Adventure · August 29, 2019

The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan (2019)

calendar_todayAge 17+trophy30 achievementslocal_offer-50% current discountgroup1M–10M ownersrecommend8.0k recommendations
Experience the upgraded version of Man of Medan, available now. New to this upgrade: difficulty settings & QTE warnings, improved UI & interactions, updated bearing’s art & event triggers, increased walk speeds and wider accessibility options including subtitle sizing. Discover an extended playable chapter “Flooded”, introducing new deaths in this climatic ending to the game! *Free upgrade for owners of Man of Medan on PC. The Dark Pictures Anthology is a series of stand-alone, branching cinematic horror games featuring a multiplayer mode. In Man of Medan, five friends set sail on a holiday diving trip that soon changes into something much more sinister... Embark on a horrific journey aboard a ghost ship. Experience your terrifying story with a friend online or go for safety in numbers with up to five players offline All playable characters can live or die. The choices you make will decide their fate. Who will you save? Don't. Play. Alone. The Curator's Cut The Curator's cut features new scenes playable from the other characters' perspective with brand new choices and decisions to make. The Curator's cut is only available once you have completed the main story.

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Choices Matter · 276
  • Co-op · 207
  • Horror · 206
  • Adventure · 178
  • Multiplayer · 158
  • Cinematic · 139
  • Story Rich · 115
  • Gore · 79
  • Violent · 74
  • Singleplayer · 74
  • Quick-Time Events · 68
  • Survival Horror · 65
  • Atmospheric · 64
  • Psychological Horror · 59
  • Third Person · 44

Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume11.6k Steam reviewsTop 21% in Adventure
Positive rating76% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 89%
Metacritic75/100Genre average 77 — top 70% of Adventure titles
Engagement hours6 h averageTop 52% for session depth among Adventure

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English volume_up
  • French volume_up
  • Italian volume_up
  • German volume_up
  • Spanish - Spain volume_up
  • Arabic
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Traditional Chinese
  • Spanish - Latin America
  • Russian volume_up

Full audio (7)

  • English
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • PvP
  • Online PvP
  • Shared/Split Screen PvP

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Remote Play on Phone
  • Remote Play on Tablet
  • Remote Play on TV
  • Remote Play Together

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player

Reception Metrics

Steam community

76%Mostly Positive · 11.6k reviews

8.8k positive · 2.8k negative

Metacritic

75/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

6.5/10

Curator recommendations

8.0k

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

6h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

4h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

3h

Current engagement

Achievements

30

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateAug 29, 2019
DeveloperSupermassive Games
PublisherBANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe
Base price$9.99 -50%
Required age17+
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

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Content Notes

The game contains scenes of violence and bad language, and mild alcohol use.

Editions & Packages

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