Today during The Game Awards Private Division and Piccolo Studio, creators of Arise: A Simple Story, announced After Us. This riveting exploration adventure game is set to launch in Spring 2023 for PC on Steam, and on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S for $29.99 MSRP.
After Us features Piccolo Studio’s signature style of delivering impactful storytelling and combines it with compelling exploration and adventure. Players take on the role of Gaia, the Spirit of Life, as she must jump, glide, dash, wallride, and swim to evade deadly obstacles and enemies. As the embodiment of life, she has the power to help restore and reconstitute the planet. By emitting bursts of light, Gaia sparks new plant growth revealing new paths for traversal.
The game prominently displays a fantastic world wrought by the destructive actions of an unbridled society, experienced by the player across ten different biomes. Players learn the final fates of various majestic creatures, such as the last whale harpooned, the final eagle caged, or the last deer hunted down, before resurrecting their spirits to return life to the world. Each new environment presents new challenges for Gaia and tells the stories of these animals’ final moments before their climactic moment of rebirth.
