After Us

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  • Summary: Play as Gaia, the Spirit of Life, and navigate stunning platforming environments in an abstract world to salvage the souls of extinct animals. Revive these creatures after learning their final fate: the last whale harpooned, the final eagle caged, the last deer hunted down, and more, whilePlay as Gaia, the Spirit of Life, and navigate stunning platforming environments in an abstract world to salvage the souls of extinct animals. Revive these creatures after learning their final fate: the last whale harpooned, the final eagle caged, the last deer hunted down, and more, while you survive encounters with dangerous, oil-covered Devourers that roam the wasteland in search of remaining life.

    In this emotional journey from the creators of the critically acclaimed Arise: A Simple Story, you alone can restore life to the planet.    … Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. SomosXbox
    Jul 14, 2023
    85
    After Us is much more than a game. It is an ode to second chances and to life. A process of healing from mistakes, and building a better future. If we want to, we can. That is the message that we take with us with Piccolo Studio's title. The exploration and immersion, with a beautiful and outstanding artistic design, make the experience of playing After Us, a memory that will stay with you forever. With a powerful message that will touch the hearts of many and not only Gaia. For all this, After Us is a game that deserves to be played by many and above all, enjoyed.
  2. GameGrin
    Jun 13, 2023
    85
    Set in a world that died, After Us is a great example of an industrial apocalypse story done correctly — standing strong in its story, visuals, and ambiance that breath new life into the genre.
  3. The Games Machine
    May 23, 2023
    80
    Besides being a fun game, After Us also offers a very interesting setting. Some technical problems in controlling Gaia do not negatively affect the experience, making it a recommended game for those who love to visit complex worlds platform after platform.
  4. GamesRadar+
    May 23, 2023
    70
    After Us combines stunning vistas of environmental decay with a dreamlike flow to its light platforming challenges. Despite some missteps, such as ill-fitting combat, exploring and affecting its world is a gratifying process that comes with a wave of emotional ups and downs.
  5. GameSpot
    May 23, 2023
    70
    The surreal world design of After Us' dystopian world carries the game, encouraging you to keep going even when the momentum-driven platforming and creative puzzles give way to tedious combat. Gaia isn't all that compelling a protagonist, but the stories she uncovers--whether they're of the Earth's final animals or the Devourers who killed them--make up for it, inviting you to delve deeper into the dark of After Us' dying world and uncover exactly how it all fell apart.
  6. Worth Playing
    Aug 2, 2023
    65
    There's a fascinating game hiding in After Us. The melancholy tale of resurrecting a desolate Earth makes for an interesting premise, but it isn't told in a way to make you care much about it. The platforming generates some good moments, but it is also clunky in places due to the physics and lack of explanation in the tutorial. The combat is rather unnecessary and unexciting, but it is functional, while the presentation remains fetching. Patches are still being created to tweak the game, and there is some potential to fix the technical issues experienced in the early portion of this playthrough. For now, it isn't a game that you need to seek out and play if there are other options to tackle.
  7. Dexerto
    May 23, 2023
    40
    After Us has a vital subject matter that forces the player to take a step back and view the impact humanity has and will have on the world around them. However, with repetitive gameplay, a relatively unstable performance, and lackluster puzzles, the title fails to capture the brilliance its visuals portray.

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  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. RunFish12B8
    May 29, 2023
    10
    The game is divine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  2. GeraltOfGilead
    Aug 20, 2023
    10
    This game may not be perfect but the environmental message and beautiful sceneries more than make up for it.
  4. Dearone
    Jun 4, 2023
    9
    Game with an enveloping and critical story that hooks you within a few minutes of starting to play it, with some beautiful scenarios and anGame with an enveloping and critical story that hooks you within a few minutes of starting to play it, with some beautiful scenarios and an impressive soundtrack. Without a doubt, a game that leaves no one indifferent.… Expand
  5. WhiteCloud1
    May 26, 2023
    9
    I enjoyed this game very much. I love that the narrative is not explicit, that it is told to you through the scenarios and you are the one whoI enjoyed this game very much. I love that the narrative is not explicit, that it is told to you through the scenarios and you are the one who interprets. I don't understand the amount of negative reviews it has received, it's an indie game with a very powerful message and overall, a very different experience to anything else I've played and I loved it.… Expand
  6. BugagaTV
    Jul 21, 2023
    8
    I'm just shocked why the "reviewers" gave this game such low ratings. Of all these games, Meditative, atmospheric platformers games likeI'm just shocked why the "reviewers" gave this game such low ratings. Of all these games, Meditative, atmospheric platformers games like Abzu/Gris/Journey, I like After As most. Huge number of different locations with striking art and the actual presence of gameplay. It's sad to see incompetent journalists ruining a great game. Anyone who likes these type games buy the game! It's wonderful… Expand
  7. draen
    May 25, 2023
    8
    Visualmente bello
    BSO que sigue a la perfecion el mundo y la historia
    historia que te hace pensar hasta donde hemos llegado algunos    Visualmente bello
    BSO que sigue a la perfecion el mundo y la historia
    historia que te hace pensar hasta donde hemos llegado

    algunos problemas, pqueños, con la camara/control de Gaia    … Expand
  8. bokarsh-z
    Jul 14, 2023
    4
    -only worth 10 dollar or watch it on utube
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    - 6 - 11 hour long. -very very repetitive generic running simulator with awful clunky    -only worth 10 dollar or watch it on utube
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    - 6 - 11 hour long.

    -very very repetitive generic running simulator with awful clunky jump controls, very very repetitive platforms, repetitive useless combat, glitches and generic predictable story.
    -good graphic and music.

    -buy Alice Madness Returns instead.    … Expand

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