The crtically acclaimed "walking simulator" The Vanishing of Ethan Carter developed by The Astronauts (and SPIN Software) will be arriving on the eShop on August 15th.

Check below for the details and a trailer...

Inspired by the weird fiction (and other tales of the macabre) from the early twentieth century, the game aims to significantly evolve immersive storytelling in games. While it features a private detective and quite a few mental challenges, it is not a particularly puzzle-driven game. Its main focus is on atmosphere, mood, and the essential humanity of the characters.

This is also the first game ever made and released on a Nintendo platform by Adrian Chmielarz, The Astronauts’ co-founder and a designer of games such as Painkiller, Bulletstorm, and Gears of War: Judgment.

You play the game as Paul Prospero, an occult-minded detective who receives a disturbing letter from Ethan Carter. Realizing the boy is in grave danger, Paul arrives at Ethan’s home in Red Creek Valley, where things turn out to be even worse than he imagined. Ethan has vanished in the wake of a brutal murder, which Paul quickly discovers might not be the only local murder worth looking into.

Still, the mysteries won’t solve themselves. Using both Paul’s supernatural skill of being able to communicate with the dead, and your own powers of observation, you will discover the mystery behind a trail of corpses, the roots of a dark ancient force lurking in Red Creek Valley, and the fate of a missing boy.

Nintendo Switch version was developed by The Astronauts and SPIN Software.

Players may also notice a bigger font, which makes reading easier in the handheld mode.

Will you be taking a long walk to solve the games titular mystery when it launches? Have you played it before on other platforms? Does the thought of playing it on the Switch make you want to play through it again?

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