Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
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| Developers | |
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| The Chinese Room | |
| Robert Briscoe | |
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| Secret Mode | |
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| Unity 5[Note 1] | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | February 14, 2017 |
| macOS (OS X) | February 14, 2017 |
| Reception | |
| OpenCritic | 67 |
| IGDB | 64 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Relaxed |
| Perspectives | First-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Exploration |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | Europe, Contemporary |
| Series | Dear Esther |
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| Dear Esther | |
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| Dear Esther | 2012 |
| Dear Esther: Landmark Edition | 2017 |
Dear Esther: Landmark Edition is a singleplayer first-person exploration game in the Dear Esther series.
General information
- Publisher Discord server
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
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| Steam | |
Steamworks API integration turns the Steam client into DRM. [2] | |
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| EA app (unavailable) | |
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- Free for owners of Dear Esther on Steam.[3]
Monetization
| Type | Notes |
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| One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Microtransactions
| Type | Notes |
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| No microtransactions | None |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\The Chinese Room & Robert Briscoe @ LittleLostPoly.co.uk\DearEsther\PlayerPrefs.txt[4] |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/520720/pfx/[Note 2] |
- Only resolution and windowed mode settings are stored here. The rest of the settings are in save file.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\The Chinese Room & Robert Briscoe @ LittleLostPoly.co.uk\DearEsther\PlayerPrefs.txt[5] |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam | <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\520720\remote\playerprefs.dat |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/520720/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| GOG Galaxy | ||
| EA app | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
Video settings.
Advanced video settings.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | Hor+ | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Default is borderless mode. See Enable fullscreen exclusive to change it. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.
Enable exclusive fullscreen
Use -window-mode exclusive command line argument[6]
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Input
Input settings.
Keyboard mapping settings.
Controller settings.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger support |
| DirectInput-compatible controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Input prompt override | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | 4 and 5.1 speakers options. | |
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | Closed Captions and Large Captions options are actually for subtitles. |
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| Mute on focus lost |
Language settings.
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | Fan translation, download. | |||
| Polish | Fan translation, download. | |||
| Russian | ||||
| Russian | Fan localization by GamesVoice, download. | |||
| Spanish |
Issues fixed
Black Screen/Crash at startup
| Turn off Rivatuner Statistics Server[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9, 11 | |
| OpenGL | OS X only. |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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System requirements
| Windows | ||||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10 | ||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon X2 4200+ 2.2 GHz | Intel Core 2 Duo E7300 2.6 GHz AMD A8-3850 2.9 GHz |
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| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 2 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 7600 GT ATI Radeon X1600 XT 256 MB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti AMD Radeon HD 7770 1 GB of VRAM |
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.7.5 | 10.12.1 | ||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz | Intel Core i5-3470S 2.9 GHz | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 2 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 9400 256 MB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce GT 750M Intel HD Graphics 4000 1 GB of VRAM |
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Notes
- ↑ Unity engine build: 5.3.6f1[1]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/520720/. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (520720) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Vetle on 2018-03-19
- ↑ Verified by User:Silverkeeper on 2025-12-18
- ↑ Dear Esther Landmark Edition out tomorrow on PC, free to owners of original - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Verified by User:Taylor.mabby654 on 2024-10-01
- ↑ Verified by User:Taylor.mabby654 on 2024-10-01
- ↑ DSR / Downsampling not working? :: Dear Esther: Landmark Edition General Discussions - last accessed on 2025-08-29