Adventure · April 24, 2017

What Remains of Edith Finch (2017)

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Winner of Best Game at the 2018 BAFTA Game Awards, as well as Best Narrative awards at the GDC 2018 Choice Awards, 2018 SXSW Gaming Awards, and The Game Awards 2017, What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive. Each story you find lets you experience the life of a new family member on the day of their death, with stories ranging from the distant past to the present day. The gameplay and tone of the stories are as varied as the Finches themselves. The only constants are that each is played from a first-person perspective and that each story ends with that family member's death. Ultimately, it's a game about what it feels like to be humbled and astonished by the vast and unknowable world around us. Created by Giant Sparrow, the team behind the first-person painting game The Unfinished Swan .

Adventure releases from 2017

78 Adventure titles launched in 2017 — top 6 by review volume.

Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume45.1k Steam reviewsTop 5% in Adventure
Positive rating96% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 21%
Metacritic89/100Genre average 77 — top 6% of Adventure titles
Engagement hours3 h averageTop 80% for session depth among Adventure

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Community Tag Signals

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

  • Story Rich · 707
  • Atmospheric · 501
  • Walking Simulator · 472
  • First-Person · 351
  • Mystery · 346
  • Exploration · 343
  • Adventure · 307
  • Singleplayer · 273
  • Female Protagonist · 269
  • Indie · 253
  • Great Soundtrack · 240
  • Narration · 203
  • Short · 162
  • Psychological Horror · 158
  • Drama · 151

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (11)

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

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Korean

Reception Metrics

Steam community

96%Overwhelmingly Positive · 45.1k reviews

43.3k positive · 1.8k negative

Metacritic

89/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

7.9/10

Curator recommendations

43.1k

Press Quotes

“Succeeds in recreating the childhood joy of reading a book and being utterly transported into its pages.” 5/5 – The Guardian “Beautiful and bittersweet.” 9/10 – Polygon “Edith Finch earned every tear, every laugh and every moment of joy.” Recommended – Rock Paper Shotgun

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

3h

brief (under 5 hours)

Median

2h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

1h

Current engagement

Achievements

9

Steam unlocks available

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud
  • Remote Play on TV

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Release & Availability

Release dateApr 24, 2017
DeveloperGiant Sparrow
PublisherAnnapurna Interactive
Base price$4.99 -75%
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · [email protected]

Editions & Packages

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