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A SECOND BEFORE US

DimleTeam · 2017-05-10

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: May 10, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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.

57%
positive of 107 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
2h
time to beat (IGDB)
$3.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 100% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 41% of 25,614 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.7k–6.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 107 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.51 at Steam (2019-02-04) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620172026Week of 2017-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

16
achievements tracked
6.5%
earned "Another Day in Paradise"
5.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Russian, Italian

Player tags

IndieMysteryAdventureAtmosphericExplorationWalking Simulator

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.