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The Birdwatcher

The Birdwatcher is the thirteenth game in the Carol Reed series. Set in Sweden in the summer, Carol has been down with the flu. She is contacted by Immodia, a character from a previous game Profound Red…

3 January 2018

The Birdwatcher is an adventure developed by MDNA Games, released 3 January 2018 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The Birdwatcher is

The Birdwatcher is an adventure game developed by MDNA Games and released in 2018. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Birdwatcher is the thirteenth game in the Carol Reed series. Set in Sweden in the summer, Carol has been down with the flu. She is contacted by Immodia, a character from a previous game Profound Red, because her future husband Henrik, a recent widower, has disappeared. She wants Carol to help her track him down. The game uses its trademark first-person view with photographs of real locations and objects in a fixed-screen slideshow style. There are puzzles to solve with items stored in an inventory near the top of the screen. A journal is used to keep track of objectives.
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How it plays

Its themes are mystery.

What it launched against

The Birdwatcher launched on 3 January 2018, within three weeks of Subnautica, PUBG: Battlegrounds, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and Finding Paradise.

Released around the same time: Subnautica, PUBG: Battlegrounds, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, Finding Paradise.

Quick answers

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When did The Birdwatcher come out?
The Birdwatcher was released on 3 January 2018 for Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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