Dear Esther

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

• macOS
• Linux

Genres

• adventure video game

• walking simulator
• adventure game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  T - Teen^*

Engines

• Source

Localized titles

• Dear Esther

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

Store genres

• Adventure^*
• Casual^*
• Indie^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Partial Controller Support^*
• Steam Cloud^*
• Family Sharing^*

Interface languages

• English^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

Community tags · historical

• Walking Simulator^*

  Votes · historical

  1,003^*

• Indie^*

  Votes · historical

  503^*

• Exploration^*

  Votes · historical

  446^*

• First-Person^*

  Votes · historical

  400^*

• Atmospheric^*

  Votes · historical

  321^*

• Short^*

  Votes · historical

  305^*

• Story Rich^*

  Votes · historical

  280^*

• Casual^*

  Votes · historical

  267^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  248^*

• Great Soundtrack^*

  Votes · historical

  210^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  204^*

• Narration^*

  Votes · historical

  199^*

• Mystery^*

  Votes · historical

  84^*

• Relaxing^*

  Votes · historical

  72^*

• Beautiful^*

  Votes · historical

  71^*

• Experimental^*

  Votes · historical

  66^*

• Interactive Fiction^*

  Votes · historical

  62^*

• Soundtrack^*

  Votes · historical

  34^*

• Linear^*

  Votes · historical

  31^*

• Emotional^*

  Votes · historical

  23^*

System requirements

• macOS · Unspecified tier^*

  Operating system

  MAC OS X 10.6.7 or higher^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel Core Duo Processor (2GHz or better)^*

  Memory

  2GB Hard Disk Space: At least 2 GB of Space Video Card: ATI Radeon 2400 or higher / NVIDIA 8600M or higher / Intel HD Graphics 3000^*

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Microsoft Windows XP / Vista / Vista64^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel core 2 duo 2.4GHz or higher^*

  Memory

  1GB XP / 2GB Vista^*

  Graphics alternatives

  DirectX 9 compliant video card with Shader model 3.0 support. NVidia 7600, ATI X1600 or better (Pre-Sandybridge Intel graphics chipsets not yet supported) DirectX®: 9.0c^*

  Storage

  2 GB HD space Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card^*

• Windows · Recommended^*

  Graphics alternatives

  DirectX 9 compliant video card with Shader model 3.0 support. NVidia 8800, ATI Radeon 2900 pro or better (Pre-Sandybridge Intel graphic chipsets not supported)^*

  Processor alternatives

  Quad core 2.4GHz or higher^*

  Memory

  1 GB^*

• Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*

  Memory

  1 GB^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Platinum^*

  Reports

  18^*

  Community confidence

  moderate^*

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Verified^*

• Controller support · 2026-06-27^*

  Controller support

  Partial^*

Developers

• The Chinese Room

• Robert Briscoe^*

Publishers

• The Chinese Room

• Secret Mode^*

• 2012-02-14

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2012-02-14 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2012-02-14^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Detailed specifications