Adventure · February 19, 2020

The Suicide of Rachel Foster (2020)

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1993 LEWIS & CLARK COUNTY, MONTANA, US Ten years ago, teenager Nicole and her mother left the family hotel after discovering her father Leonard's affair with, and pregnancy of Rachel, a girl her own age who eventually committed suicide. Now that both of her parents have passed, Nicole hopes to fulfill her mother’s last will to sell the hotel and make amends to Rachel's relatives. With the will and determination to put that chapter behind her, she returns to the hotel with the family’s lawyer to audit the decaying structure. As the weather unexpectedly turns for the worst, Nicole has no way to leave the large mountain lodge, and finds support in Irving, a young FEMA agent, using one of the first radio telephones ever built. With his help, Nicole starts to investigate a mystery far deeper than what people in the valley thought. A story of love and death, where melancholy and nostalgia melt into a thrilling ghost tale. Explore the vast and detailed hotel, unravelling dark secrets of the family's past Binaural audio for a truly immersive experience Intriguing, touching and mature storytelling Multi-layered narrative thriller, combining elements of mystery and horror

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Community Tag Signals

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

  • Walking Simulator · 371
  • Mystery · 365
  • Atmospheric · 357
  • Adventure · 349
  • Thriller · 344
  • Exploration · 339
  • Story Rich · 334
  • Dark · 318
  • Mature · 315
  • Drama · 314
  • Female Protagonist · 312
  • Singleplayer · 300
  • First-Person · 295
  • Short · 293
  • Psychological · 289

Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume6.4k Steam reviewsTop 37% in Adventure
Positive rating69% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 94%
Metacritic63/100Genre average 77 — top 95% of Adventure titles
Engagement hours3 h averageTop 81% for session depth among Adventure

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (11)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Traditional Chinese
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Polish volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Polish

Reception Metrics

Steam community

69%Mixed · 6.4k reviews

4.4k positive · 2.0k negative

Metacritic

63/100 critic aggregate

Metacritic user score

7.1/10

Curator recommendations

5.1k

Press Quotes

“The Suicide of Rachel Foster is certainly up there with the best in its genre” 85 – Cultured Vultures “manages to treat extremely delicate issues with extraordinary tact” 85 – The Games Machine “The Suicide of the Rachel Foster is a masterpiece in atmospheric storytelling” 90 – The Digital Fix

Release & Availability

Release dateFeb 19, 2020
DeveloperONE-O-ONE GAMES
PublisherDaedalic Entertainment
Base price$1.79
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Support · [email protected]

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Remote Play on TV

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

3h

brief (under 5 hours)

Median

3h

Typical completion time

Achievements

11

Steam unlocks available

Content Notes

Touches on mature subject matter.

Editions & Packages

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