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The August Before: Chapter One cover art

The August Before: Chapter One

Silly Little Games · Catoptric Games · 2025-02-28

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationFree To Play

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

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

The August Before: Chapter One is the first chapter in 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!

93%
positive of 563 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 30 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 76% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 11,994 Casual games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
676720252026Week of 2025-02-28: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-02-28: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-07: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-03-07: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-14: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-21: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-28: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-04: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-25: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-02: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-30: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-20: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-04: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-11: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-18: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-25: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-08: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-15: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-22: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-22: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-29: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-05: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-12: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-26: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-17: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-24: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-31: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-07: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-12: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-19: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-26: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-16: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-03: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-04: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

8
achievements tracked
77.1%
earned "Better with music"
50.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)30367%8

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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