The Almost Gone
Released Jun 2020
Experience the intricate dioramas and connections of your life, and the ripples we all make, in this award-winning narrative puzzle game about death, loss, and mental health.
80% positive · 1,210 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Evaluation
The Almost Gone launched on June 25, 2020 as a complete five-chapter narrative puzzle game. Shortly after release, Happy Volcano shipped a Map Update on September 1, 2020 adding quality-of-life improvements such as a minimap, UI text scaling, and alternate control options. That is the last update the game itself received. The only DLC ever released was the original soundtrack, which launched alongside the game on June 25, 2020. No additional story content, chapters, or expansions have ever been announced or released. Happy Volcano's subsequent developer communications have focused entirely on their newer titles — You Suck at Parking and Modulus: Factory Automation, which launched on April 2, 2026. The studio's November 2025 anniversary post reflects warmly on The Almost Gone as a completed work while looking ahead to Modulus. There are no unreleased DLC entries, no roadmaps, and no outstanding content commitments for The Almost Gone. The game launched as a self-contained narrative experience and has been complete since its post-launch quality-of-life patch in September 2020.
Evidence
Happy Volcano announces the launch of their new game Modulus: Factory Automation, posting in The Almost Gone community hub. Describes Modulus as a very different kind of game and thanks players for their continued love of The Almost Gone — framing it as a finished work.
Happy Volcano's 10th anniversary post references The Almost Gone as a past completed title, with all studio focus now on Modulus. No mention of any future content for The Almost Gone.
Content
1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Happy Volcano
Achievements
12
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
Poised between life and death, isolated and alone, you must unravel the poignant truths that led to your fate. Dig beneath the beautifully rendered façades and interiors of an ordinary suburban lifestyle to discover a contemporary tale crafted by an award-winning author.
Piece together this compelling story by revealing objects and memories, and decipher these clues to reveal more of the story and its secrets. From your own home to eerily deserted streets, beautiful apartment blocks to abandoned hospitals, you must search forensically for clues and the path forwards. Each new revelation takes you that one step closer to understanding, and to the people and places that surrounded you, in your all too short life.
Why are you here? Why are you trapped? Will you ever get home?
Experience an emotional and immersive story written by award-winning author Joost Vandecasteele
Explore every nook and cranny of each beautifully rendered diorama
Play through five compelling chapters, with each revealing more secrets and twists that will lead you to the truth
From an unassuming sitting room, to a tent in a forest, from a police car in a tree to an abandoned hospital, a hauntingly different suburbia is yours to discover
Last evaluated Jun 26, 2026
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