# The Next World Summer DB entity ID: ecb17495\-cfed\-4ea2\-9701\-cd8c2588e94a Steam App ID: 427860 Welcome to The Next World \- a strategic visual novel by Illuminated Games, telling the story of a crashed colony ship and its ragged group of survivors, trying to make a new life on the wrong planet\. TNW is a visual novel/strategy hybrid inspired by The Banner Saga, King of Dragon Pass and Oregon Trail, with an emphasis on planning and decision\-making over combat\. Keep as many colonists alive as possible by making the tough decisions which will determine how your adventure unfolds\. Build colony structures, salvage wreckage, resolve problems with multiple branching outcomes, and manage your colony's dwindling supplies; all while playing through an intense story of political intrigue, sabotage, desperation and survival, by writer Ryan A\. Span \(FRONTIERS, Mount&Blade, Euclidean\)\. Robust strategy system \- manage your colony on a hostile world & keep your people alive Fully hand\-drawn art in retro\-industrial sci\-fi style Two different protagonists to choose from, each with their own quirks and methods Colourful and memorable cast of NPCs Dozens of events to help you or challenge you Hundreds of decisions to make, each with its own consequences ## Game information - Type: game - Developer: Illuminated Games - Publisher: AAD Productions - Release date: Mar 7, 2016 - Coming soon: false - Free to play: false - Parent Steam app: Not collected - Genres: Adventure, Casual, Indie - Categories: Single\-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Family Sharing - Platforms: windows, mac, linux - Website: Not collected - Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/427860/ss\_a07053b4805bae2a1b0fa5a7820bfbb9dab58aca\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1582745024, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/427860/ss\_18b16e583d571b498873289a6e7e953aae36539e\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1582745024, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/427860/ss\_c1592ca7b1712e428f612600f44ab72ad9783aed\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1582745024, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/427860/ss\_198424c440903b893af7ebd2dc8d7462fd00e67d\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1582745024, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/427860/ss\_e813a709101b14d19d05b13c6b1a1cb3d68d3244\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1582745024, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/427860/ss\_eb67bdf82de8bb56022b6ffa160b0dbfeba2faf6\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1582745024, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/427860/ss\_98850280b6df3701046f2f800ba76450865994f5\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1582745024, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/427860/ss\_289112883d235299be9dc92d220d0aa94915cf62\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1582745024, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/427860/ss\_8d8d80f8261c41f93bb65ce4fd2963758e34cfb1\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1582745024, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/427860/ss\_834b8b83894b51d4171acd82791f8d895f65f1f5\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1582745024 - Price: 1299 minor units USD; discount 0% - Price country: US ## Observed metrics - Current players: 0 - Steam review count: 116 - Steam positive reviews: 84 - Steam negative reviews: 32 - Steam positive percentage: 72.41379310344827% - Summer DB rating: No native votes Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\} ## Player history [Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/ecb17495-cfed-4ea2-9701-cd8c2588e94a/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/ecb17495-cfed-4ea2-9701-cd8c2588e94a/player-metrics?days=7) 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\-22T08:14:54\.038099\+00:00 - Player count observed: 2026\-09\-22T08:14:55\.314861\+00:00 - Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-22T08:14:55\.044495\+00:00 Full provenance: \{"urls":\{"price":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/app/427860/","catalog":"https://api\.steampowered\.com/IStoreService/GetAppList/v1/","details":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/app/427860/","players":"https://api\.steampowered\.com/ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers/v1/?appid=427860","reviews":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/appreviews/427860"\},"price":"2026\-09\-22T08:14:54\.038099\+00:00","source":"steam","catalog":"2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00","country":"US","details":"2026\-09\-22T08:14:54\.038099\+00:00","players":"2026\-09\-22T08:14:55\.314861\+00:00","reviews":"2026\-09\-22T08:14:55\.044495\+00:00","language":"en","editorial":null,"membership":"store\_catalog","observations":\{"price":"643122ba\-ce89\-4bd1\-b904\-6ccf9dd95a9f","catalog":"6c1256fd\-256e\-45c2\-a72d\-17db4db4d91c","details":"68aaf84b\-9726\-42b5\-b4ca\-855d130ebe0c","players":"94f740c2\-37cb\-49fa\-b6a7\-b1cc2ec72368","reviews":"d0d70088\-6d04\-4f9d\-80ed\-3b6329086028"\},"reviewFilters":\{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}\} Native rating methodology: \{"count":0,"average":null,"entityId":"ecb17495\-cfed\-4ea2\-9701\-cd8c2588e94a","revision":0,"observedAt":null,"methodology":"arithmetic\-v1","distribution":\[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0\]\} Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted. [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/427860/) · [JSON](/api/v1/games/ecb17495-cfed-4ea2-9701-cd8c2588e94a)