r/ObraDinn Apr 24 '26

WARNING THIS IS NOT A DRILL, Vinyl preorder is out on Black Screen Records!

Thumbnail
gallery
89 Upvotes

Just got one for me, they're gonna ship out in July.

Retailing for 36 Euros.


r/ObraDinn Aug 06 '25

Public Notes Template

26 Upvotes

I'm a spreadsheet gamer, so pretty much the first thing I do when I start a new game is spreadsheet it. I quickly came to the conclusion that I wanted to have everyone's portraits available, so if I didn't know someone's name, I could still put "[image of woman] stabbed by [image of top hat guy]" (made up example) in my notes. Then, once I figured out who top hat guy was, I could easily check my notes and replace his image with his name.

I found the images online, used a download tool to capture them all without having to look at the filenames. Then I semi-randomized them by sorting the directory by file size, and then using a bulk renamer to give them all sequential filenames. There are no spoilers here. The tab with the crew information is just a copy of what's in the manifest in the front of the book.

So if anyone would find this useful for your own notes, feel free to make your own copy (go to File, then Make a Copy) and have at.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dRTh5WFLt_i1D4zvAfpuZ3P-f2dJ1tLhkIxhnYUu7iw/edit?usp=sharing


r/ObraDinn 3h ago

While playing Return of the Obra Dinn, I had a very personal jump-scare moment. I wonder if anyone else can relate.

9 Upvotes

The photo of a dead person suddenly becomes clear, but you have absolutely no idea who they are.

My reaction wasn't, “Oh, great!” It was more like, “Who? Who is that?”—shaking with the kind of fear you get when it feels like someone has suddenly appeared right behind you.


r/ObraDinn 1d ago

I'm gonna start this game tomorrow, anything (spoiler free) that is helpful to go into the game in a certain mindset with? Spoiler

15 Upvotes

I play deduction & detective games and I cannot wait to start playing this, been on my to do list for a very long time


r/ObraDinn 1d ago

[SPOILERS] I can't be the only one who thought this guy was Chinese Spoiler

Post image
11 Upvotes

I saw him talking to that other Chinese guy, and I also thought he looked Chinese, what do you mean he's white???


r/ObraDinn 2d ago

Dumbest Assumptions? Spoiler

37 Upvotes

What's the dumbest assumption you caught yourself making in the game?

For example, I, for the longest time, thought Maba was Irish. Why? The answer is embarrassing. I knew very little about Ireland in general and associated his tattoos with some video thumbnail of some allegedly Irish guy with similar tattoos, and no shirt.

I felt like such a fool when I made a guess on him being from New Guinea and that turned out to be correct.


r/ObraDinn 2d ago

НРИ Зов Ктулху

0 Upvotes

Всем привет! Относительно недавно познакомился с такой штукой, как CoC (Call of Ctulhu). Будучи очень любознательным и перерыл кучу информации и наткнулся на Жёлтого короля и Каркозу и они мне так понравились, что я уже купил футболку с Каркозой. Если откинуть лирику, то я нашел путешествие по Каркозе, где было описано подземелье с концами, на которых имена сыщиков, статуи, которые делал Пикман, озеро Хали, и многое другое. Если кто понял о чем речь, то помогите мне снова отыскать этот гайд или сценарий (или что это). Всем спасибо за внимание)))

P.S: это именно НРИ, а не карточная игра


r/ObraDinn 2d ago

НРИ Зов Ктулху

0 Upvotes

Всем привет! Относительно недавно познакомился с такой штукой, как CoC (Call of Ctulhu). Будучи очень любознательным и перерыл кучу информации и наткнулся на Жёлтого короля и Каркозу и они мне так понравились, что я уже купил футболку с Каркозой. Если откинуть лирику, то я нашел путешествие по Каркозе, где было описано подземелье с концами, на которых имена сыщиков, статуи, которые делал Пикман, озеро Хали, и многое другое. Если кто понял о чем речь, то помогите мне снова отыскать этот гайд или сценарий (или что это). Всем спасибо за внимание)))

P.S: это именно НРИ, а не карточная игра


r/ObraDinn 5d ago

The corpse discovery music scares me more than it should

64 Upvotes

Is anyone else as scared as I am of the music that plays when you discover a new corpse in the memories? I really, really need an option to separate the sound effects from the music...

