The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is rated M for Mature 17+ by the ESRB with Blood and Gore, Strong Language, and Violence. This is an adventure game in which players assume the role of Paul Prospero, a paranormal detective searching for a missing child. Players explore the open-world environment of Red Creek Valley to search for clues and examine crime scenes. Crime scenes sometimes depict burned and/or mutilated corpses as well as large amounts of blood. Some clues and objects can trigger past memories depicting deaths/murders:: a man beaten to death, a man stabbed in the neck with scissors, a character set on fire. One sequence depicts the corpse and severed legs of a victim run over by a train. The word “f**k” appears in the dialogue.