The Evil Within
The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height…
The Evil Within is an adventure developed by Tango Gameworks, released 14 October 2014 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The main story takes about 20.8 hrs to finish.
What The Evil Within is
The Evil Within is an adventure game developed by Tango Gameworks and released in 2014. It was published by Bethesda Softworks. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on id Tech 5.
The premise, in the publisher's words
While investigating the scene of a gruesome mass murder, Detective Sebastian Castellanos and his partners encounter a mysterious and powerful force. After seeing the slaughter of fellow officers, Sebastian is ambushed and knocked unconscious. When he awakens, he finds himself in a deranged world where hideous creatures wander among the dead. Facing unimaginable terror and fighting for survival, Sebastian embarks on a frightening journey to unravel what’s behind this evil force.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, horror, stealth and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 71 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
The Evil Within holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 6 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 75, across 479 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 20.8 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 55.3 hrs, roughly 2.7 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for i7 or an equivalent with four plus core processor, 4 GB RAM and GTX 460 or equivalent 1 GB VRAM card. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 50GB. 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
The Evil Within launched on 14 October 2014, within three weeks of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, Alien: Isolation and Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, Alien: Isolation, Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Evil Within yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Characters
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Dlc
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