# After Mars\.

Summer DB entity ID: cb5b525b\-8599\-48cb\-9df6\-38bbc652bf4f

Steam App ID: 652260

Short overview    "After Mars\."  is a literary narrative RPG with no combat, set in a fading town on Mars\. Play as a junior Commissioner sent to investigate local cases through dialogue, evidence, disputes, and official reports\. Decide what becomes truth in a place where history never fully ended\.  \[insert key art or wide screenshot here\]   Not the Mars you expect   This is not a world of clean domes, heroic pioneers, and shiny sci\-fi certainty\.  Jazin is a Martian town built from extraction, patronage, revolution, and compromise\. Its air is held by old infrastructure\. Its politics are local, bitter, and unfinished\. Its children draw history on the ground because there is no paper to waste\. Above it all looms the  Mammoth  — a colossal burned machine that still decides too much\.  Mars is not a frontier here\. It is already lived in\.          What you do   As a Commissioner, you are sent to review  three local cases :    a conflict over the fate of the Mammoth    a dangerous contraction of the town’s safe zone    a set of breathing complaints that official science dismisses    To resolve them, you will:    speak with citizens, officials, workers, believers, and local eccentrics    gather testimony, samples, records, and conflicting documents    use disputes, warrants, and requests to the capital to make progress    solve practical local problems, not just abstract mysteries    decide what conclusions can be formally filed    Each case begins small\. None of them stays that way\.   A document\-driven RPG    "After Mars\."  is built around narrative systems instead of combat systems\.  You do not clear dungeons or chase loot\. You read, compare, inspect, argue, classify, and report\.  Core interactions include:     Dialogue  with branching responses and skill\-gated options     Disputes , where evidence and social leverage matter     Warrants , used for practical interactions with the world     Requests to the capital , which may return delayed answers     Cases , which collect evidence and eventually become formal reports     Conditions , time passage, and local routines that shape how the town is navigated    Your companion,  CAR\-TER , is not a voice in your head or a comic sidekick\. It is a field terminal: part witness, part machine bureaucracy, always present when the town needs to be read, recorded, or argued with\.          Key features      A literary narrative RPG  focused on writing, tone, and human contradiction     No combat  — progress comes through observation, dialogue, evidence, and choice     Three interconnected main cases  that unfold into a larger local crisis     A distinctive Martian setting  shaped by air cores, old infrastructure, and post\-revolutionary culture     A document\-based structure  where reports and classifications matter as much as discoveries     A diegetic interface  built around your terminal companion, CAR\-TER     Meaningful local politics  without simple heroes or villains     Exploration through atmosphere and detail , from counterfeit bird\-sound devices to named town trees, regolith drawings, and shrinking district borders     Choices that shape official truth , not just private morality            Tone    "After Mars\."  is melancholic, strange and humane\. It is inspired by literary fiction and narrative RPGs that take people seriously\.  It is about:    what remains after ambition    what survives after systems fail    how institutions shape memory    and how ordinary people keep living inside decisions they never got to make     Current state   The game is currently in development\.  The narrative foundation, setting, and core systems are defined, and work is underway on prototype content, writing, visuals, and a vertical slice\.  If the project speaks to you, please consider  wishlistling , following updates, and joining the community\.

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: The Wizard

- Publisher: The Wizard

- Release date: To be announced

- Coming soon: true

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Indie, RPG

- Categories: Single\-player, Full controller support, Adjustable Text Size, Camera Comfort, Color Alternatives, Custom Volume Controls, Keyboard Only Option, Mouse Only Option, \#category\_playable\_at\_your\_own\_pace, Playable without Timed Input, DualShock Controller Support, DualShock Controller Support, DualSense Controller Support, DualSense Controller Support, Save Anytime, Steam Input API Support, Stereo Sound, Touch Only Option, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows, linux

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/652260/8caf9e86f573daa704ec1248e3e098251beb4e74/ss\_8caf9e86f573daa704ec1248e3e098251beb4e74\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1778717188, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/652260/25253de51e8d9659deb3be470f31d677dc54419d/ss\_25253de51e8d9659deb3be470f31d677dc54419d\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1778717188, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/652260/45b9301a6abf6604fd07ca5f189c833f7fffe64a/ss\_45b9301a6abf6604fd07ca5f189c833f7fffe64a\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1778717188, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/652260/f035896d4b1d558f3a6207b9fe13d42e737a291c/ss\_f035896d4b1d558f3a6207b9fe13d42e737a291c\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1778717188, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/652260/4d5ace0cc1abac3f3c92ae578ca0589ad8754850/ss\_4d5ace0cc1abac3f3c92ae578ca0589ad8754850\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1778717188, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/652260/a90a66f7142f1ba3a8ddb42f30e36a9c284b428e/ss\_a90a66f7142f1ba3a8ddb42f30e36a9c284b428e\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1778717188, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/652260/fc066d71a22ed2c9d630dd617f4852718bc8e745/ss\_fc066d71a22ed2c9d630dd617f4852718bc8e745\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1778717188, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/652260/e0f2a3fa11263334e0aa98f62540a972d0a5008b/ss\_e0f2a3fa11263334e0aa98f62540a972d0a5008b\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1778717188

- Price: Not collected

- Price country: Not collected

## Observed metrics

- Current players: Not collected

- Steam review count: 0

- Steam positive reviews: 0

- Steam negative reviews: 0

- Steam positive percentage: Not collected

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

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## Player history

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Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-22T23:09:43\.431596\+00:00

- Player count observed: Not collected

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-22T23:09:44\.440654\+00:00

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