23 February 2026 19:40 UTC · Community Announcements · Alan Edwardes
The next instalment in the Estranged series, Arctic Cold, is taking part in Steam Next Fest! You can download the limited time demo from the Arctic Cold Store page right now. The demo showcases the first set of levels in Estranged: Arctic Cold, and is available until April 2026.Demo TrailerArctic Cold is a standalone sequel to Estranged: The Departure, following the Fisherman's adventures in a mysterious Arctic facility.After Next FestI have been working on more content for Arctic Cold, though the demo includes the levels I'm happy with in terms of completion and polish. Once Next Fest conclud
16 August 2025 22:39 UTC · Community Announcements · Alan Edwardes
Update 1.5.51 is now available for Estranged: The Departure, which provides support for the "Auto HDR" feature of Windows 11, and other minor fixes.Auto HDR UpdateHere's a preview using YouTube's HDR support (you will need a browser and display with HDR support to see the expanded color range and brightness).HDR could be supported natively in the future, but for now this approach does provide good HDR results without the need to re-work assets, levels and post-processing.Enabling Auto HDRIf you have an HDR display, auto HDR can be enabled in the Windows 11 "Graphics settings" menu:Windows 11 r
4 January 2025 21:19 UTC · Community Announcements · Alan Edwardes
A minor patch update is now available for Estranged: The Departure on Windows and Linux. Changes in this build: Tweaks to the Extras menu to link to the Official Estranged Wiki Happy 2025, and thank you for playing Estranged!
13 October 2024 22:37 UTC · Community Announcements · Alan Edwardes
A version update for The Departure is now live on Steam for Windows 32-bit, Windows 64-bit and Linux (version 1.5.50), including advanced graphics options, a Ukrainian translation, and quality of life fixes. Advanced Graphics Options Estranged now offers the following Advanced Graphics options under Options > Graphics > Advanced: Enable Highest Model Detail - Turn off distance-based level of detail transitions for models Enable Highest Shadow Detail - Don't scale dynamic shadow quality with distance Enable Super Sampling - Render at 2x resolution These options are designed to future-proof the
14 August 2024 22:04 UTC · Community Announcements · Alan Edwardes
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/27893488/3d2eb6df45ee031b341d0eb25080e2bba5bb059b.jpg A patch version update for The Departure is now live on Steam for Windows 32-bit, Windows 64-bit and Linux (version 1.5.49), including localization updates contributed by the community for the following languages: French Latvian Russian Chinese (Simplified) Thank you to the translators who contributed updates to the translation repository, and thank you for playing Estranged! Alan -- Further Updates Title of this news post changed to be consistent with prior news posts Follow-up update pushed live containing the updated l
16 January 2024 07:29 UTC · Community Announcements · Alan Edwardes
10 years ago today, Estranged: Act I was released. Since then, there have been well over a million unique players, with nearly 7k reviews and the title sits with a Steam rating of 93%. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/5287116/e1a0e375d8f7b3e1954e2f169fe432d87c49aec4.jpg "Natural Reserve" by Er0de from the Act I Steam Community Thank you to everyone that supported the project by translating, submitting feedback, and of course playing the game. The biggest reward for a game developer is seeing people have fun with something you’ve built. Humble Beginnings For those that may not know the background, Estranged
26 November 2022 13:12 UTC · Community Announcements · Alan Edwardes
There have been reports of users impersonating me on Steam and Discord, which sometimes involves a phishing attack (a fake Steam support thread directing users to contact "Alan Edwardes Official" on Discord). This is not me - here's some tips for spotting a scammer: I will not communicate with you via Direct Messages on any platform I am alanedwardes (previously Alan Edwardes#3608) on Discord, and only communicate via discord.gg/estranged and the Steam forums for the Estranged games If you are added by a Discord profile with my name, it is an impersonator, and the account should be reported to
8 September 2021 19:46 UTC · Community Announcements · Alan Edwardes
An update with cheats and translation updates is now available for Windows, macOS and Linux! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/27893488/4c71f62bd7de9f11bb050ec57fe2e6dae60ed6ae.jpg A player screenshot from Discord user Badbadalex1#5096 New Cheats The following new cheats (requested on the forums) are available to spawn Arque guards with, equipped with various weapons: spawn guard - Pistol spawn guard rifle - Assault rifle spawn guard shotgun - Shotgun (AI don't use this, just one scripted scene) spawn guard rat - Rat Tracing technology spawn guard laser - Assault rifle with high-powered laser Language Update
