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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. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“I really liked it. The atmosphere especially carried the experience (I recommend playing in the evening around sunset, btw). And the ending was quite interesting too. I kind of expected it to go that way, but it didn’t make it any less enjoyable :)”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“Ah yes, I recall playing this and with a little refresher... I was able to fully remember it. The sceneries were always beautiful and most of my time was spent walking around in the woods or admiring more stuff I can get lost in. I really liked the "do the timeline of this crime…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“Cannot do justice to the game without spoiling it as it is just so beautiful so I'll try to just summarise it. Family is not only the theme but also the key in the game, the atmosphere reminds you of surreal scenarios and the gameplay (which should not be chalked down to walking…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:49 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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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 2026-05-20.
| 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 |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| 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