Oxenfree
Oxenfree is a single-player graphic adventure game played from a 2.5D perspective, with the player controlling a teenager named Alex. Its central mechanic is a "walk and talk" system, where dialogue appears as…
Oxenfree is an adventure developed by Night School Studio, released 14 January 2016 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Android. The main story takes about 5.2 hrs to finish.
What Oxenfree is
Oxenfree is an adventure game developed by Night School Studio and released in 2016. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
On a weekend trip to the fictional Edwards Island, teenager Alex arrives for a beach party with her new stepbrother Jonas and her friend Ren. Once there, they meet two other teens and learn about the island's history as a former military site. While exploring the caves, the group hears that certain radio frequencies are rumored to trigger strange events, and when Alex tunes her radio to an unusual signal, she unexpectedly opens a rift and unleashes a paranormal force. As the night takes an increasingly eerie turn, Alex and her friends must work out what they have awakened and how to set things right.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are drama, fantasy, science fiction and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 13 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Oxenfree holds a critic score of 79 out of 100. That places it above 62% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 11 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 77, across 438 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 5.2 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 10.3 hrs, roughly 2 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel i3 2.0 GHz, 2 GB RAM and 1GB Shader Model 3.0 Compatible (DirectX 9.0c). At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB. 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 launched against
Oxenfree launched on 14 January 2016, within three weeks of The Witness, XCOM 2, Yakuza Kiwami and Darkest Dungeon. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: The Witness, XCOM 2, Yakuza Kiwami, Darkest Dungeon.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Oxenfree yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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