About the Game
Big Brother has arrived - and it’s you. Investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences…
Orwell is a new governmental security program that has the power to survey the online presence of every person in The Nation. It can monitor all personal communications and access any computer. To preserve the privacy of citizens, human researchers examine the data Orwell finds and decide which pieces of information should be passed on to the security forces, and which should be rejected.
Selected from thousands of candidates, you are Orwell’s first human researcher. And when a terror attack rocks the Nation’s capital city of Bonton, Orwell, and you, are immediately put to the test. Starting with a single person of interest, you'll help the security forces build out and profile a network of potential culprits.
But are these people really terrorists? What does the information you reveal to Orwell say about them? What if you find out things about them that not even their loved ones know? What is the real price of maintaining the security that the Nation is yearning for?
Investigate the digital lives of citizens.
Search web pages, scour through social media posts, dating site profiles, news articles and blogs to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks.
Invade the private lives of suspects.
Listen in on chat communications, read personal emails, hack PCs, pull medical files, make connections. Find the information you need to know.
Determine the relevance of information.
Only the information you provide will be seen by the security forces and acted upon. You decide what gets seen and what does not, influencing how the suspects will be perceived.
Secure the freedom of the Nation.
Find the terrorists so the citizens of the Nation can sleep safe, knowing Orwell is watching over them.
MATURE CONTENT WARNING
Please note, Orwell includes mature language at multiple points throughout the game as well as mature themes and is not suitable for younger players.
Orwell is a new governmental security program that has the power to survey the online presence of every person in The Nation. It can monitor all personal communications and access any computer. To preserve the privacy of citizens, human researchers examine the data Orwell finds and decide which pieces of information should be passed on to the security forces, and which should be rejected.
Selected from thousands of candidates, you are Orwell’s first human researcher. And when a terror attack rocks the Nation’s capital city of Bonton, Orwell, and you, are immediately put to the test. Starting with a single person of interest, you'll help the security forces build out and profile a network of potential culprits.
But are these people really terrorists? What does the information you reveal to Orwell say about them? What if you find out things about them that not even their loved ones know? What is the real price of maintaining the security that the Nation is yearning for?
Key Features
Investigate the digital lives of citizens.
Search web pages, scour through social media posts, dating site profiles, news articles and blogs to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks.
Invade the private lives of suspects.
Listen in on chat communications, read personal emails, hack PCs, pull medical files, make connections. Find the information you need to know.
Determine the relevance of information.
Only the information you provide will be seen by the security forces and acted upon. You decide what gets seen and what does not, influencing how the suspects will be perceived.
Secure the freedom of the Nation.
Find the terrorists so the citizens of the Nation can sleep safe, knowing Orwell is watching over them.
MATURE CONTENT WARNING
Please note, Orwell includes mature language at multiple points throughout the game as well as mature themes and is not suitable for younger players.
Screenshots
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Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
On the site: Build 23007909
Up to date
Version 1.1
Oct 6, 2017
Investigators,
as you may know, over the recent months we have been very busy working on season two of Orwell, Orwell: Ignorance is Strength, which you can wishlist here:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/633060/Orwell_Ignorance_is_Strength/
During the development we have solved a lot of issues with the game's technical base which we also want to apply to the original Orwell game. We're releasing these improvements with Orwell 1.2 today!
Most notably we increased the game's performance in terms of image loading times and memory usage, but also fixed a nasty bug that sometimes caused already discovered conflicted datachunks to be displayed as not being discovered, causing some confusion (this mainly occurred during Episode 2).
Note: Your saved profiles are NOT backwards compatible, which means a 1.2 profile won't necessarily load on a version 1.1 game client. Please update the game on any devices to version 1.2 to avoid running into this issue.
As always you can find the full changelog below.
Stay vigilant,
the Osmotic Studios team
Content Changes
Technical Fixes
Known Issues
View on Steam
as you may know, over the recent months we have been very busy working on season two of Orwell, Orwell: Ignorance is Strength, which you can wishlist here:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/633060/Orwell_Ignorance_is_Strength/
During the development we have solved a lot of issues with the game's technical base which we also want to apply to the original Orwell game. We're releasing these improvements with Orwell 1.2 today!
