A SECOND BEFORE US
Released May 2017
They have no names, only serial numbers. They have no freedom, no memories from the past. You are one of them. Explore the last center of civilization on a shattered Earth to understand what is really going on.
56% positive · 106 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Steam $3.99
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Evaluation
A Second Before Us launched on May 10, 2017 as a complete adventure game. The developer shipped a bug fix patch on May 11, 2017 and a feature patch on May 19, 2017 adding Italian localization — both standard post-launch polish updates. After that, all subsequent news posts from DimleTeam were announcements for entirely separate games (HANZ Puppetguns in August 2018, HANZ! in October 2018, and Northern Lights in February 2019), none of which relate to A Second Before Us. There are no DLC listings, no roadmap, no announced future content, and no developer statements indicating additional content was ever planned for this title. The game shipped as a self-contained story-driven adventure and has been complete since launch.
Evidence
Developer released yet another separate game, Northern Lights — last known activity from the studio, unrelated to A Second Before Us
Developer released another separate game, HANZ! — unrelated to A Second Before Us
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
DimleTeam
Achievements
16
Platform
Windows
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
... years after the cataclysms.
The Earth was almost completely destroyed, but human civilization was not gone. People built the Delta complex, which has become a shelter for survivors.
People who live in Delta are called colonists. Their main goal is to collect and accumulate information for its transfer to future generations. To increase the speed and efficiency of works, the colonists pass erase procedure (partial memory lock). Life here is subjected to strict rules, colonists live in absolute solitude. They don't have names; they only have personal sequence numbers. Your number is 183 and you're the ordinary colonist. With you, as with other colonists, does nothing unusual, but one day your life changes. Can you take the chance to find out the secrets of the Delta?
The choice is yours.
The Earth was almost completely destroyed, but human civilization was not gone. People built the Delta complex, which has become a shelter for survivors.
People who live in Delta are called colonists. Their main goal is to collect and accumulate information for its transfer to future generations. To increase the speed and efficiency of works, the colonists pass erase procedure (partial memory lock). Life here is subjected to strict rules, colonists live in absolute solitude. They don't have names; they only have personal sequence numbers. Your number is 183 and you're the ordinary colonist. With you, as with other colonists, does nothing unusual, but one day your life changes. Can you take the chance to find out the secrets of the Delta?
The choice is yours.
Key Features:
- Beautiful graphics that convey the atmosphere of the game
- An intriguing story, with several storylines
- Various locations: from the ancient lighthouse to the modern scientific laboratory
- Simple and logical quests
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Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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