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As August prepares to leave home, clean her room, sort her belongings, and pack keepsakes while piecing together her story.
Released 28 Feb 2025
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The August Before: Chapter One is the first chapter in a meditative narrative 3D puzzle about cleaning up, sorting out and packing up your life before moving on. Clean up and don’t forget your old belongings on your way to the new life!
Developed by Silly Little Games · Published by Catoptric Games
In Chapter One, you explore the room of August, a teenage girl preparing to leave her old life behind. Personal belongings, notes, and photographs offer glimpses of her memories and relationships.
Clean and organize the room by finding items, returning them to their places, and gathering what belongs in August’s suitcase. Decide what to take and what to leave behind as you work through the packing tasks.
The room is an interactive 3D space: you can move, erase, disassemble, break, and repair objects. Check August’s diary, change the music, and solve small puzzles as the story emerges through the things around you. This chapter offers an opening portion of the larger story.
Players often enjoy the unhurried room-cleaning and organizing, especially how sorting belongings gradually reveals August’s story. Reviews also frequently praise the nostalgic, bittersweet mood, along with the art style and music; some appreciate the small details and references scattered through the room.
The August Before is a meditative narrative 3D puzzle about cleaning up, sorting out and packing up your life before moving on. In Chapter One, play through the first snippets of the story and get acquainted with your room, and the people in your life.
Teenage love, first losses, and notes from friends are scattered in the corners: explore the details of the heroine's life, pack up the life you will take with you, and say goodbye - if you can.
And remember - you can't take the past with you.
All is well that ends well — and all is well that ends.
Clean up the room before leaving, find the necessary items, and pack them in a suitcase.
Keep track of the diary, change the music, arrange the objects, and try to remember not to disturb the dark corners of the room.
Sort through the items and appreciate the resulting order and the details of the story that unfolds in the process.
Explore the chaos and enjoy your freedom to drag, erase, disassemble, break, and fix things in the highly interactive space.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 8 |
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| Controller required | No |
| Website | Official website |
