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10 Years After

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25%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, atmosphere
Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
25% User Score Based on 105 reviews

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10 Years After is a single player survival role playing shooter game with horror and science fiction themes. It was developed by Rock Paper Games and was released on January 30, 2015. It received negative reviews from players.

10 Years After is a survival based horror adventure in which the player has to deal with the consequences of government having drugged the population and the side-effects of that drug finally kicking in.

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25%Audience ScoreBased on 105 reviews
humor4 positive mentions
stability8 negative mentions
  • The game features a voiced dialogue system and attempts at storytelling similar to Fallout.
  • There are some craftable items and vehicles like driveable cars which provide limited interaction.
  • Developers have shown activity in community engagement and sometimes released updates.
  • The game is severely bug-ridden, often crashing, with broken save/load systems and gameplay glitches.
  • Optimization is poor, resulting in low frame rates and performance issues even on high-end PCs.
  • The world is mostly empty, repetitive, and lacking meaningful content; many planned features are missing or removed and the game has been abandoned with no recent development.

  • story

    15 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    20% positive mentions, 60% neutral mentions, 20% negative mentions

    The story received mixed feedback, with some praising its immersive, Fallout 3-like narrative and voice-acted dialogues, while others criticized it as weak, generic, or largely abandoned after early access changes. Gameplay issues like missing quest markers further detracted from the story experience for some players. Overall, the story concept shows potential but is hindered by execution and development inconsistencies.

    • “Fun, immersive, creepy, a good story to follow, this game had it all.”
    • “The story of how things came to be is cool, as I've never seen or heard of anything like it before.”
    • “There are 2 short areas to explore with quests leading into a huge open world including a city, ruined buildings, NPCs, bandits, etc. There is voice acting for all dialogue, including monologue by the fully voiced player character.”
    • “Story and dialogs are really weak.”
    • “Anyway, after some time, I stopped receiving quest coordinates, so I was unable to even finish the game because I didn't want to endlessly wander around in an empty and boring world.”
    • “Now, it's horrible, there's no story, no optimization, and an all-round horrible game that has been abandoned.”

  • stability

    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game suffers from severe stability issues, including frequent glitches, game-breaking bugs, and crashes that force multiple restarts. Its buggy state, graphical glitches in menus, and lack of polish significantly hinder the overall experience, making it feel like unfinished abandonware.

    • “Buggy abandonware that shouldn't still be listed for sale.”
    • “With an attempt to play an hour but had to restart around twenty times due to getting stuck. Restarting doesn't reset file progress even though you spawn at the beginning, causing massive glitches.”
    • “Buggy, unappealing menus: the option menu has a graphical glitch over the audio slider, and the font used makes it unclear and irritating to navigate.”

  • graphics

    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    25% positive mentions, 37% neutral mentions, 38% negative mentions

    The graphics are generally seen as poor and outdated, with some users encountering glitches and unappealing menus. While the visuals do not significantly detract from gameplay, they lack consistency and polish, leading to a less immersive experience.

    • “Buggy, unappealing menus: the options menu has a graphical glitch over the audio slider, and the font used makes it rather unclear and irritating to navigate the menus in general.”
    • “Graphics kind of good, gameplay terrible.”
    • “First time, convinced there was a problem with my graphics card because everything was black regardless of setting.”
    • “Poor graphics, no artistic consistency: it looks like something from 2006 if even that.”
    • “Buggy, unappealing menus: the option menu has a graphical glitch over the audio slider, and the font used makes it unclear and irritating to navigate the menus.”

  • optimization

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 17% neutral mentions, 83% negative mentions

    The game suffers from very poor optimization, resulting in constant stuttering, low frame rates, and frequent performance issues. Overall, players report severe FPS drops and a generally unpolished experience.

    • “Now, it's horrible; there's no story, no optimization, and an all-round horrible game that has been abandoned.”
    • “Singleplayer game featuring terrible optimization (FPS drops like hell), empty bottles, rocks, and flints.”
    • “Poor optimization, constant stuttering, and definitely under 30 FPS all the time.”

  • gameplay

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 17% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The gameplay aims to offer an open-world, survival, and crafting experience similar to Fallout, but it suffers from numerous bugs and broken mechanics early on. While some praise the solid gameplay and item variety, others find it frustrating and poorly maintained due to lack of updates.

    • “It was intended to be a Fallout-style game featuring an open world and survival, crafting, and exploration mechanics.”
    • “Gameplay is very solid and each item is different.”
    • “Played it this morning and was surprised to see a completely new first level... with broken gameplay, numerous bugs and well, no updates really!”
    • “That is what I found after less than 20 minutes of gameplay, I can only shudder at the thought of what lies further into the game.”
    • “It was intended to be a Fallout-style game featuring an open world and survival, crafting and exploration mechanics.”

  • music

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 25% neutral mentions, 75% negative mentions

    The game's music has been widely criticized for being annoying, repetitive, and of poor quality, with some players describing it as "awful" and "deadly," compounded by the lack of an option to turn it off. However, a few players found the loading screen music, particularly the tuba, somewhat amusing. Overall, the music significantly detracts from the gaming experience.

    • “Deadly music with no option to turn it off.”
    • “Worst music ever, annoying and repetitive.”
    • “The music was awful.”

  • humor

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor in the writing is thoughtfully balanced, using philosophical and occasional lightheartedness to address the serious topic of prostate cancer and proton therapy. This approach helps make complex and difficult information more accessible and supportive for readers facing tough decisions.

    • “Ron writes about a serious subject (prostate cancer) in a philosophical humorous way.”
    • “Ron is an outstanding writer who provides very helpful (and sometimes humorous) advice and info on all aspects of proton therapy plus informing readers how to deal with possible side effects.”
    • “Humor helps with a serious decision.”

  • atmosphere

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    67% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 33% negative mentions

    The atmosphere is praised for being atmospheric, gritty, and capable of delivering jump scares, though it falls short of reaching the intense vibe of games like Stalker. Despite its unfinished state, it shows significant promise and effectively immerses players.

    • “In its current state, it shows much promise and I give it 10/10. It is atmospheric, gritty, and can make you jump, but is unfinished.”
    • “Atmosphere”
    • “Maybe stalker at a stretch, though I wouldn't say it gives anywhere near the same atmosphere.”

  • replayability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Replayability is limited due to the simplistic, two-dimensional zombie designs and a less engaging experience compared to the first version, which was considered more playable.

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10 Years After is a survival role playing shooter game with horror and science fiction themes. Common tags for 10 Years After include science, indie and early access.

10 Years After is available on PC and Windows.

10 Years After was released on January 30, 2015.

10 Years After was developed by Rock Paper Games.

10 Years After has received negative reviews from players. Most players liked 10 Years After for its humor but disliked it for its story.

10 Years After is a single player game.

Similar games include Road to Eden, Depression Quest, Actual Sunlight, Dead State: Reanimated, Edge of Space and others.