Dear Esther, a first-person shooter based on the award-winning Source mod of the same name, will be released on Steam on February 14th, the indie developer behind the game have announced. The mod, which was originally released in 2007, saw over 100,000 downloads, which resulted in developer “thechineseroom” deciding to collaborate with Mirror’s Edge artist Rob Briscoe on a commercial rebuild.

The game has been in development for over two years now, funded by “Indie Fund”, a private investment group with members including Braid’s Jonathan Blow, and World of Goo creator Ron Carmel. It’s one of only four games the group has funded; the only released game funded by the group is Q.U.B.E., a first-person puzzle solving game that has met a good critical reaction.

“We are finishing off Steam integration and you can expect to see a page arrive on Steam in the very near future, including system specifications and a shiny new trailer. We can also confirm that Dear Esther will retail at $9.99,” wrote the developer on their official blog. “In other news, we can also confirm we will be speaking at GDC 2012’s Game Design track.”

You can find out more about Dear Esther on the game’s official website here. The team are also eager for fans to vote for them to win IndieDB’s “Indie of the Year” award, which can be done from their IndieDB page here.