AFTERIMAGE

The one-night list

TEN GAMES.
ONE NIGHT EACH.

A free eight-page guide to complete PC stories for first-time and occasional players.

PC · 30 MIN–3 HR · FREE TO READ · SPOILER-LIGHT

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Cover of AFTERIMAGE: a ferryman raises an eye symbol above the headline Ten Games. One Night Each.
Before Your Eyes image: GoodbyeWorld Games / Skybound Games.

The premise

Start after dinner.
Reach the credits before bed.

Each selection has a current Windows edition and an ending reachable in roughly 30 minutes to three hours; the issue flags every control hurdle. It also gives the simplest setup and relevant content notes. Start at No. 1, or choose by mood.

A first move

If tonight should be…

Ranked 01–10

The one-night list

Ten complete stories, ordered for the strongest first evening.

  1. 01 Before Your Eyes 1½–2 hours p. 3
  2. 02 What Remains of Edith Finch 2–3 hours p. 4
  3. 03 and Roger 1–1½ hours p. 4
  4. 04 Venba 1–1½ hours p. 5
  5. 05 If Found… 2–3 hours p. 5
  6. 06 Wide Ocean Big Jacket 1–1½ hours p. 6
  7. 07 Journey 2–3 hours p. 6
  8. 08 The Beginner’s Guide About 1½ hours p. 7
  9. 09 Florence 30–45 minutes p. 7
  10. 10 despelote 1½–2½ hours p. 8

Inside the issue

Four movements,
one evening

The publication changes pace with each story while keeping one editorial voice.

AFTERIMAGE’s Before Your Eyes feature, titled The life between blinks, with its childhood scene divided by a horizontal blink.
The first entry turns blink-controlled memory into the issue’s opening visual cut.
Two AFTERIMAGE pages pairing What Remains of Edith Finch and and Roger with Venba and If Found.
Family architecture gives way to domestic uncertainty; recipes and an erased diary answer from the next page.
Two AFTERIMAGE pages pairing Wide Ocean Big Jacket and Journey with The Beginner’s Guide and Florence.
Talkative company at a campground opens into a wordless desert, unfinished prototypes and first love.
AFTERIMAGE’s closing despelote feature, with a child kicking a football in Quito.
Quito during Ecuador’s 2001 World Cup qualifying campaign closes the ranking.

About this edition

A magazine for one free evening

AFTERIMAGE is an independent editorial guide. Rankings reflect fit for a short, beginner-friendly evening rather than an all-time canon. Runtimes are conservative first-play estimates; store availability and system requirements can change.

The PDF contains active store links, further reading, control guidance and content notes. Images are credited inside the issue.

Format
Eight A4 pages
Type
GFS Didot · EB Garamond · Inter
Rights
Read the scoped notice
Credits
Studios, publishers and sources