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A SECOND BEFORE US

56% positive of 80 Steam reviews

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Released
2017
Steam Deck
Not tested
Platforms
Steam

Made by DimleTeam.

About the game

They have no names, only serial numbers. They have no freedom, no memories from the past. You are one of them. Explore the last center of civilization on a shattered Earth to understand what is really going on.

Tagged by players

  • Walking Simulator
  • Adventure
  • Mystery
  • Exploration
  • Atmospheric

What players say

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What players say

  • Recommended
    This is a short walking sim that takes place in an interesting future setting. We are after the cataclysm, an event that seemingly destroyed mankind and gave rise to a new world where decisions are to be made by an A.I. The game looks pretty but it lacks any real graphics options. It could have used some anti-aliasing, for instance. Additionally, you walk / run at a rather slow pace and the "puzzles" usually just…

    4.5 h played when written. 26 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    I liked this a lot. It's a short point-and-click exploration. There's no fighting or violence. There are puzzles, but they're entertaining and logical, rather than deliberately obscure, which can be a fault with many point and click adventures. For me, the main pleasure of this game was working my way through all the possible twists and turns of the story. You play as a "colonist" (effectively a prisoner), in the…

    19 h played when written. 20 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    I really wanted to like this game, but, by the end, I just couldn't. The story is obscure (not the delicious Dark Souls type of obscure, either) and confusing, even after reading as many logs as I could. I get the basic premise, but the way it was presented - especially near the end - made it seem like B movie science fiction. The gameplay is what you'd expect from a game like this - exploring nice levels,…

    35 min played when written. 9 found it helpful.

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