Once Alive on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

A story-driven, first-person adventure game offering a cinematic experience. Embark on a journey to HaustVille, an abandoned settlement in a post-apocalyptic world. Explore your surroundings and uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of the last survivors.

Once Alive is a mystery, atmospheric and story rich game developed by Cem Boray Yıldırım and published by GameDev.ist.
Released on November 18th 2024 is available only on Windows in 10 languages: English, Turkish, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

It has received 316 reviews of which 271 were positive and 45 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.9 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 5.89€ on Steam and has a 50% discount.


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Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows 8 or higher
  • Processor: New Intel i3 or old Intel i5 / AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1650 4GB / AMD RX 570 4GB
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Storage: 15 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Graphics Mode: FHD (1080p), Low Quality, 40fps Upscaler: FSR Balanced

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March 2025
Once Alive was primarily created by one person. Cem Boray Yildirim is the writer, the designer, the artist, and the programmer. He has done an amazing job, especially when one considers that he was not a professional game developer, by trade. His work is enhanced with a soothing original music score by Yagiz Oral. The game is walking simulation with some collectibles, some find-and-use inventory items to access new areas, and an abandoned landscape to explore. You play James, a young man in search of his family in a post-pandemic world. He travels to a 'survivor' settlement and discovers that no one is home. The journey then turns into a discovery of what happened to the settlement and to his brother and father. As you explore, the history of the place is revealed by shadowy reenactments and items you find laying about. There is no explicit save function but the game auto-saves at very regular intervals to multiple slots. Thus, when you restart, you can select the latest save or roll back to an earlier point in time. When you resume after time off, you may want to check your collectible count, as some may need to be revisited. This is easy to tell by your physical location when the game reloads. Achievements are story-based, with a couple of exceptions. If you explore every structure, collectibles are easy to find. And, if you find a basketball, practice makes perfect! This is a fairly short game that took me just under 2 1/2 hours to complete. I'm not sure why you would replay unless you were circling back for missed achievements. The story moves along nicely and follows a logical order if you progress through buildings in the order they are encountered. Walking is a bit slow and, as usual, I took full advantage of the 'run' key. I hope that Mr. Yildirim will continue with game development as he has done well on this first effort. Minor improvements might include having more environmental items to interact with and fine-tuning the facial expressions during cut scenes. There are only a couple of scenes with 'real people' conversing (as opposed to shadow people) and the facial movements are a bit disconcerting. If you are up for a long walk with an emotional story, I'd recommend Once Alive.
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Dec. 2024
Really cool first effort from this solo dev. I love an eerie walking simulator and my only gripe with this one is I wish it were longer - I had so much more I was curious about. I hope to see more games from you in the future, and kudos! :)
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Nov. 2024
Such a good story! Thought the story was going one way, and then was pleasantly surprised to find out I was completely wrong. The game doesn't run 100% perfectly, but had nothing occur that was game breaking. Just a few occasions of lag loading into new areas. Graphics are pretty beautiful and voice acting was well done. I really enjoyed playing this and hope that there will be a part 2 released in the future!
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Nov. 2024
I enjoyed this game! Interesting story, it kept me curious. Exploring was pleasant because of beautiful and cozy graphics. Overall nicely put together, especially for a first game and doing it all solo! Very impressive. I hope Cem keeps making games
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Nov. 2024
Tek kişi tarafından geliştirilmesine karşın oldukça profesyonel hissettiren, ince düşünülmüş bir oyun. Tüm walking sim seven arkadaşlara, özellikle üst kalite türkçe düblaj ile deneyimlemek isteyenlere yüksek tavsiyedir.
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Once Alive
7.9
271
45
Online players
0
Developer
Cem Boray Yıldırım
Publisher
GameDev.ist
Release 18 Nov 2024
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