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Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.
Oxenfree is a story rich, choices matter and atmospheric game
developed and published by Night School Studio.
Released on January 14th 2016 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux
in 7 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian and Simplified Chinese.
It has received 11,840 reviews of which 10,861 were positive and 979 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam, but you can find it for 4.44€ on Gamivo.
The Steam community has classified Oxenfree into these genres:
System requirements
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Windows
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: Intel i3 2.0 GHz
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: 1GB Shader Model 3.0 Compatible (DirectX 9.0c)
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 3 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX 9.0 Compatible
MacOS
- OS: OSX 10.8 or higher
- Processor: Intel i3 2.0 GHz
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: 1GB OpenGL 2.0 Compatible
- Storage: 3 GB available space
Linux
- OS: Ubuntu 14.10 or similar
- Processor: Intel i3 2.0 GHz
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: 1GB Shader Model 3.0 Compatible (DirectX 9.0c)
- Storage: 3 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX 9.0 Compatible
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The plot is pretty meh, along with the supernatural elements. The characters are nice and have good depth to them. Worth experiencing the story once. It do be pretty unnerving if you play it at 1AM with the lights out. Also, controller had issues and I'm not sure if it's just a Linux thing- ended up playing the entire thing on M&K. Minor gripes- the music is wayyy too loud in places with no slider to manage it, and scrolling thro radio frequencies is kinda cumbersome. Not a dealbreaker in my books dho. 6/10
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OXENFREE is an amazing experience that you can complete in one sitting. It is a beautiful graphic adventure game with good voice acting and heartfelt characters. Music is great, if not for a bit flawed audio-mixing. The game is fairly short (5h) but to get the most out of it at least 2-3 playthroughs are required (or watch on YT). Choices and conversations do matter and affect the various endings. I only encountered a few issues. I was stuck when going to the attic, had to reload from main page and repeat a whole segment. Not that damaging but still annoying. The slow walking speed got annoying when backtracking for the collectibles. Not such a big deal in this short game. OXENFREE is the debut game of the young "Night School Studio" developers back in 2016, Netflix had no stake in this! Yet, after the studio was acquired by Netflix, they parade Oxenfree as one of their flagship titles and all credit goes to them. Netflix hired failed EA and Epic Games executives to develop mostly cheap mobile phone games. Yes, you can play Oxenfree on the Netflix app if you have a subscription, but it is another cheap platform/launcher that tries to compete with Steam. All they did was piss people off on itchio by stealing their purchased game...cringe. Credit to Night School Studio and always play on Steam or raise the black flag. No other viable alternatives. Game is fairly cheap on discount and worth to play. One of the best games in that price range. Very reminiscent of old 90s nostalgia and Stranger Things teenage horror. ( btw, here's a song fitting the game's mood: Kaizers Orchestra - Hjerteknuser ) I enjoyed it.
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Right, so imagine you're at a party, yeah? And there's this group of people having what seems like the most riveting conversation of their lives. You want to join in, but you're walking across the room slower than my nan after her hip replacement. That's Oxenfree for you - brilliant chat, painful walking. Now, before you roll your eyes and mutter "walking simulator" under your breath like some gaming snob, let me tell you something. This game's about as much a walking simulator as I am a flight instructor. It's all about the chat, innit? The dialogue system's bloody brilliant, actually. You know when you're at the pub and everyone's talking over each other, and you've got that split-second decision to either interrupt like a proper bellend or wait politely and miss your chance? That's exactly what they've captured here. Three dialogue options floating above your head like thought bubbles in a comic strip, plus the option to shut up entirely - which, let's be honest, more people should consider in real life. The writing's proper authentic too. None of that "How do you do, fellow kids?" nonsense you get in most games. These teens talk like actual teenagers - stumbling over words, talking absolute rubbish half the time, leaving sentences hanging like my mate Johan's DIY shelving project. It's refreshing, like finding a cold beer in the back of your fridge when you thought you'd run out. The atmosphere's spot on as well. They're calling it horror, but that's like calling a mild curry spicy. It's more like that feeling you get when you're alone in your house at night and hear a weird noise - not scary exactly, just enough to make you question your life choices. Now, there are some problems. The walking speed's slower than the queue at the post office on pension day. And sometimes you have to backtrack across the island with nothing but your thoughts for company - which, if they're anything like mine, isn't ideal. It's a short game too, and while your choices do matter somewhat, don't expect dramatically different endings like you're directing your own Hollywood blockbuster. But here's the thing - and I know this might sound odd coming from someone who made their career taking the piss out of everything - Oxenfree is actually pretty special. It's like that friend who doesn't say much at parties but when they do speak, everyone shuts up and listens. Sure, it might not be the longest game in your library, but neither was Pong, and that did alright for itself, didn't it? So, should you buy it? Well, if you've got the attention span of a goldfish with ADHD and need constant explosions to stay entertained, probably not. But if you fancy something different, something that'll make you think and might actually surprise you - like finding out your cat's been secretly ordering takeaway on your credit card - then yeah, give it a go. Just don't blame me if you find yourself talking back to your screen like a proper nutter.
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Bought this game and played it multiple times on different platforms. Bought it on the huge sale going on right now to support the devs, and to write this review to encourage others to pick it up.
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i first played OXENFREE in around 2018 or so. i remember it leaving me with a very strong impression, playing it six years later i felt that impression once again. at its core oxenfree is an adventure game, it's pretty dead-simple in terms of gameplay, which is a good thing. i could very easily see oxenfree being someone's very first video game, it feels almost designed in such a way to do that. it's also available on most platforms i can think people would have on-hand, including mobile and even as a part of netflix games (i dont actually know how that works, i just know that it's there.) navigation isn't exactly hard, and a majority of the gameplay is exploring screens with very few branching paths, it's all very railroaded, though that's not to say there isn't stuff to explore. on top of the main teen drama ghost story, there's a few collectibles and whatnot that give a bit of extra understanding to what exactly's going on, i think it's neat, and not really that much effort to get everything. the MAIN main stuff is the dialogue. there's a lot of it, and i really think you grow to like these characters (or hate, i liked them) along the course of the story. there's a few options i wish were maybe available, but i don't think their lack of inclusion necessarily harms the story. oh and it's got a really good vibe. music's good, zones are neat. ghosts. weird geometry if you're afraid of that. it's nice and goes on sale pretty cheap, and i did two playthroughs in about 11 hours.
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Oxenfree is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam.
Oxenfree is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.75€ on Steam.
Oxenfree received 10,861 positive votes out of a total of 11,840 achieving a rating of 8.93.
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Oxenfree was developed and published by Night School Studio.
Oxenfree is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Oxenfree is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Oxenfree is playable and fully supported on Linux.
Oxenfree is a single-player game.
There is a DLC available for Oxenfree. Explore additional content available for Oxenfree on Steam.
Oxenfree does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Oxenfree supports Remote Play on TV. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.
Oxenfree 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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Online players
10
Developer
Night School Studio
Publisher
Night School Studio
Release
14 Jan 2016
Platforms
Remote Play
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