The Evil Within
Third-person survival horror with scarce resources and shifting environments
Tango Gameworks · Published by Bethesda Softworks · Released Oct 13, 2014
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 85% of 34K
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 88% of 168 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 127
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update
- 11 years ago
- Dec 10, 2014
Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.
Metacritic: 68/100 (critic reviews)
What is The Evil Within?
A single-player, third-person survival horror game where you explore a warped world, fight grotesque creatures, conserve limited supplies, and avoid or repurpose deadly traps. Detective Sebastian Castellanos enters this world after investigating a mass murder and being knocked unconscious.
For you if...
- +you enjoy dark, grotesque horror and disturbing creature designs
- +you prefer scarce ammunition and demanding survival combat
- +you want a single-player horror story with shifting environments
Not for you if...
- −you dislike gore and other disturbing imagery
- −you prefer smooth, fast controls over deliberate movement
- −you want forgiving combat with plentiful resources
What players say
85% of 33,726 reviews are positive · 88% of 168 in the last 30 days
Players most often praise the oppressive atmosphere, grotesque creature and location design, and tension created by scarce ammunition. The most common complaint is poor compatibility with modern PCs, including launch failures, black-screen flicker, crashes, stutter, and frame-pacing problems; others criticize clunky controls and frustrating late-game encounters.
Screenshots and trailer
The Evil Within system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- 64-bit Windows 7 SP1/Windows 8.1
- Processor
- i7 or an equivalent with four plus core processor
- Graphics
- GTX 460 or equivalent 1 GB VRAM card
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 50 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Notes
- It’s worth noting that the 50 GB of space required is for the PC install. When the installation is complete, the game will take up ~41 GB of HDD space
Recommended
- OS
- 64-bit Windows 7 SP1/Windows 8.1
- Processor
- i7 with four plus cores
- Graphics
- GeForce GTX 670 or equivalent with 4GBs of VRAM
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 50 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Notes
- It’s worth noting that the 50 GB of space required is for the PC install. When the installation is complete, the game will take up ~41 GB of HDD space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 71
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Age rating
- 16+
Steam Deck: Verified
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- First time setup requires active internet connection
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
- Simultaneous input gyro trackpad friendly
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain. Text only: Polish, Russian.
Tags
- Horror
- Survival Horror
- Psychological Horror
- Gore
- Atmospheric
- Singleplayer
- Action
- Third Person
- Survival
- Zombies
- Dark
- Stealth
- Third-Person Shooter
- Difficult
- Adventure
- Cinematic
Recent updates
- Dec 10, 2014 · The Evil Within 1.03 Update Released
- Dec 10, 2014 · The Evil Within 1.03 Update Released
- Oct 29, 2014 · Steam Update: The Evil Within
- Oct 29, 2014 · Steam Update: The Evil Within
4 DLC available.
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