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After Us

Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5 • 2023

Should you play it?

Explore the corners of a surrealistic post-human world to give life on Earth a second chance in this touching story about sacrifice and hope.

What works

  • Stunning visual and artistic design
  • Emotional and symbolic environmental storytelling
  • Engaging platforming with varied mechanics per level
  • Ambient and fitting soundtrack
  • Moderate challenge with forgiving checkpoints

Things to keep in mind

  • Floaty and sometimes imprecise controls
  • Minimal and repetitive combat
  • Some technical issues and performance drops reported
  • Lack of keyboard/mouse support (controller only)
  • Story can feel heavy-handed and gameplay repetitive

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with After Us. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with After Us. These titles are not in What to play next.

After Us: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Expression, Fellowship.

Last update: 23/08/2026