Once Alive

Once Alive is a story-driven first-person adventure game released on November 18, 2024 by solo developer Cem Boray Yıldırım. The game shipped as a complete, self-contained narrative experience and has received a series of post-launch patches addressing bugs, performance, and accessibility, along with language additions delivered in March 2025. The most important new information comes from a September 2, 2026 update (v1.2.8), in which the developer explicitly states he has "been focusing on creating my second game" and that Once Alive is now his past project. He notes the console release on August 28, 2026, and the v1.2.8 patch accompanying it is a quality-of-life improvement update (bug fixes, lighting overhaul, improved controls, reduced loading times). Crucially, he frames the update as something done "in the meantime" while working on the next game — and announces his next game is expected in 2027. There is no mention of further content planned for Once Alive itself. This confirms the picture established at the game's one-year anniversary on December 5, 2025, when the developer put a planned sequel "on the shelf" and shifted focus. The developer's own words make clear that Once Alive is a finished product and his creative attention has fully moved to a new project. The only DLC is a soundtrack released December 19, 2024 — no unreleased DLC exists. With the September 2, 2026 patch representing a final polish pass tied to the console launch, the game's content and development can now be considered complete.