Dear Esther is an experimental "ghost story" computer game developed by indie game developer thechineseroom. It was first released in June 2008 as a free Source engine mod, and has since been remade for a commercial release on Steam in February 2012. The player progresses through the plot of Dear Esther via a series of voiced-over letter fragments to a woman named Esther.
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Dear Esther Review - Mar 2, 2012 13:54 This bold and beautiful experiment blurs the line between video games and other media