Martha Is Dead
Martha Is Dead is a dark first-person psychological thriller, set in 1944 Italy, that blurs the lines between reality, superstition and the tragedy of war.
Martha Is Dead is an adventure developed by LKA, released 24 February 2022 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It currently starts at $8.39 at GOG. The main story takes about 7 hrs to finish.
What Martha Is Dead is
Martha Is Dead is an adventure game developed by LKA and released in 2022. It was published by Wired Productions. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
As conflict intensifies between German and Allied forces, the desecrated body of a woman is found drowned… Martha! Martha is dead, and her twin sister Giulia, the young daughter of a German soldier, must alone deal with the acute trauma of loss and the fallout from her murder. The hunt for the truth is shrouded by mysterious folklore and the extreme horror of war that draws ever closer.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are drama, horror, mystery and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 22 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Martha Is Dead holds a critic score of 74 out of 100. That places it above 47% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored about average for its year.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 7 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $8.39, that works out to about $1.20 per hour of the main story.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5 or equivalent AMD, 8 GB RAM and Nvidia GTX 670 or AMD R9 270X. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 30GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $8.39 at GOG, 72% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Martha Is Dead launched on 24 February 2022, within three weeks of Horizon Forbidden West, Elden Ring, Dying Light 2: Stay Human and Tunic. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Horizon Forbidden West, Elden Ring, Dying Light 2: Stay Human, Tunic.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Martha Is Dead yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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