Dear Esther is a first-person exploration video game developed and published by Thechineseroom. First released as a free-to-play modification for the Source game engine, the game was entirely redeveloped for a commercial release in 2012. The player's only objective in the game is to explore an unnamed island in the Hebrides, Scotland, listening to a troubled man read a series of letters to his deceased wife. Details of her mysterious death are revealed as the player moves throughout the island.

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