Oxenfree
Sign in to saveOxenfree is a graphic adventure game developed and published by Night School Studio. It was released for OS X, Windows, and Xbox One in January 2016. PlayStation 4 and Linux versions were released later in 2016, followed by iOS, Android, and Nintendo Switch versions in 2017. In Oxenfree, players assume the role of the teenage girl Alex on a weekend trip to a local island. After seemingly supernatural events occur, Alex and her friends must unravel the secrets of the island.
Game data
Metacritic 80- Released
- 2016-01-14
- User rating
- 3.91 / 5
- Genres
- Indie, Adventure, RPG
- Platforms
- PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, macOS, Linux
- ESRB
- Teen
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Game details · IGDB
Oxenfree is a supernatural adventure game. Rites of passage and Senior year traditions set the stage for a group of friends sneaking off to Edwards Island, an old military outpost with no phone service. Players will take on the role of Alex as she brings her new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight party gone horribly wrong. Inspired by classic cult films like Stand by Me and Poltergeist, Oxenfree is an adventure that pulls from the past but looks to the present. “It’s a coming of age story where players control how their hero comes of age,” says Sean Krankel, co-founder of Night School. “We’r…
- Released
- 2016
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Game modes
- Single player
- Engine
- Unity
- Developer
- Night School Studio
- Publisher
- Night School Studio
Key facts
- Video game.title
- Oxenfree
- Video game.image
- Oxenfree.svgclass=skin-invert-image
- Video game.alt
- A stylized rendering of the word "Oxenfree" in all-caps, with a horizontal line bisecting the word
- Video game.developer
- Night School Studio
- Video game.publisher
- Night School Studio
- Video game.engine
- Unity
- Video game.genre
- Graphic adventure
- Video game.modes
- Single-player
- Video game.programmer
- Bryant Cannon
- Video game.artist
- Heather Gross
- Video game.writer
- Adam Hines
- Video game.composer
- Andrew Rohrmann
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Gameplay
- Plot
- Endings
- Development
- Audio
- Promotion and release
- Reception
- Accolades
- Sequel
- Television series adaptation
- Notes
- References
- External links
Oxenfree is a graphic adventure game developed and published by Night School Studio. It was released for OS X, Windows, and Xbox One in January 2016. PlayStation 4 and Linux versions were released later in 2016, followed by iOS, Android, and Nintendo Switch versions in 2017. In Oxenfree, players assume the role of the teenage girl Alex on a weekend trip to a local island. After seemingly supernatural events occur, Alex and her friends must unravel the secrets of the island.
The game is Night School Studio's debut. Influenced by classic teen films and coming-of-age shows, the developers wanted to create a story-driven game without cutscenes, allowing players to roam the environment freely. Oxenfrees visual presentation marries dark, organic, and analog elements with bright, geometric, and digital ones. Musician scntfc composed the game's soundtrack, which features digital music production techniques alongside the use of vintage analog tape recorders and receivers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oxenfree” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.