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The Next World

Illuminated Games · AAD Productions · 2016-03-07

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 07, 2016 (Linux), Mar 07, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 07, 2016 (Mac)

Welcome to The Next World - a strategic visual novel telling the story of a crashed colony ship and its ragged group of survivors, trying to make a new life on the wrong planet. Craft plans, make decisions, and manage your colony's limited resources in a desperate fight to stay alive.

0
playing now
73%
positive of 115 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$12.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

The Exodus was the pride and joy of Bowman Enterprises, who began the project as a joint charity venture and PR stunt. She was the first ship to ever take human beings beyond the boundaries of the solar system. Now her wreckage lies scattered across a barren orange rock in the middle of nowhere, light-years from Earth with no support or hope of rescue, and — as one of the two members of the command crew still breathing — you are left to pick up the pieces. You have barely half the people you set out with. Limited food and supplies. The world is hostile, the air unbreathable, and the only livi(Storyline via IGDB)

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  • · Top 64% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.9k–6.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 115 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.29 at Steam (2018-11-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$12.99$1.292016-03-082026-07-092016-03-08 — best price $10.392016-07-04 — best price $12.992016-11-23 — best price $8.702016-12-12 — best price $8.702017-01-02 — best price $12.992017-04-24 — best price $8.702017-07-05 — best price $12.992017-10-09 — best price $12.992017-11-22 — best price $4.412017-12-26 — best price $2.502018-03-26 — best price $12.992018-11-21 — best price $1.292019-01-04 — best price $12.992019-08-12 — best price $3.242019-10-14 — best price $12.992019-12-19 — best price $2.592020-01-27 — best price $12.992020-03-03 — best price $2.592020-06-22 — best price $12.992020-08-17 — best price $3.892020-11-09 — best price $12.992020-12-22 — best price $3.892021-07-08 — best price $12.992021-12-22 — best price $3.892022-07-07 — best price $12.992023-12-21 — best price $3.892024-07-11 — best price $12.992024-12-19 — best price $1.292025-03-20 — best price $12.992025-09-29 — best price $1.292026-01-05 — best price $12.992026-07-09 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing3 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

IndieCasualSci-fiStrategyAdventureVisual Novel

Census log

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

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