Everybody's Gone to the Rapture is among the very best in its genre. As far as the story goes, that is best experienced on one's own. I do recommend taking your time and exploring though. There is no rush, but you can certainly skip over much of what there is to offer if you're moving in a hurry...well, as much as a walking pace can be a hurry anyways.

As some added context, I 100% this game. This required a fair amount of replaying and a truly staggering amount of things to find. I did more replaying than necessary. Only one achievement really requires a second playthrough. You could, conceivably, get most of the achievements in one go. It took me a long time, and I did need to get some help from guides to find everything. There's just that much squirreled away in here. It is all fairly interesting too. There's also a lot of fun environmental details to be found.

The story is interesting. There are many mysterious elements. It is a good of these character's lives, and can reflect a lot of our own in some ways. The dialogue feels fairly natural, and the voice acting is some of the best. I'm sure there's a few voices from the cast you'll recognize in here.

All in all, while I definitely felt some tedium getting some of those achievements done, I ultimately feel pretty good about the game. Alongside the likes of Dear Esther it is very clear that these devs knew what they were doing when it came to these sorts of games. I can only hope that some day this one will also get the cast/director commentary treatment as well.

One of the best atmospheres in a walking sim, I wish they would have taken the story in a bit of a different direction (Following floating orbs around really feels tedious) But they nailed the setting, the UK looks so realistic, down to the wonderful details in the pub.


Great idea, beautiful setting, frustrating execution