The Chinese Room, a Sumo Digital Studio, is proud to announce that their groundbreaking title Dear Esther arrives on iOS devices in 2019.
Since its commercial release on PC in 2012 and console in 2016, Dear Esther has sold over one million units and is seen as a benchmark in interactive and emotional storytelling. PC Gamer said it โprovokes thought and feeling in a way few other games do.โ It also won praise for its visuals and music, with The Daily Telegraph saying โDear Estherโs visuals are majesticโ, and Jessica Curryโs soundtrack receiving awards and nominations from BAFTA and TIGA among others.
Dear Esther asks the player to explore the mysterious windswept coastlines and shimmering caves of a dreamlike Hebridean isle. Beginning with an unnamed narrator uttering fragments from a letter addressed โDear Estherโ, players must make sense of the cryptic narration, peculiar scribbles along the walls, strange machine parts strewn about, and some eerie, otherworldly sightings. Randomized narration means that no two playthroughs are ever the same, offering the player more than one way to interpret Dear Estherโs hypnotic tale.
โWithout Dear Esther, The Chinese Room perhaps wouldnโt exist, so to know that people will continue to explore the island in search of answers is incredibly fulfilling,โ said Dan Pinchbeck co-founder and Creative Director, The Chinese Room โiOS devices will offer an experience perhaps even more intimate and personal than when the game is played on a PC or a console, so I look forward to hearing how the game affects a new generation of players.โ
โItโs wonderful that The Chinese Room is bringing Dear Esther to iOS for the first time. It holds a special place in many peopleโs hearts, so itโs fitting that itโs the studioโs first game on iOS,โ added Gary Dunn, Managing Director, Sumo Digital โDear Esther is an amazing exploration and narrative-driven experience and Iโm excited that it paves the way for Little Orpheus which, although very different in terms of game-play, will continue The Chinese Roomโs well-earned reputation as masters of story-telling when it launches on Apple Arcade next year.โ
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