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The August Before

Silly Little Games · Catoptric Games · 2025-11-17

Steam

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 28, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The August Before is a meditative narrative 3D puzzle about cleaning up, sorting out and packing up your life before moving on. Clean up and don’t forget your old belongings on your way to the new life!

91%
positive of 353 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
$11.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 59% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (74 reviews).
  • · Top 35% of 9,617 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.1k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 353 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $8.99 at Steam (2026-03-06) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
707020252026Week of 2025-11-17: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-11-17: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-24: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-08: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-05: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-26: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-02: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-02: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-09: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-27: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-18: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-08: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-29: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-17: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$11.99$8.992025-11-172026-07-272025-11-17 — best price $9.592025-11-24 — best price $11.992025-12-18 — best price $9.592026-01-05 — best price $11.992026-03-06 — best price $8.992026-03-19 — best price $8.992026-03-26 — best price $11.992026-04-25 — best price $8.992026-05-02 — best price $11.992026-06-06 — best price $8.992026-06-20 — best price $11.992026-06-25 — best price $8.992026-07-09 — best price $11.992026-07-27 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
93%
earned "Better with music"
65.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)15752%19

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Census log

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

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