31 May 2021 21:04 UTC · Community Announcements · Alan Edwardes
I'm going to pretend it's already June as I released a late may update - an update is now live on Steam for Windows, macOS and Linux, including an improved intro sequence and fixes! New Wake Sequence {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/27893488/40666703286a7de499cd84aa28e649fd3994b243.jpg I recently published a blog post about creating motion-captured camera sequences using my phone, and I have now used this technique with the "wake" sequence in the Prelude (at the very start of Chapter 1). This technique isn't perfect, but allows you to simulate more subtle and "human" movements and I'll be using it with futu
30 May 2021 15:34 UTC · Community Announcements · Alan Edwardes
There's a new Steam beta branch called gi-tech-demo, which is a version of Estranged: The Departure with only some of the levels included to showcase dynamic global illumination in Unreal Engine 5. https://iamestranged.com/distribute/community/5a223fb5-68f2-4ada-a664-c443b78d9d8b.gif The Prelude level (Chapter 1 from the menu) has been adapted to allow you to control the position of the sun in the sky with the keyboard, and allow you to toggle it on and off. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/27893488/df0cc542913cabd676d2bb4cf1f33d4ddaf9984c.jpg All lighting in this beta is calculated in real-time, while the
24 March 2021 22:12 UTC · Community Announcements · Alan Edwardes
A build is now available for Windows, macOS and Linux containing improvements and bug fixes. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/27893488/c523d45728ec3b1f64efb4f83af1fcbe8d8f2615.jpg Bug Fixes and Improvements The following changes are included in this build (1.5.42): Disables async loading thread since testing on other platforms revealed some instability Improves the slider UI element when adjusted via the keyboard and gamepad Adds a loading spinner to show while menus load Adds quick menu transition animation Adjusts stream-loading point in sp07 and removes vent grate (the first sewer) Allows the stream-load
22 December 2020 16:01 UTC · Community Announcements · Alan Edwardes
A new build is live on Steam for Windows, macOS and Linux including a brand new short level! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/27893488/3dd78f4a3ae4da138c9ee74e324fd9f9a2282813.jpg There is a new short level available in Estranged, called Blizzard. It's a short, story-driven adventure, and is a free and permanent update for the game. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/27893488/5855a21ccdd1bdc22d401952d601c9382afc102c.jpg The Blizzard short was made for the holiday season, but isn't directly related to it! It provides some clues about the Estranged: The Departure story, and also what might follow it. There are now a total of
30 October 2020 00:01 UTC · Community Announcements · Alan Edwardes
A new build is live on Steam for Windows, macOS and Linux including a brand new short level! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/27893488/82a6ab87bf0d2c2295a707a464a53bb3106c2ce6.jpg There is a new short level available in Estranged, called Waterfront. It's a short, story-driven adventure, and is a free and permanent update for the game. The Waterfront short was made for this Halloween but isn't directly related to it, if you were feeling a bit overloaded with pumpkins! It's an homage to the very first level that started the first Estranged game, "Splooshe" (available to download for Estranged: Act I). There a
4 October 2020 19:43 UTC · Community Announcements · Alan Edwardes
An update is now live on Steam for Windows, macOS and Linux containing level improvements, and general fixes. Level Improvements The jumping puzzle in the Arque car park now doesn't require you to run and jump across at the same time, to make it easier to make it across with a gamepad. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/27893488/9f5bb7561b6845ac7175ba52a856cbb7a1a8a8a7.jpg Levels which used tesellated water now instead use a high poly mesh, since this is more performant on low end machines. You can find out more about the technique in the development blog video below: General Changes This build also includes
13 September 2020 12:10 UTC · Community Announcements · Alan Edwardes
An update is now live for Windows, macOS and Linux featuring a new title for the game! New Game Title I'm excited to announce that Estranged: Act II is now Estranged: The Departure! This change is primarily to let players new to the Estranged series at a glance that it's not necessary to play Act I first. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/27893488/bec21af8d3daa89b428dcd5f91ae451a57477d79.png There's no change to the content of the game other than a new startup screen. There are no plans to change the title of Estranged: Act I at this time. Other changes in this build: Adds support for gamepad rumble, with op
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