Everybody's Gone to the Rapture (2015)

Developer: The Chinese Room
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Genres: Adventure
Rating: 3.6 of 5, 190 player ratings
Main story: about 4.1 hours
Completionist: about 6.0 hours
Where to get it: PlayStation Store

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How it feels

A tranquil but eerie walk through an abandoned English village, piecing together ghostly echoes of the departed.

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About

Deep within the Shropshire countryside, the village of Yaughton stands empty. Toys lie forgotten in the playground, the wind blows quarantine leaflets around the silent churchyard. Down on Appleton’s farm, crops rustle untended. The birds lie where they have fallen. Strange voices haunt the radio waves as uncollected washing hangs listlessly on the line. The televisions are tuned to vacant channels. Above it all, the telescopes of the Observatory point out at dead stars and endless darkness. And someone remains behind, to try and unravel the mystery. Immerse yourself in a rich, deep adventure from award-winning developer The Chinese Room and investigate the last days of Yaughton Valley. Uncover the traces of the vanished community; discover fragments of events and memories to piece together the mystery of the apocalypse.

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