Underplayed Gems

Ether One (2014)

Ether One cover
Developer
White Paper Games
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Adventure, Indie
Rating
3.7 of 5, 449 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 9.1 hours
Where to get it
Steam

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How it feels

Ether One feels like a quiet, introspective dive into someone else's memories, where you can either wander peacefully or engage with layered puzzles at your own pace.

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What players say

Players describe Ether One as a first-person puzzle game about memory and dementia. The environments are serene and surreal, but puzzles can be fiendish and the inventory only lets you carry one item at a time, forcing lots of backtracking. Performance bugs have gone unfixed for years, and the story is poignant if you can push through the difficulty.

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