Standard Edition
StandardUS$19.99 at launch
In the game
- Full game download
Sold on Steam and GOG. The Limited Run boxed copies were for PS4 and Switch only.
PC
Return of the Obra Dinn
Return of the Obra Dinn is a 2018 adventure and puzzle video game created by Lucas Pope and published by 3909 LLC. It was Pope's second commercial game, following 2013's Papers, Please, and was first released for macOS and Windows before being ported to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One a year later.
PuzzleAdventureIndie
- Space needed
- 2 GB
- Time to beat
- about 10.2 hours
- Plays offline
- Yes
Overview
Return of the Obra Dinn is a 2018 adventure and puzzle video game created by Lucas Pope and published by 3909 LLC. It was Pope's second commercial game, following 2013's Papers, Please, and was first released for macOS and Windows before being ported to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One a year later. Return of the Obra Dinn was praised for its gameplay, art style, and narrative; it won several awards, including the Seumas McNally Grand Prize.
The game is set in 1807 with the player assuming the role of an unnamed investigator for the East India Company. The Obra Dinn, a merchant ship missing for five years, has reappeared off the coast of England with no known surviving crew or passengers. The player is dispatched to the ghost ship to perform an appraisal, reconstruct the events of the voyage, and determine the fates of all sixty souls aboard, providing a cause of death for those deceased or a probable current location for those presumed living. Investigation is accomplished through the use of the "Memento Mortem", a pocket watch capable of recreating a death at the moment it occurred. The game, played in first-person perspective, uses a "1-bit" monochromatic graphical style inspired by games on early Macintosh computers.
Return of Obra Dinn first released on macOS and Windows on October 18, 2018. It received generally positive reviews from critics who praised its story, puzzles, creativity, and favorably compared it to Her Story (2015). It was cited by several outlets as among the best video games of 2018, and retrospectively, one of the greatest of all time.
Official trailer
Trailer. Watch on YouTube
Gameplay
Return of the Obra Dinn | No Commentary Longplay | ENG | PC, LLAMP Longplays. Watch on YouTube
Screenshots
Game details
- Genres
- Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
- Developer
- Lucas Pope
- Publisher
- 3909
- Engine
- Unity
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One
- Age rating
- ESRB M
- Modes
- Single player
- Yes
- Local multiplayer
- No
- Online multiplayer
- No
- Co op
- No
- Age ratings
- PEGI
- 16
- ESRB
- M
- USK
- 18
- CERO
- D
- ACB
- M
- GRAC
- 15+
Release dates
| Platform | Region | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Windows | Worldwide | 2018-10-18 |
Editions
Space and patches
Space needed2 GB
DLC
No DLC. The only add-on is the soundtrack.
Playable today
Playable offline todayYes
Single-player only, with no online features.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Price at release | US$19.99, 18 October 2018 |
| Ever released on disc | No Sold only as a download on PC. |
| Ever released in the store | Yes, Steam and GOG, 18 October 2018 |
| In the store to buy today | Yes, US$19.99 on Steam, also on GOG |
| Can be downloaded again if you already bought it | Yes |
| Disc runs with no patch | Does not exist |
| Disc runs with the final patch | Does not exist |
| Has online features | No |
| Online servers running today | Does not exist |
| Playable offline today: campaign | Yes |
| Playable offline today: local multiplayer | Does not exist |
| Playable offline today: online multiplayer | Does not exist |
| Playable offline today: DLC | Does not exist |
Online
Plays offlineYes
Staff and cast
- Staff
Role Name Developer Lucas Pope Publisher 3909 Designer Lucas Pope Artist Lucas Pope
Credits
- Publisher
- 3909
- Developer
- Lucas Pope
- Released
- 2018-10-18
- Age rating
- ESRB M
- Region
- US
- Time to beat
- about 10.2 hours
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