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Ether One

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Ether One

Ether One is a first person adventure that deals with the fragility of the human mind. There are two paths in the world you can choose from. At its core is a story exploration path free from puzzles where you can unfold the story at your own pace.

Adventure Indie First-Person Exploration Puzzle
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Ether One is a first person adventure that deals with the fragility of the human mind.

There are two paths in the world you can choose from. At its core is a story exploration path free from puzzles where you can unfold the story at your own pace.

There is also a deeper, more adventurous path in which you can complete complex puzzles to restore life changing events of the patients history in order to help the validation of their life.

Parallel paths make Ether One accessible to a range of skilled players. Invite your friends and family around to pick their brains for help taking on challenging environmental puzzles, or soak in the atmosphere of Pinwheel at leisure. From a young age we enjoyed the first person puzzle games that required you to write cryptic notes on spare pieces of paper to unravel mysteries. Ether One aims to bring back pen and paper puzzle solving, whilst still being accessible and optional for people not wanting to get stuck and frustrated on the harder puzzles.

features

  • First Person Adventure Game.
  • Open narrative exploration in the town of Pinwheel.
  • Optional puzzle solving.
  • Accessible gameplay with additional controller support for players that aren’t as skilled with complex controls.
  • Challenging pen and paper puzzle design you can decrypt at your own pace.

Deluxe Edition




The Ether One Deluxe Edition comes with the Ether One OST, Game Script, & Comics along with a few more goodies. Please note that there is no additional in-game content.

The Ether One Original Soundtrack by Nathaniel-Jorden Apostol features more than 40 minutes of music created exclusively for Ether One. The soundtrack comes with MP3 & FLAC format along with custom artwork for the soundtrack.

MP3 & FLAC format files will be placed in the Ether One folder in the Steam Directory: ...Steam\steamapps\common\EtherOne\Soundtrack

The Ether One game scripts contain all of the spoken dialogue along with some things that got cut from the game. We hope you find it interesting to see how we developed the narrative for Ether One. Please note: These scripts contain spoilers for the game. You may wish to finish Ether One before reading these. We have noted down specifically which game script contain spoilers in the download.

PDF format files will be placed in the Ether One folder in the Steam Directory: ...Steam\steamapps\common\EtherOne\Scripts

The Strange Tale of Byron Spencer was created by Mark Penman & coloured by Andrew Tunney. It provides an alternative fiction for the world of Pinwheel.

PDF format files will be placed in the Ether One folder in the Steam Directory: ...Steam\steamapps\common\EtherOne\Comics

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System requirements Windows

Windows

Minimum

Minimum:
  • OS *: Windows Vista, 7 or 8
  • Processor: 2.2+ Ghz Dual-Core
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA Geforce GTX 460 or equivalent
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c
  • Storage: 3 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Windows XP is not supported for Ether One. Laptop equivalent GPU's struggle in comparison to desktop GPU's. VR: Ether One currently only supports the DK1 Oculus developer kit. We're hopefully going to provide updated Oculus support in future updates.

Recommended

Recommended:
  • OS *: Windows Vista, 7 or 8
  • Processor: 2.6+ Ghz Dual-Core
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA Geforce GTX 560 or equivalent
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c
  • Storage: 3 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Windows XP is not supported for Ether One. Laptop equivalent GPU's struggle in comparison to desktop GPU's. VR: Ether One currently only supports the DK1 Oculus developer kit. We're hopefully going to provide updated Oculus support in future updates.
Game details Languages, features & support
Publisher
White Paper Games
Brazilian rating
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Steam Germany rating
0
Achievements
12
Controller support
full
Metacritic
82
Features
Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Remote Play on TV, Family Sharing
Languages
English*, Spanish - Spain, French, Italian, German, Polish
*languages with full audio support
Compatibility & accessibility Steam Deck, controllers & access features

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Input
Controller support: unknown
Structured language support (6)
LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
EnglishYesYesYes
Spanish - SpainYesNoYes
FrenchYesNoYes
ItalianYesNoYes
GermanYesNoYes
PolishYesNoYes
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Value Score

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Price-to-player ratio ranks in the 75th percentile. Priced as Market at $4.99.

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Player Count Top 33%
Value Ratio Top 25%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Ether One worth buying right now?
Watch — $4.99. Decent deal at 75% off, but might drop further. Watch for better opportunities.
When does Ether One go on sale?
Decent deal at 75% off, but might drop further. Watch for better opportunities.
Is Ether One free to play?
Ether One costs $4.99 on Steam.
What genre is Ether One?
Ether One is a Adventure, Indie game.
Who developed Ether One?
Ether One was developed by White Paper Games and published by White Paper Games.
What platforms does Ether One support?
Available on Steam for Windows.

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