Most notably we increased the game's performance in terms of image loading times and memory usage, but also fixed a nasty bug that sometimes caused already discovered conflicted datachunks to be displayed as not being discovered, causing some confusion (this mainly occurred during Episode 2).
Note: Your saved profiles are NOT backwards compatible, which means a 1.2 profile won't necessarily load on a version 1.1 game client. Please update the game on any devices to version 1.2 to avoid running into this issue.
As always you can find the full changelog below.
Stay vigilant,
the Osmotic Studios team
Changelog Version 1.2
Content Changes
- added a wishlist screen for Orwell: Ignorance is Strength when quitting the game; this can be disabled in said screen
- fixed a variety of inconsistencies in expressions (like "government"/"Government")
- fixed a variety of typos
- SPOILER EPISODE 1: changed an adviser commentary in regard to Cassandra being depressive that could be out of context if the player didn't add a datachunk on her attitude before
- SPOILER EPISODE 2: prevented that the player could solve the objective on Abraham's profession before having added the datachunk on his students and the number of protests, which would then result in a logical inconsistency
- SPOILER EPISODE 3: fixed wrong titles of various people on the defaced Party people website
- SPOILER EPISODE 5: added a new commentary in which Catherine warns the player when opening her PC's desktop that further investigating her will have consequences
- SPOILER EPISODE 5: harrison.txt will now be displayed on initiate's PC in Episode 5 (it had never been visible before)
- SPOILER EPISODE 5: Catherine will now comment every datachunk the player uploads on himself/herself (provided she didn't switch off her PC before)
- SPOILER EPISODE 5: Catherine will no longer comment on anything after she switches off her PC
Technical Fixes
- decreased overall memory usage
- improved overall performance and loading times
- implemented a skip label to the intro cut scene being displayed when the player presses any key
- main menu logo animation now plays more fluidly
- added a loading cursor while booting up the game
- added a warning if a savegame originates from a newer version than the current client; this only works for future versions of the game though
- added different layouts of lines underneath tool icons that get switched according to the currently opened tool
- category buttons in the Profiler where there aren't any updates are now disabled
- mails can now be scrolled correctly if their content exceeds the Listener window
- fixed a bug where the game started with a big cursor for a brief moment on some platforms
- fixed a bug where the breadcrumb navigation (Insider) didn't show the whole document path after loading savegames multiple times
- fixed a bug that prevented already discovered conflicted datachunks to be shown as discovered in the datachunk information window of their counterparts if those datachunks were on a website that was updated several times (this could occur mainly on the Thought website in Episode 2)
- fixed a bug that some characters had their names displayed as "Unknown Person" in the corresponding Listener bookmarks when they were actually known
- fixed a bug of wrong spacing between insider bookmarks
- fixed a bug that led to too much space at the bottom of some websites
- fixed an issue where a text box or image outline of a chunk was highlighted on hover, before hovering the actual chunk itself (the box is always a bit larger than the chunk)
- fixed a bug where images on Insider devices were not displayed correctly when opening documents for the first time
- fixed a savegame bug which could occur when the day was completed while an adviser commentary was still waiting to be displayed
- fixed a bug that sometimes led to datachunk boxes not fitting their text in Listener calls after loading a savegame
- SPOILER EPISODE 5: fixed a bug where the number of remaining datachunk uploads weren't correct when loading a savegame at a certain point in the game
- SPOILER EPISODE 5: fixed a bug where the "uploads remaining" label was displayed after loading a game even though there weren't any uploads left
- SPOILER EPISODE 5: fixed a display bug of the datachunks on the Player Evaluation website
Known Issues
- savegames are NOT backwards compatible (1.2 savegames do not run on 1.1 or lower clients); there are no warnings being displayed in version 1.1 or lower
- Linux: blur shaders have been disabled throughout the game
Version 1.0.6236
Jan 27, 2017
Investigators,
Orwell is nominated for the Matthew Crump Cultural Innovation Award at SXSW 2017 alongside That Dragon, Cancer and 1979 Revolution: Black Friday and others, which is a big honor for us! Thanks so much for making this possible!
http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25928706/6c06a626fe5db4bccafba0e77a3c69deed57c50b.png
Also we have just updated the game to Version 1.0.6236 across all platforms, which is mainly intended to add free window resizing and fix various crashes and instabilities. You can find patchnotes below.
