://i.imgur.com/2eo0BcO.jpg This patch update was quite a large one, and as a result of this, we'll be monitoring any game issues very closely over the next couple of weeks. If needed, we'll patch

Nov 17, 2016
Ether One Redux 1.0.4 Patch notes

http://i.imgur.com/2eo0BcO.jpg This patch update was quite a large one, and as a result of this, we'll be monitoring any game issues very closely over the next couple of weeks. If needed, we'll patch

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresAdventure, Indie
Player tagsAdventure · Indie · First-Person · Puzzle · Exploration · Walking Simulator · Story Rich · Atmospheric · Horror · VR · Singleplayer · Casual (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , Spanish - Spain, French, Italian, German, Polish *
ControllerFull support
Achievements12
Official sitehttp://www.ether-game.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista, 7 or 8 Processor: 2.2+ Ghz Dual-Core Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA Geforce GTX 460 or equivalent DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 3 GB available space Additional Notes: Windows XP is not supported for Ether One. Laptop equivalent GPU's struggle in comparison to desktop GPU's. VR: Ether One currently only supports the DK1 Oculus developer kit. We're hopefully going to provide updated Oculus support in future updates.