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Elegy for a Dead World
Explore dead civilizations, write about what you find, and share your stories with the universe: a game about writing fiction.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“I played this nearly 10 years ago, so this review is quite late. I didn't like it much. The game looks great and has some good music. But the whole deal was the writing part of the game.. And that felt very lackluster, ultimately disappointing.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
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T-Minus 30 Launches!
Build a city, assemble a space fleet, and flee the Earth, all in 30 minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBPdjvK7dyk In T-Minus 30, you explore a post-apocalyptic environment and scavenge its reso
T-Minus 30 Launching August 26th!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkwX1K3xP8g Wishlist T-Minus 30 today, tomorrow! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1371750/TMinus_30/
Wishlist Now: T-Minus 30 - Plan a city. Build a space fleet. Escape a doomed Earth!
https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33035039/acd0bdf4194afa156e06c187da55e1f582f0b97d.gif Plan a city and build a space fleet to escape a dying Earth before time runs
Update: Export your stories to a lovely and glamorous web page.
You can now export your stories to HTML. Read a story, edit it, and hit "export" to save it locally. When you export, you're taken to a folder containing the HTML and images of each page; you can open
Update: Export your stories to a lovely and glamorous web page.
You can now export your stories to HTML. Read a story, edit it, and hit "export" to save it locally. When you export, you're taken to a folder containing the HTML and images of each page; you can open
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Indie · Adventure · Story Rich · Atmospheric · Interactive Fiction · Exploration · Walking Simulator · Experimental · Singleplayer · Kickstarter · Sci-fi (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Stats · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 3 |
| Official site | http://elegyforadeadworld.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP/Vista/7 Processor: Dual Core Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 3D card with 512MB DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 2 GB available space