OXENFREE
Explore Edwards Island as Alex after an overnight party opens a ghostly rift. Shape conversations that change relationships and use a radio to contact spectres and manipulate the surrounding world.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.2 / 10
About this game
Alex brings her new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight party on an old military island, where the friends accidentally open a ghostly rift. You guide her through Edwards Island, investigating the former base's past while deciding how she responds to the people around her. Conversation choices affect both the story and her relationships, and movement can continue while characters communicate. The radio is another means of interaction. It lets Alex contact mysterious spectres and manipulate her surroundings, connecting the island's supernatural events to something you actively use. The two-dimensional island scenes contrast with bright geometric supernatural elements, accompanying an adventure driven by exploration, conversations and radio interactions.
Collected in series
Oxenfree is a supernatural adventure series where radio signals and conversational choices connect ghostly mysteries with strained relationships. Walking, listening and deciding what to say keep the story moving while something unsettling waits beneath the static.
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AI review
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For players who want conversation to carry the stakes of a ghost story.
Relationship-changing replies may make Alex's social choices feel consequential alongside the island mystery. The radio gives supernatural events an interactive handle, while conversations during movement can keep exploration and character decisions closely connected.
Strengths
- Conversation choices can make deciding how Alex treats her friends a meaningful part of play.
- Using a radio to contact spectres and affect surroundings may appeal to players who enjoy a concrete tool within a supernatural story.
Weaknesses
- Following conversations while moving may divide attention for players who prefer to focus on one activity at a time.
Who it is for: Players interested in relationship decisions, island mysteries and interacting with supernatural events through a radio.
Play notes: Dialogue decisions affect Alex's relationships as well as the story.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Movement during conversation can connect exploration with character interaction, though it may require sharing attention between them. | Reviewed | 8.1 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Replies and radio interactions may suit players who want their participation to shape both interpersonal and supernatural events. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The visual contrast between island scenes and geometric supernatural elements may make the intrusion of the uncanny especially legible. | Reviewed | 8.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Touchscreen and controller support offer a useful input choice for players with different interaction preferences. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Night School Studio
- Publisher
- Night School Studio
- Release date
- 2017
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Adventure · Primary genre
- Tags
- Third PersonMain Story 10–20 HoursExplorationSlow Burn3D GraphicsStory-drivenPuzzle SolvingInvestigationLinear LevelsSolo-friendly
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Side view
Release editions
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwide2017
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Sources
- www.nintendo.comSource revision: 1
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