Some Distant Memory
Released Nov 2019
A hand-drawn story exploration game set 300 years after the apocalypse. You play an archaeologist named Professor Zay, joined by her companion, ARORA, a centuries-old AI capable of recreating human memories from scanned relics.
93% positive · 305 reviews
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Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Steam $12.99
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Evaluation
Some Distant Memory launched on November 14, 2019 as a complete, self-contained narrative adventure game. The developer's news history — spanning 10 posts — contains only a single major content event (the launch itself) and no subsequent patches, updates, expansions, or developer communications of any kind after release. The only DLC listed is the official soundtrack, which released five days after launch on November 19, 2019, and is not a content addition to the game itself. There are no unreleased DLC entries, no announced expansions, no roadmap posts, and no developer statements suggesting further content was ever planned. This is a finished, story-driven indie title that shipped as a complete package and has received no post-launch content additions.
Evidence
Game launched on November 14, 2019 for PC, Mac, and Nintendo Switch. No mention of post-launch content plans.
The only DLC is the game's official soundtrack, released five days after launch. No gameplay DLC or expansions are listed.
Content
1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Way Down Deep
Achievements
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Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
Two colonies struggle to survive post-apocalyptic Earth. In the NASA-engineered Ares compound, the Professor serves as an interpreter for the artificial intelligence known as ARORA. The other colony, NOAH, has sent a wasteland-hardened but enthusiastic expedition leader, Commander Ti, to assist in a mission of dire importance.
Each colony has preserved its own facets of humanity, and neither truly knows how people used to live. So much has been lost, and the future struggles to survive without the knowledge of the past.
Long ago, humanity thrived. That was before the Collapse, and the corrosive algae bloom that now plagues the planet.
The Professor, Commander, and ARORA will reveal a cast of characters from past Earth. Their possessions and memories still remain, and will grant a new understanding of how people used to live. With the help of ARORA’s abilities, you’ll relive moments from their lives and discover a story of love, creativity, loss, and human perseverance.
The Professor and her companions have made an amazing discovery: a pre-Collapse house, mysteriously preserved underground. Explore the ruins and examine relics from those who used to live there. See memories from the past, and experience story moments in whichever order you find them.
- A non-violent, character-driven story.
- Lots of mysteries to uncover, from the cause of the fall of civilization, to the glitches of your computer, and the fates of the people who lived in the house centuries before.
- A story that moves at your pace. Piece together moments of a vibrant story and reveal new scenes as you read and explore freely.
- Themes of family, romance, friendship, and grief. Reveal a diverse cast of characters from both past and future Earth.
- Amazing atmospheric soundtrack by ToyTree (Amos Roddy), the composer for Strafe and the award-winning Kingdom, Kingdom: New Lands, and Kingdom: Two Crowns.
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Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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