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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-15.
“Entertaining modern adventure game focused on investigation. Rating: 8.5/10. + Visually stunning. One of the most realistic environments I've seen so far. + Great soundtrack that ties in quite well with the environment. Music gets gloomy when walking in dark parts of the wood,…”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played“Maybe for a 5 hours long game you won't be willing to pay 19€, but for 10€ it's worth every cent, even though it's among the shortest games I've played. If I have to categorize this game I'd say this is a lovecraftian game, it's a detective story with paranormal and horror…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“7.9/10 - A Cut Above Most Exploration/Narrative Games. Challenging but Rewarding. I've only played the 'Redux' hense why my gametime is so off. You can't leave any feedback yet. The Redux version is pretty fun and polished though; beautiful graphics, good voice acting and a…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
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Latest official news
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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux Update 1.01
– Scale resolution 150% added, great cost/effect ratio – Proper mouse behavior in menus (no extra click needed) – Fixed re-assigning keys to arrow keys – Perma-config, no longer requires the load of a
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux Update 1.01
– Scale resolution 150% added, great cost/effect ratio – Proper mouse behavior in menus (no extra click needed) – Fixed re-assigning keys to arrow keys – Perma-config, no longer requires the load of a
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux Out Now!
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux is an Unreal Engine 4 remaster of the original PC game. It is a free game for the current and future owners of the original . You should already have the game in yo
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux Out Now!
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux is an Unreal Engine 4 remaster of the original PC game. It is a free game for the current and future owners of the original . You should already have the game in yo
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Mystery · Atmospheric · Detective · Walking Simulator · Exploration · First-Person · Adventure · Horror · Story Rich · Singleplayer · Supernatural · Puzzle (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish * , Czech * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 14 |
| Official site | http://EthanCarterGame.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 64-bit Processor: Intel Core2 Duo or equivalent AMD Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX11 compliant card with 1GB of VRAM DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 9 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX9c compliant