Please note that this patch doesn't include the Episode Selection feature yet. The feature will most likely be released with a February update.
Stay vigilant!
Your Osmotic Studios Team
Content Fixes
Technical Fixes
View on Steam
Orwell is nominated for the Matthew Crump Cultural Innovation Award at SXSW 2017 alongside That Dragon, Cancer and 1979 Revolution: Black Friday and others, which is a big honor for us! Thanks so much for making this possible!
http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25928706/6c06a626fe5db4bccafba0e77a3c69deed57c50b.png
Also we have just updated the game to Version 1.0.6236 across all platforms, which is mainly intended to add free window resizing and fix various crashes and instabilities. You can find patchnotes below.
Please note that this patch doesn't include the Episode Selection feature yet. The feature will most likely be released with a February update.
Stay vigilant!
Your Osmotic Studios Team
Patchnotes Version 1.0.6236
Content Fixes
- Catherine no longer shows up as "Unknown person" in the Profiler.
- Added an additional datachunk to clarify who the "Unknown person" related to Josef Langley is.
- Fixed some typos.
Technical Fixes
- The game window can now be resized freely in windowed mode.
- Fixed various startup crashes.
- Fixed a crash that could occur right after 100% of savegame loading.
- Fixed various stalls (that also could crash the application) while loading or playing.
- Fixed brief CPU stall when starting to load a profile, just before the loading circle switches to the grey 0% state.
- Fixed a bug that stopped the loading of a savegame, which was created after starting a new chat / call and before the first message was displayed.
- Fixed wrong cursor scaling behavior.
- Fixed a bug where profile updates were skipped.
- Fixed a bug which led to blurry outlines for chunk boxes when using ultra wide resolutions.
- Fixed a bug where parts of the UI (top and bottom) were outside the game window when using certain aspect ratios.
- Fixed a bug which led to big chunk icons at the cursor when using ultra wide screen setups.
- Can no longer open the ingame menu while the episode label is still being displayed.
- Mac: No longer stretches the UI incorrectly when maximizing the window.
Win: Is now a x86/64-bit universal application.
Version 1.0.6194
Dec 16, 2016
Hello investigators,
Hope you are all doing well as we lead up to the holiday season. Just a small update today - Orwell is now available for Mac and Linux users.
We have done some limited testing with OS X and Ubuntu, and so far all of our results have been great. That doesn't mean you will not find issues at home; with such a varying landscape of operating systems and hardware configurations, we are expecting some of you to have issues. We have opened up sticky threads for both Mac and Linux - please put any issues you find in there with as much information as possible, and we will aim to help you as quickly as we can.
Hope you enjoy the break, and we will see you all in the new year!
Steve - Community Manager
Technical Fixes
View on Steam
Hope you are all doing well as we lead up to the holiday season. Just a small update today - Orwell is now available for Mac and Linux users.
We have done some limited testing with OS X and Ubuntu, and so far all of our results have been great. That doesn't mean you will not find issues at home; with such a varying landscape of operating systems and hardware configurations, we are expecting some of you to have issues. We have opened up sticky threads for both Mac and Linux - please put any issues you find in there with as much information as possible, and we will aim to help you as quickly as we can.
Hope you enjoy the break, and we will see you all in the new year!
Steve - Community Manager
Changelog Version 1.0.6194
Technical Fixes
- The relationship window now dynamically adjusts size to fit the graph. This should prevent portraits from being placed where they cannot be clicked.
- Fixed a bug where the datachunk information window appeared partially outside of the screen, causing the disable / enable button to be unclickable.
- Fixed a bug that led to massively increased loading times to enter the main menu after loading savegames and entering main menu repeatedly.
- Now uses application icons in different resolutions, fixes grainy taskbar icons.
Version 1.0.6180.31751
Dec 3, 2016
Investigators,
once again we pushed an update to fix some issues with Orwell. Please find the detailed patch notes below.
