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A story-driven, first-person adventure game offering a cinematic experience. Embark on a journey to HaustVille, an abandoned settlement in a post-apocalyptic world. Explore your surroundings and uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of the last survivors.

Once Alive is a mystery, atmospheric and story rich game developed by Cem Boray Yıldırım and published by GameDev.ist.
Released on November 18th 2024 is available only on Windows in 10 languages: English, Turkish, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

It has received 342 reviews of which 294 were positive and 48 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.0 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 11.79€ on Steam, but you can find it for 2.43€ on Eneba.

The Steam community has classified Once Alive into these genres:

Mystery Atmospheric Story Rich Walking Simulator Exploration Investigation Post-apocalyptic Adventure Singleplayer First-Person Cinematic Drama Emotional Indie Action-Adventure Supernatural Short Nature 3D Open World

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows 8 or higher
  • Processor: New Intel i3 or old Intel i5 / AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1650 4GB / AMD RX 570 4GB
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Storage: 15 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Graphics Mode: FHD (1080p), Low Quality, 40fps Upscaler: FSR Balanced

User reviews & Ratings

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March 2025
Once Alive was primarily created by one person. Cem Boray Yildirim is the writer, the designer, the artist, and the programmer. He has done an amazing job, especially when one considers that he was not a professional game developer, by trade. His work is enhanced with a soothing original music score by Yagiz Oral. The game is walking simulation with some collectibles, some find-and-use inventory items to access new areas, and an abandoned landscape to explore. You play James, a young man in search of his family in a post-pandemic world. He travels to a 'survivor' settlement and discovers that no one is home. The journey then turns into a discovery of what happened to the settlement and to his brother and father. As you explore, the history of the place is revealed by shadowy reenactments and items you find laying about. There is no explicit save function but the game auto-saves at very regular intervals to multiple slots. Thus, when you restart, you can select the latest save or roll back to an earlier point in time. When you resume after time off, you may want to check your collectible count, as some may need to be revisited. This is easy to tell by your physical location when the game reloads. Achievements are story-based, with a couple of exceptions. If you explore every structure, collectibles are easy to find. And, if you find a basketball, practice makes perfect! This is a fairly short game that took me just under 2 1/2 hours to complete. I'm not sure why you would replay unless you were circling back for missed achievements. The story moves along nicely and follows a logical order if you progress through buildings in the order they are encountered. Walking is a bit slow and, as usual, I took full advantage of the 'run' key. I hope that Mr. Yildirim will continue with game development as he has done well on this first effort. Minor improvements might include having more environmental items to interact with and fine-tuning the facial expressions during cut scenes. There are only a couple of scenes with 'real people' conversing (as opposed to shadow people) and the facial movements are a bit disconcerting. If you are up for a long walk with an emotional story, I'd recommend Once Alive.
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Feb. 2025
This was the Dev's first game! He did a really good job. I enjoyed the story line and game play. I can't wait to see what he comes up with next. I do recommend this for sure!
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Dec. 2024
Really cool first effort from this solo dev. I love an eerie walking simulator and my only gripe with this one is I wish it were longer - I had so much more I was curious about. I hope to see more games from you in the future, and kudos! :)
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Nov. 2024
Such a good story! Thought the story was going one way, and then was pleasantly surprised to find out I was completely wrong. The game doesn't run 100% perfectly, but had nothing occur that was game breaking. Just a few occasions of lag loading into new areas. Graphics are pretty beautiful and voice acting was well done. I really enjoyed playing this and hope that there will be a part 2 released in the future!
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Nov. 2024
I enjoyed this game! Interesting story, it kept me curious. Exploring was pleasant because of beautiful and cozy graphics. Overall nicely put together, especially for a first game and doing it all solo! Very impressive. I hope Cem keeps making games
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Frequently Asked Questions

Once Alive is currently priced at 11.79€ on Steam.

Once Alive is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 11.79€ on Steam.

Once Alive received 294 positive votes out of a total of 342 achieving a rating of 7.98.
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Once Alive was developed by Cem Boray Yıldırım and published by GameDev.ist.

Once Alive is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Once Alive is not playable on MacOS.

Once Alive is not playable on Linux.

Once Alive is a single-player game.

There is a DLC available for Once Alive. Explore additional content available for Once Alive on Steam.

Once Alive does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Once Alive does not support Steam Remote Play.

Once Alive is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Once Alive
11.79€ Visit Store 🔥 -80% 11.79€ 2.43€ Visit Store
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Cem Boray Yıldırım
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Release 18 Nov 2024
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