The Happy Hereafter
Released Jun 2014
Welcome to The Happy Hereafter, a casual sim in which you guide the newly dead as they build an afterlife for themselves and their fellow lost souls. There will be no rest for the wickedly funny as you put them to work building a village to rival Paradise!
78% positive · 436 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to buy
Steam $3.99
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Evaluation
The Happy Hereafter launched on June 5, 2014 as a self-contained casual city-builder sim. The store description outlines a fixed set of content: six locations, over 100 missions, and a cast of characters — language consistent with a packaged, complete product. There are no DLC listings, no season passes, and no post-launch content announcements for this title. The only developer news post scanned that carried any content signal (dated July 19, 2023) is actually a launch announcement for an entirely different game — REMEDIUM: Sentinels — and has no bearing on The Happy Hereafter. The remaining nine posts are sales and discount notices. With no post-launch update history, no announced future content, and a store description that describes a complete, bounded experience, the game launched as a finished product and remains so.
Evidence
Store description lists a fixed set of content: six locations, over 100 missions, and dozens of characters — framed as a complete, packaged experience with no mention of future updates or additional content.
The only substantive developer news post is a launch announcement for a different game entirely (REMEDIUM: Sentinels) and contains no information relevant to The Happy Hereafter.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
ESDigital Games
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
Welcome to The Happy Hereafter, a casual sim in which you guide the newly dead as they build an afterlife for themselves and their fellow lost souls. Possessing uncanny management skills, you'll control a legion of zany characters as they arrive at their eternal destination and settle in. There will be no rest for the wickedly funny as you put them to work building houses, harvesting resources and earning money to build a village to rival Paradise. Explore weird but wonderful landscapes, discover cleverly hidden secrets, and complete dozens of challenging missions in your quest to create a little slice of Heaven in the underworld!
- Six locations
- Over 100 missions
- Dozens of wacky characters
- Comic book style story scenes
- Learn-as-you-play tutorial
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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