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The Next World

The Next World

Welcome to The Next World - a strategic visual novel telling the story of a crashed colony ship and its ragged group of survivors, trying to make a new life on the wrong planet. Craft plans, make decisions, and manage your colony's limited resources in a desperate fight to stay alive.

Released Mar 7, 2016 Developer Illuminated Games Publisher AAD Productions Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux AdventureCasualIndieSci-fiVisual Novel
View on Steam ↗ $12.99 (US · as of 2026-05-14)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

72.4%positive116 reviews
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Ok, i like the idea of this game and the characters but i found a glitch where i get no new vehicles after scavaging them, the audio fails sometimes and of course the achivments are not working. Although i enjoyed my playthrough in normal can't recomend such a mess of a game.”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

37achievements
4.3%median completion
2.3%rarest: Natural Disaster
14.3% of players 13.8% of players 12.4% of players 11.5% of players 10.7% of players 9.6% of players 9.5% of players 8.7% of players 8.6% of players 6.7% of players 6.1% of players 6.0% of players 5.3% of players 4.9% of players 4.9% of players 4.8% of players 4.7% of players 4.4% of players 4.3% of players 3.6% of players 3.5% of players 3.4% of players 3.2% of players 3.2% of players 3.2% of players 3.2% of players 3.1% of players 3.1% of players 3.0% of players 2.9% of players 2.8% of players 2.8% of players 2.7% of players 2.6% of players 2.5% of players 2.5% of players 2.3% of players 14.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
14.3%Sick — Hidden achievement
13.8%Power Restored — Hidden achievement
12.4%Uphold Our Values — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
2.3%Natural Disaster — Hidden achievement
2.5%Hungry for Metal — Exhaust all Resources on the map
2.5%Harsh Measures — Hidden achievement

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Oct 28, 2020
The Zone: Stalker Stories - Kickstarter LIVE

At long last, an Illuminated Games announcement! We wanted to tell you that we've been working on a new game. It's called The Zone: Stalker Stories, a post-apocalyptic, narrative RPG with deckbuilder

Jul 13, 2018
TNW: Rocketship RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT

Hello all, and thanks for reading! Today I have the distinct pleasure of being able to announce the release of our new project: https://store.steampowered.com/app/864080/The_Next_World_Rocketship_DLC/

Jul 02, 2018
Rocketship DLC drops on the 13th!

Our shiny new DLC, TNW: Rocketship, will release on the 13th of July! The store page is now up, linked below, so you can check out some sweet screenshots and add it to your wishlist! Obviously wishlis

Jun 03, 2018
Rocketship DLC beta - We need testers!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11467978/75294c91cd8cfb5351b37c4136fc6efaa88a1089.png If you're interested in the Rocketship DLC, we just reached beta, and we requir

May 12, 2018
Choose your DLC

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11467978/9714306e3d8cbe51bca3a16611e4e4837275d06c.png I bring an important message to everyone who enjoyed The Next World and Planeta

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresAdventure, Casual, Indie
Player tagsAdventure · Casual · Indie · Sci-fi · Visual Novel · Strategy (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements37
Official sitehttp://thenextworldgame.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: 1 Ghz Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: DirectX or OpenGL compatible card DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 500 MB available space