Afterparty

Afterparty

Steam Deck Verified

Night School Studio · Indie · Oct 22, 2020

It depends on what you're after.

At $19.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

68%
Mixed
956 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 228 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 79 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 68 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 36 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 3 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 956 player reviews · updated 11 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
36% of themes are praise46% are divided18% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Afterparty is a story driven game from developers who made another amazing game called Oxenfree.
228 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The mesmerizing soundtrack has been composed by scntfc who previously scored Oxenfree as well, among other titles.
79 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
• Nice looking visuals
68 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
I played it on the Steam Deck and despite it being verified I was met with frequent audio issues (more specifically Milo and Lola's dialogue playing at lower volume than everything else) as well as FPS drops (when capped at 40...).
5 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Story and characters228 reviews
Audio79 reviews
Graphics68 reviews
Steam Deck5 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay56 reviews
55%
Interface12 reviews
50%
Controls5 reviews
60%
Performance3 reviews
33%
Difficulty3 reviews
33%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs36 reviews
47%
Crashes3 reviews
67%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should I buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Full price

Currently $19.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
68%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
23
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.

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