A top-down survival game for one to five. Wake with nothing, research your way from a stone axe to steel, build and upgrade a camp worth defending, and follow the road east to one of two endings. The other survivors keep a ledger of what you do to them.
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Aftergrowth gameplay guide and player questions
Steam edition · Researched Nov 8, 2026 · Guide updated Nov 8, 2026.
Our guidance
How do I learn new crafting recipes in Aftergrowth?
There is no XP bar in the game. Instead, you must find notes and schematics scattered throughout the ruins. Once found, take these items to a workbench to work them out and learn new crafts for your camp.
What are the primary ways to keep my character warm?
Environmental factors like night, winter, rain, snow, and wading through rivers will chill you. To stay warm, you must wear appropriate clothes and maintain a fire. Remember that a fire will go out if nobody feeds it.
How can I improve my camp's defenses against raiders?
You can fortify your camp by upgrading walls from wood to stone to steel. Additionally, you can install defensive measures like lookouts, electric fences, wired gates, alarm bells, and floodlights salvaged from town walls to deter attackers.
If you sustain a cut, it will continue to bleed indefinitely until you take action to stop it. You must manually bind your wounds to prevent further health loss and ensure your survival while exploring the dangerous ruins.
How do I effectively manage food supplies to prevent spoilage?
Because food spoils over time, you should preserve it using various methods. Utilize a drying rack, a smoker, pickling jars, or a larder to keep your harvested crops and hunted meat edible for longer periods throughout the four seasons.
Yes, you can tame a wild dog by feeding it consistently night after night. Once tamed, the dog will follow you, fetch items, and carry saddlebags to help you transport more supplies during your long trips.
How do rival factions react to my presence in their territory?
Rival factions track how loud and violent you have been on their ground. If you push a faction too far, they will remember where they lost men and eventually send a raiding party to attack you or your camp.
What are the benefits of helping travelers I encounter?
When you help travelers, they may choose to live at your camp. These residents are very useful as they keep the fire fed, tend to your crops, mend structural damage, and help fight off any attackers that threaten your home.
Weather acts as natural cover. Rain and storms are effective at drowning out your noise, while fog and storms significantly reduce the sight range for everyone, making it easier to move past enemies without being detected by their patrols.
What options are available for customizing the game world rules?
When hosting a world, you can adjust settings for raids, night packs, day length, seasons, regrowth, appetite, and friendly fire. You can also choose death penalties, including Hardcore mode where a dead survivor is gone for good.
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For Aftergrowth · Steam edition.
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The full-game US price snapshot is 7.99 USD; check the current price in your region.
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Dual core x86-64 at 2.4 GHz — Intel Core i3-6100 / AMD FX-6300 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Vulkan 1.0 capable GPU with 1 GB VRAM — Intel HD Graphics 520, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750, AMD Radeon R7 260X Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 500 MB available space Sound Card: Any Windows-compatible audio device
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Linux minimum requirements
Minimum: OS: SteamOS 3.0, Ubuntu 22.04, or any 64-bit distribution with glibc 2.28 or newer Storage: 400 MB available space Sound Card: PipeWire or PulseAudio
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