AFTERGRINDER

Platformer· Precision Platformer· Score Attack· Side Scroller

Released Jul 2017

Aftergrinder is a fast-paced 2D runner precision platformer. Skate your way through an unforgiving, difficult arcade side scroller. Pick a character, pick a level, and get ready to die. A lot. Test your skills over 90 adrenaline-inducing levels.

76% positive · 100 reviews

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All announced content has been released

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Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

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Evaluation

AFTERGRINDER launched on July 18, 2017 as a complete, self-contained arcade runner with 90 levels across 3 worlds and 3 playable characters. The store description presents the game as a finished product with no mention of planned expansions, DLC, or future content. Reviewing the developer's news history, the most recent post related to AFTERGRINDER itself is a performance and optimization patch (Update 1.2.0) from February 28, 2021. The subsequent news posts from 2021 through 2023 are entirely focused on other games published under the Meridian4 label — including The Dark Prophecy, Jumphobia: Homeward Bound, Danger Forever, Murder Is Game Over, and Final Dose. None of these posts reference any future content for AFTERGRINDER. There are no unreleased DLC listings, no roadmaps, no season passes, and no developer statements indicating additional content was ever planned beyond the base game. The game launched as a complete package and has received only maintenance-level patches since. With no post-launch content cycle and no outstanding commitments, AFTERGRINDER is a finished product.

Evidence

Store description presents AFTERGRINDER as a complete package: 90 levels, 3 worlds, 3 characters, with no mention of DLC, expansions, or future content plans.

description · Jul 18, 2017 source content shipped

high

Update 1.2.0 delivered performance improvements, memory management fixes, and a new save system — the last known update to AFTERGRINDER itself.

news post · Feb 28, 2021 source content shipped

medium

Media

Details

Developer

Grave Danger Games

Publisher

Grave Danger Games

Achievements

Platform

Windows

Controller

full support

Steam Deck

Verified

Players

Single-player

Precision Platformer Score Attack Side Scroller 2D Platformer Runner Parkour Skateboarding Difficult Platformer Arcade Female Protagonist 2D Controller Linear Action

About this game

So you think you’re hardcore? You think you can handle an I’d-rather-rip-my-eyes-out-of-my-sockets challenge with one hand behind your back and enough caffeine to kill a bull? Prove it: Here’s AFTERGRINDER – a punishing arcade runner for the speed freaks and masochists among us. Pick a character, pick a level … and get ready to die. Unless you can survive 90 rage-inducing levels in 3 unforgiving worlds, that is.

Test your skills in 90 fast-paced levels.
Race through environments rightside up or upside down – whatever keeps you alive the longest .
Explore 3 different worlds, each with its own twists and turns.
Choose between 3 playable characters: The Dude (easy), the Lady (normal), and the Shark (hard).
Enjoy heart-thumping techno tracks as you die, retry … and die again!

Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026