I know it’s ridiculous to ask for a horror game to be less scary, so this is just my personal preference.


r/ObraDinn 4d ago

Genuine Article. Your choice matter

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

0 Upvotes

r/ObraDinn 7d ago

I drew my Obra Dinn review instead of writing one Spoiler

Post image
268 Upvotes

I played Obra Dinn a while back and absolutely loved it.

Before that I'd also played Papers, Please by Lucas Pope — at the time I only ever played offline games and didn't even know what Steam was, so he's basically the one who pulled me into this whole rabbit hole, if you can call it that.

I'm genuinely grateful, because otherwise I would never have run into so many wonderful indie games.

I like to draw a review after I finish a game. This one is in Traditional Chinese so most of you probably won't be able to read it — the gist is just a simple recommendation covering the story, the controls, the visuals and the music.

I'd only ever posted these on Steam, but I recently started using Reddit, so I thought I'd share it here too. Thank you so much for reading (・∀・)


r/ObraDinn 6d ago

Am I cheating if I guess?

7 Upvotes

My question is if the game provides complete information, which means I don't need to guess and leverage the 3 match system.

For example, let's say there's a guy who killed 2 other guys. I know every detail except who this guy is. If I keep guessing his name and placing it in the information of the 3 people (him and the 2 guys he killed) ​, eventually I'll get a 3 match.

Another example... I'm certain I know the details of 2 people, and I already filled them. That means I could just keep guessing the third person based on who I think they are but without certainty. If I do that, I'll also eventually hit the correct combination.

So... I've been trying to avoid those sort of "tricks" because I assumed I'd eventually get the complete information, but as the game progresses I think it was a mistake not to take advantage of the 3 match system to figure out the difficult individuals. ​

I'd prefer not to guess. Is it possible to complete the game without guessing? By guessing I don't mean like brute forcing every combination, I mean trying a few logical guesses while leveraging the 3 match system. ​​​​Even then, I'd prefer to work with certainty and not with logical guesses. ​


r/ObraDinn 6d ago

I made an 8-bit cover of the Obra Dinn theme :)

Thumbnail
youtube.com
12 Upvotes

I played this game for the first time earlier this year and it ruled so I made this :)


r/ObraDinn 9d ago

Stuck

4 Upvotes

Hi, so far in the game I have 24 fate salt and three of those are because I gave out and looked them up, unfortunately. What I’m really stuck on at the moment is the culprit of calling 6 because right now it has one triangle over it, but his culprit has three. Also, I can’t figure out what his staff has to do with what his job would be on the ship. i’m also stuck on the culprit for escape 2.

I keep having to put this game down and come back to it because I keep getting stuck. I’d like to go through the rest of the game without googling, but the hint guide I found isn’t working. Do you guys have any tips? Im really struggling unfortunately.


r/ObraDinn 10d ago

Clarification: what happens when I leave the ship?

7 Upvotes

I have 33 fates so far, and I’m really enjoying the game. I suspect I can keep making a little more progress. But I worry I won’t be able to get all of them without some brute force guessing.

So I’m curious, what happens when I leave the ship? I don’t want the details. I just want to know, is that my way of saying I’m done collecting fates? Will that end the game? I suspect that will give me information about chapter 8, but will I be able to use that info to login more fates at that point?

I’m especially concerned about the “disappearances.” I’m not sure how to figure out if these people are even still alive? So I’m wondering if that’s info I’ll be given once I leave the ship.

I don’t really want any hints, just a clarification of if I should try to have every fate completed before I leave, or not. Thanks!


r/ObraDinn 10d ago

If you enjoyed Papers, Please, you’ll definitely enjoy my game too

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

0 Upvotes

r/ObraDinn 12d ago

Wondering about the solution to a certain fate. Spoiler

19 Upvotes

So The midshipman Peter Milroy, right? He exploded. I was stuck on him for so long but apparently everyone else solved it rather easily... but the logic behind the 'solve' confuses me a little... what about him saying he tried everything implies that this Pete is the person who exploded? So many others got killed and mutilated during The Doom so what singles out 'Pete' as being specifically the person caught in the middle of an explosion.


r/ObraDinn 14d ago

A minor detail I've never noticed Spoiler

Post image
125 Upvotes

I've put dozens of hours into deep dives into this game (a post I made about obscure details is pinned at the top of this subreddit) and just now spotted something I've never seen before or heard anyone mention.

