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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.

The Next World is a 2016 Adventure, Casual, Indie game priced at $12.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive sentiment (72% of 116 reviews).

0
playing now
72%
positive of 116 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
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 2026-10-14 08:00 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)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (39 reviews).
  • · Top 38% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.9k–7.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 116 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 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
303020162026Week of 2016-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
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).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
14.3%
earned "Sick"
4.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing3 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2016-04-08, latest 2018-07-13 (Steam store data)

Player tags

IndieCasualSci-fiStrategyAdventureVisual Novel

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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