Be diligent,
The Osmotic Studios Team
Content Fixes
Technical Fixes
Loading of document images reworked, should be faster and more stable now. This might resolve issues for players reporting missing images in documents.
Fixed a bug where the button "Next Day" in the debriefing could be triggered several times, which could cause one or multiple episodes to be skipped and/or break the savegame.
Fixed a crash / game stalling that could occur while loading a profile.
Fixed a minor visual glitch that could cause the "Your registration is now complete" to be invisible after creating a new profile.
View on Steam
once again we pushed an update to fix some issues with Orwell. Please find the detailed patch notes below.
Be diligent,
The Osmotic Studios Team
Changelog Version 1.0.6180.31751
Content Fixes
- Added two missing portraits, which were shown as "anonymous" in the profiler after the corresponding datachunk had been uploaded.
- A wrong date in the epilogue has been corrected.
Technical Fixes
Version 1.0.6174.29260
Nov 26, 2016
Investigators,
we just updated Orwell for you. This patch fixes a lot of the issues you have reported us, most importantly a game crash that could occur for some players in Episode 5, as well a bug that prevented images from loading correctly. You can find the the full patchnotes below.
Stay vigilant!
The Osmotic Studios Team
Content Fixes
• Slightly changed conditions by which the epilogue outcomes are determined.
• Messaging bookmarks in the Insider tool are now labeled “Chat” rather than “Message”, and now have the name of the conversation partner instead of “Message History.”
• Juliet’s updated browser history is now a history file type instead of a text file type.
• Fixed a bug that prevented a document on Insider device in Episode 5 from showing up.
• Fixed some spelling and wording mistakes.
Technical Fixes
• Fixed a crash / game stalling in Episode 5.
• Fixed a bug where images on Insider documents weren't loaded correctly for some players.
• Fixed a bug where the wrong tabs were opened after reloading a profile that had previously completed the game.
• Fixed a bug where content tabs were opened but no document was displayed.
• Fixed a bug where the Cassandra’s name Datachunk would show up in a wrong color.
• Now resizes chat bubbles when a speaker's name gets updated which could previously cause texts to overlap.
• Minor performance optimizations.
View on Steam
we just updated Orwell for you. This patch fixes a lot of the issues you have reported us, most importantly a game crash that could occur for some players in Episode 5, as well a bug that prevented images from loading correctly. You can find the the full patchnotes below.
Stay vigilant!
The Osmotic Studios Team
Changelog Version 1.0.6174.29260
Content Fixes
• Slightly changed conditions by which the epilogue outcomes are determined.
• Messaging bookmarks in the Insider tool are now labeled “Chat” rather than “Message”, and now have the name of the conversation partner instead of “Message History.”
• Juliet’s updated browser history is now a history file type instead of a text file type.
• Fixed a bug that prevented a document on Insider device in Episode 5 from showing up.
• Fixed some spelling and wording mistakes.
Technical Fixes
• Fixed a crash / game stalling in Episode 5.
• Fixed a bug where images on Insider documents weren't loaded correctly for some players.
• Fixed a bug where the wrong tabs were opened after reloading a profile that had previously completed the game.
• Fixed a bug where content tabs were opened but no document was displayed.
• Fixed a bug where the Cassandra’s name Datachunk would show up in a wrong color.
• Now resizes chat bubbles when a speaker's name gets updated which could previously cause texts to overlap.
• Minor performance optimizations.
Current Release
Build 23007909
Uploaded Jul 12, 2026
System Requirements
OS
N/A
CPU
2.0 GHz
RAM
4 GB RAM
GPU
GPU: DirectX 9 compatible
How to Install
1
Download all files
2
Extract the .ZIP file to a folder (use WinRAR or 7-Zip)
3
Run Orwell.exe to play
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
Download
Direct link available
Size
378 MB
Build
23007909
Password: cracked-games.org
CRC32
EDD47758
SHA-256
3e0f48429e3d3dde1599fd3c8fb99202eaf577fa289ad41ca5555aa4e46f1324
How: Right-click the downloaded file → 7-Zip / WinRAR → CRC SHA → compare with the values above.
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