Afterdream
Fair · Narrative · 2023
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $10.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 2.9h 4.6h to 100%
- Value
- $3.79/hr
- Reviews
- 93% of 363 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $9.74 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 4GB card capable of shader 3.0, 502 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 24 discounts in the 3 years tracked, the median cut is 30 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 8 percent on value. It is pricier than 70 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 91 percent. Among the games that feel like it, DISTRAINT 2 ($0.80, scores 81) beats it on value, while it beats The Dream Machine: Chapter 1 & 2 ($3.99, scores 63).
More about Afterdream
Steam's global achievement data puts 55 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. Of the 301 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written September 2023 to August 2026.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 2.9 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
77% start to 55% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
What players say
This is a fun adventure horror game with a camera mechanic. The camera can help you find hidden objects and provide light in dark places. I tend to like a camera mechanic. This is more of an adventure puzzle game, so don't go in thinking Fatal Frame! A suggestion for this game would be a chapter select after beating the game. The game is short, so not too big a deal if you need to play through parts again to get an...
2 more reviews
Now this is a point-and-click that anyone can enjoy. The items are collected sequentially and they all serve a purpose, the levels are easily explorable, and the riddles are self-contained, with visual and audio hints, rewarding a keen eye -but not pixel hunting- and good feedback from NPCs. The story is entertaining and even if the game is not long, it is a nice, spooky short story.
I played Distraint and Distraint 2 before this and already really liked Jesse Makkonen's style, so I was pretty excited for Afterdream. It has the same creepy, weird, emotional vibe I enjoy from his games. Short, atmospheric, and definitely worth playing if you're into story-heavy indie horror.
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Cite this score
Afterdream scores 66/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1995880/afterdreamReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.