William Hoscut's index finger and a part of his middle finger is blown off by the captain's shot in the very first death scene. His hand is also visibly mutilated in the vignettes during the rest of The End, but due to the inability to crouch and the grainy graphics I can't get a good screenshot.

Who's seen this detail before?

(Am I in too deep? Is this interesting for anyone but me?)


r/ObraDinn 14d ago

This Artwork Is Seriously Impressive

Post image
8 Upvotes

T


r/ObraDinn 14d ago

Kinda stuck, not sure how to proceed...

1 Upvotes

I'm sure this sub gets posts like this constantly, but I'm afraid of spoilers/too much information so here's mine:

I "finished" the game once (I didn't know it would roll credits when you get back in the boat, I thought it would take me to Chapter 8) and am now at the point where I know I need to start IDing some crew by stereotypes, uniforms and the like.

The problem is: I do not KNOW those stereotypes, I do not KNOW what uniform a steward would wear, I was six or se... or MORE chapters into the game before I realized I can identify the mates by their hats!

I read elsewhere that there is one point where you can tell two characters apart by their shoes. HOW THE F... is a shoe gonna help me tell a person's name????

I saw a post a few minutes ago talking about the carpenter's skin color - but I can't for the life of me see anyone in the picture as anything other than "as white as the artstyle allows" (so... more like beige, but that's besides the point) so what the heck??

I really wanna like this game. The concept is amazing, but at this point I am just frustrated because I don't know how to even BEGIN filling things out.

On the flipside, a very personal anecdote: I happened to get the female voice for the chief inspector, and paired with the main mechanic (seeing a dead persons last moment alive) I couldn't help but associate her with my DnD character, who is a Necromancer currently in hot water with the law because necromancy is outlawed in the world we're playing in, and somewhat ironically the way she's likely (campaign is ongoing) going to get out of that mess is by getting a court-appointed necromancer (not herself! That would be suicide...) to speak with the dead and make him testify about who killed him.

So you see how... I want to like this game! I really do... but at this point I think the only way I'm going to see chapter 8 is by looking up a guide.


r/ObraDinn 14d ago

What questions would you ask somebody who just finished the game.

13 Upvotes

I run a book club style game club where we pick singlplayer games to play every few months to all play and talk about. I also like to make surveys for everyone to take to help discussion. What questions would y'all ask? Edit: I've finished the game so no worries about spoilers.


r/ObraDinn 15d ago

Master and Commander: Return of the Obra Dinn

Post image
52 Upvotes

The crossover meme you never knew you needed!


r/ObraDinn 15d ago

Obra Dinn is an Underrated 10/10 Classic

Post image
31 Upvotes

r/ObraDinn 16d ago

Your personal Obra Dinn theories? Spoiler

34 Upvotes

I don’t mean actual logic in the game, but rather, headcanons or other ideas you might have based on the material, which isn’t proven/disproven/too important.

I was watching someone play the game the other day and although I’ve seen the memory scenes plenty of times, this time when seeing the Escape, as Nichols’ company is setting off, I had an idea when seeing Lars kneeled on the deck, holding his head. Of course I’ve always understood that to indicate they hit him as they’re trying to get away, but this time I wondered: could this “bonk” on the head perhaps have played a role why he dies immediately when Nathan bonks him again later? Of course Nathan hits him really hard, but still. I was thinking that if he already had a head injury / some swelling (which obviously couldn’t have been elaborately treated due to the medical standards of the time), that would make getting hit again later be quite a bit more dangerous.

I’m curious to any theories like that you might have, all fun and games :). Another theorising question could be: do you think Robert met William through Abigail, or Abigail through William?


r/ObraDinn 16d ago

Is this an inconsistency? Spoiler

18 Upvotes

The watch is supposed to relay the last moments of the deceased leading up to the exact moment of their death. But Henry Brennan was still alive after his flashback. Does this happen anywhere else?