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Lethe is a first person adventure with survival horror elements. Explore an atmospheric and frightening world and uncover the dark secrets of your origins.

Lethe - Episode One is a adventure, action and indie game developed by KoukouStudios and Faber Interactive and published by Faber Interactive.
Released on August 01st 2016 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 383 reviews of which 325 were positive and 58 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.9 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 13.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Lethe - Episode One into these genres:

Adventure Action Indie Horror Atmospheric First-Person Survival Puzzle

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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS *: Windows XP SP3 (32-bit)
  • Processor: 2.0+ GHz Dual Core
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 512 MB VRAM and Shader Model 3.0
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c
  • Storage: 2 GB available space

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April 2025
Imagine something huge, beautiful, but completely unappealing. In this game, we’ll wander through an underground location. What awaits us is literally a massive maze of mines, torture chambers, and bunkers. And there’s only one goal-to escape (preferably alive). Each area will have several mini-puzzles. To solve them, you’ll need to pull a lever or press a button. The catch is that you first have to find them, and what stands in your way are poison, electricity, and axe-wielding maniacs. It does sound intriguing and exciting. The graphics are stunning, too, everything is detailed, well-optimized, and the eerie atmosphere is perfectly conveyed. But. God, is it booooring. You just have to mindlessly run through a ton of rooms searching for something. And yes, around the middle of the game, you get telekinesis so you can pull levers from a short distance, but that doesn’t really make things much better. In the end, we get what should be a great game-one with an interesting premise, a genuinely enormous underground base, and attention to every little detail. But the actual gameplay doesn’t keep you on edge; instead, it quickly gets tedious repeating the same actions over and over. I can’t bring myself to give such a polished project a negative rating, but I also can’t recommend it. Unless you’re really into these kinds of games and are willing to wait for a sequel. If you read the review and liked it, don’t forget to give it a thumbsup;) The further - The better♥️
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Feb. 2025
it's... pretty alright. doesn't look like there will ever be a chapter two. it has a lot of inspiration from the penumbra games. story and mechanics are cool. I had a hard time with objects being stuck/in the way with the telekinesis system. and also the level design made it sort of unclear where to go, i often found myself choosing a random path from multiple options only to irreversibly progress. I'd only buy it on sale
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Nov. 2024
Excellent Penumbra or Amnesia-like game... Scratched an itch even Frictional hasn't been able to scratch lately with their releases.
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Oct. 2024
had this game a few years now. Decided to give it another airing.Got a new laptop with windows 11.Would not load up. I dug out my old laptop and it works fine on windows 10. Great game .Worth a go. Pity it"s been abandoned.
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Aug. 2024
Just finished this on my Youtube channel (link at end of review for anyone who wants to see a gameplay sample before buying), and overall I thought this was a decent horror game. What is unfortunate is that apparently Lethe Episode One was meant to be the first in a series of games, but sadly said series got cancelled and as such there's never been an Episode Two. But nonetheless, Episode One is worth picking up and playing! Other people have mentioned it already, but you can definitely see the Amnesia inspirations underpinning this game. In many ways, Lethe is very similar - first-person perspective, exploring dark, sinister environments, finding notes and solving basic puzzles, and using stealth to avoid dangerous monsters. So if you enjoyed the gameplay of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and are looking for games with a similar vibe, chances are you'll probably enjoy Lethe as well. The basic premise is that you play as a man searching for answers about his own identity, and you are washed up on a strange shore after your boat is wrecked somewhere on the Greek coast. Soon you discover that this stretch of shore and the old mining facility located there are eerily devoid of any life. Cue a story that unfolds about sinister scientific experiments, where the ancient Greek folklore that the game is based upon (Lethe, the river of forgetfulness and oblivion in the underworld) ties in thematically with what is going on. The visuals are fine and hold up well, as does the sound design. In terms of atmosphere, the game definitely has its moments of general creepiness, especially when you're wandering through dark, claustrophobic tunnels and passages, figuring out puzzles whilst keeping an eye out for whatever creepy entity stalks the place. The gameplay is nothing special, I would argue, but it does function well and is pretty solid. Lethe does have a gimmick of its own: not far into the game, you unlock the power of telekinesis, enabling you to pick up, manipulate and throw props in your environment. In essence, this is much like the ability to pick up and throw objects in Amnesia, just with a few more possibilities (e.g. being able to pick up and move objects behind fences up to a certain distance). Again, nothing special - but it works well enough. Overall, the game was fairly well-made; I didn't encounter any bugs or glitches. In terms of length, Lethe isn't very long - I completed it in about 4-5 hours. In terms of difficulty, the game's puzzles are decently challenging without being overly difficult - usually, where I struggled it was more a case of me not engaging my brain properly rather than the game being too hard. So, in summary, Lethe - Episode One is a decent horror game and is well worth a shot! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JxvML6NBgY&list=PL05Yc3_TEBpOUe2U3htHoHeuphtvV6_fx&index=1
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Lethe - Episode One is currently priced at 13.99€ on Steam.

Lethe - Episode One is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 13.99€ on Steam.

Lethe - Episode One received 325 positive votes out of a total of 383 achieving a rating of 7.90.
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Lethe - Episode One was developed by KoukouStudios and Faber Interactive and published by Faber Interactive.

Lethe - Episode One is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Lethe - Episode One is not playable on MacOS.

Lethe - Episode One is not playable on Linux.

Lethe - Episode One is a single-player game.

Lethe - Episode One does not currently offer any DLC.

Lethe - Episode One does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Lethe - Episode One does not support Steam Remote Play.

Lethe - Episode One is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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13.99€
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Release 01 Aug 2016
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