Edna & Harvey: The Breakout
Released Oct 2013
The award-winning debut adventure game from the creators of Deponia and The Whispered World now on Steam. Accompany young Edna and her talking stuffed bunny Harvey on a whacky attempt to escape from her padded cell. Experience a bizarre journey all across the insane asylum and far beyond its brick walls.
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Evaluation
Edna & Harvey: The Breakout is a classic point-and-click adventure game that originally launched in 2013 on Steam, itself a port of a game that won the Red Dot Design Award in 2009. The game shipped as a self-contained story with no post-launch content cycle. Its only DLC is a soundtrack pack released on November 15, 2016.
The most significant post-launch event was a February 8, 2021 update that migrated the game from its original Java engine to Unity, eliminating compatibility issues and adding French, Russian, and Simplified/Traditional Chinese language support. The developer also noted the existence of an Anniversary Edition of the game (a separate product). This engine update was a technical improvement rather than new story content, and the developer framed it as bringing the game up to modern standards — not as the beginning of an ongoing content program.
There are no unreleased DLC items, no announced future content, no roadmaps, and no statements suggesting additional story content is planned. The game has been fully complete as a narrative product since its original release, with the February 2021 Unity migration representing the final meaningful update to the base game.
Evidence
Developer released a Unity engine upgrade for the game, replacing the old Java version. Added new language support (French, Russian, Chinese Simplified/Traditional) and noted savegame compatibility with the Anniversary Edition. Framed as a technical modernization effort, not new story content.
Only DLC is a soundtrack pack released November 15, 2016. No unreleased DLC listed.
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Developer
Publisher
Daedalic Entertainment
Achievements
18
Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
About this game
The award-winning debut adventure game from the creators of Deponia and The Whispered World now on Steam. Accompany young Edna and her talking stuffed bunny Harvey on a whacky attempt to escape from her padded cell. Experience a bizarre journey all across the insane asylum and far beyond its brick walls.
At the beginning, young Edna wakes up in the padded cell of an insane asylum with no memory of her past. She doesn’t have the slightest idea how she wound up there, but one thing is for sure, she wants out! After all, she feels perfectly sane – and her talking stuffed bunny Harvey agrees completely. Together, they attempt an escape and, in doing so, meet their extremely bizarre fellow patients – from the man in the bee costume to the pseudo-Siamese twins Hoti and Moti. But Dr. Marcel, head of the asylum, will stop at nothing to keep Edna from escaping. What does he have planned for her? And why was her memory erased? Gradually, Edna regains her memory of the time before her detention in her cell…
At the beginning, young Edna wakes up in the padded cell of an insane asylum with no memory of her past. She doesn’t have the slightest idea how she wound up there, but one thing is for sure, she wants out! After all, she feels perfectly sane – and her talking stuffed bunny Harvey agrees completely. Together, they attempt an escape and, in doing so, meet their extremely bizarre fellow patients – from the man in the bee costume to the pseudo-Siamese twins Hoti and Moti. But Dr. Marcel, head of the asylum, will stop at nothing to keep Edna from escaping. What does he have planned for her? And why was her memory erased? Gradually, Edna regains her memory of the time before her detention in her cell…
Key Features
- Over 20 hours of twisted humor
- Incredibly funny insane characters and crazy dialogs
- Unique comic style
- Unlockable achievements
- German and English voiceovers
- Winner of the 2009 Red Dot Design Award (PC Edition)
- From the creators of the award-winning games The Whispered World and Deponia
Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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