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# Explore a desolate Victorian landscape, sans Heathcliff, in "Dear Esther"
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/explore-a-desolate-victorian-landscape-sans/
- Published: 2012-01-20T21:45:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T15:27:29.000Z
- Description: Dear Esther is a surreal Victorian ghost story originally conceived as a Half Life 2 mod. The game has been in development for two years, and it looks gorgeous. You might have seen it at the Independent Games Festival. The focus here is on exploration. It’s released February 14 on Steam. –Josiah Ha
- Author: Kill Screen Staff
- Tags: News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

*Dear Esther* is a surreal Victorian ghost story originally conceived as a *Half Life 2* mod. The game has been in development for two years, and it looks gorgeous. You might have seen it at the Independent Games Festival.

The focus here is on exploration. It’s released February 14 on [Steam](http://store.steampowered.com/app/203810/?ref=killscreen.com).

–*Josiah Harrist*

\[[source](http://dear-esther.com/?ref=killscreen.com)\]\[[img](http://dear-esther.com/?page%5Fid=2&ref=killscreen.com)\]