The World AfterThe World After

Game Details:  Mystery, 2021

Links:  Moby Games, Steam, Adventure Gamers

Walkthrough Updated:  7/23/2023

Suggested Listening:  Help Me Out (Ash 25)

The World After is a mystery adventure set in a rural village in France, making use of full motion video footage. You play as young writer Vincent, who has escaped Paris during the 2020 pandemic in an effort to work on his book in the peace and comfort of the countryside. There are 18 Steam Achievements, all documented in the walkthrough below.

Getting Started

Take the mask from the coat rack, then head right into the kitchen. Pick up your phone from the counter, then drink some juice and eat a rusk from the box. Head back to the right, then examine the front door to find a photo. Now head out the front door Home alone.

Walk to the left and use your phone on the QR code on the wall to see a video log (1/11). Show the photo to Mark, then click on all 5 wine bottles Drunken master. Continue left and use your phone on another QR code on the street to see a video log (2/11). Ignore Julie for now and continue left again, Examine the cows, then continue further along the path twice to reach the castle. Use your phone on the QR code on the castle to see a video log (3/11).

Approach the castle and go through the doorway to the left. Search the bush near the base of the stairs on the right to find a suitcase, then examine the suitcase to see that it is locked. Back out of here, then go through the middle doorway. Use your phone on the QR code near the ceiling to see a video log (4/11). Go back 4 times so you are near the cows, then wait here Discovery channel.

Go right twice and talk to Mark about everything. Head left and ask Julie for the corkscrew, but she wants some hand sanitizer. Go right twice to the front of your house and pick up the bottle of vodka from the ground. Head inside and take the empty sanitizer bottle from the desk. Go right to the kitchen and use the vodka on the juice Cocktail. Now take the tube of aloe vera from the left bench. Use both the vodka and the aloe vera on the empty sanitizer bottle DIY expert.

Return right and through the front door, then go left twice. Give the hand sanitizer to Julie, and talk to her about everything. Next go right and give mark his corkscrew in exchange for some pliers. Make your way back to the suitcase at the castle. Use the pliers on the suitcase, but they will break. There is a clue for the combination, which mentions when the stones were laid. Go back to Julie and ask her when the castle was built - she will tell you it was 1374. Go back to the suitcase and open it with the combination 1374 Code breaker.

Save your game, so you can come back to see the different endings.

Good Ending

Don't take the gun Pacifist. Once you are confronted in the corn field, press the red button.

Back in the village, head up between the houses. Use your phone on the QR code near the gate to see a video log (5/11). Switch to night and talk to Larry about everything. Return left and then right. Switch to day and talk to Mark about everything Never give up. Switch back to night and search the shelf to find a crowbar.

Head left and up to return to the gate. Switch to day, then use your crowbar on the gate Freeman did it first. Talk to Larry, but he can't help you now. Switch to night and use your phone on the QR code on the truck to see a video log (6/11). Talk to Larry, who has now lost his phone. Switch to day again and enter the barn on the right to get the phone. Switch back to night and give the phone to Larry.

Talk to Julie about everything - she will give you a map if you can retrieve the kite from the tree. Pick up the arrow from the base of the small tree, and the bow near the base of the large tree on the right. Combine the bow and arrow in your inventory. Switch to night and try to use your bow and arrow to shoot your shadow Schattenjager. Use your phone on the QR code on the building to see a video log (7/11). Go through the doorway on the left into the cellar, then switch back to day. Search the oil cloth on the right to find another arrow. Switch to night and leave the cellar, then switch back to day. Use your bow and arrow on the kite. Use the second arrow on the bow, then shoot the kite. Take the map from Julie.

You will automatically follow the map to a new part of the estate X marks the spot. Use your phone on the QR code on the path to see a video log (8/11). Use your crowbar on the thickets to the left, and you will end up with a stick. Go to the right, and you will stop at a brick wall. Use your crowbar on the axe head stuck in the wall, then combine the stick with the axe head. Return left and use the axe on the post - you will lose the axe but end up with some rope. Go right again and combine your rope and crowbar, then use this on the wall.

Walk forward along the path, then use your phone on the QR code on the tree to see a video log (9/11). Go right, then use your map on the path, and you will reach the stone gate. Use your phone on the QR code on the stone to see a video log (10/11). Examine the small panel on the right rock, and read the text, then back out again. Use the map on the sky, then use the instructions on the sky. Now combine the map with the instructions, then use the combination on the sky. Note the underlined numbers (63, 23, 03).

Switch to night and examine the sign on the right rock. Enter the code 632303#, then back out from the panel Good ending. If you have collected all of the QR codes, you will now see the final video log (11/11) True ending.

Bad Endings

Take the gun Gunslinger. Once you are confronted in the corn field, press the red button. Back in the village, head up between the houses. Switch to night and talk to Larry about everything. Return left and then right. Switch to day and talk to Mark about everything. Switch back to night and search the shelf to find a crowbar.

Head left and up to return to the gate. Switch to day, then use your crowbar on the gate. Talk to Larry, but he can't help you now. Switch to night and talk to Larry, who has now lost his phone. Switch to day again and enter the barn on the right to get the phone. Switch back to night and give the phone to Larry.

Talk to Julie about everything. Pick up the arrow from the base of the small tree, and the bow near the base of the large tree on the right. Combine the bow and arrow in your inventory. Switch to night. Go through the doorway on the left into the cellar, then switch back to day. Search the oil cloth on the right to find another arrow. Switch to night and leave the cellar, then switch back to day. Use your bow and arrow on the kite. Use the second arrow on the bow, then shoot the kite. Take the map from Julie.

Use your crowbar on the thickets to the left, and you will end up with a stick. Go to the right, and you will stop at a brick wall. Use your crowbar on the axe head stuck in the wall, then combine the stick with the axe head. Return left and use the axe on the post - you will lose the axe but end up with some rope. Go right again and combine your rope and crowbar, then use this on the wall.

Use your map on the path, and you will reach the stone gate. Examine the small panel on the right rock, and read the text, then back out again. Save your game, so you can come back to see the different bad endings.

Bad Ending

Switch to night and examine the sign on the right rock. Enter the code 632303#, then back out from the panel. Aim the gun at yourself Bad ending.

Very Bad Ending

Switch to night and examine the sign on the right rock. Enter the code 632303#, then back out from the panel. Aim the gun at the Nightwatcher Very bad ending.

Bonus Section

Visual Novel

Take the mask and sanitizer, then go to the kitchen and take the phone. Return to the entrance and open the door (twice). Go to the village and talk to Mark about everything, then go to the town square. Talk to Julie, then go to the castle. Search everything to find the suitcase, then look at the suitcase before returning to the village.

Go back to the garage and talk to Mark about everything. Go to the town square and talk to Julie, then give her the sanitizer. Go back to the garage and give mark the corkscrew. Go back to the town square, then on to the castle. Use the pliers on the suitcase, then try all of the combinations. Return to the town square and talk to Julie to learn when the castle was built. Go back to the castle and open the suitcase with the combination 1374.

In the sunflower field, press the remote button. Return to the village, then go to the street. Use the remote to switch to night, then talk to Larry about everything. Use the remote to switch to day, then go back and talk to Mark. Use the remote again to switch to night, then take the crowbar. Use the remote to switch to day, then go back to the town square, then to the street. Use the crowbar to open the gate.

Talk to Larry, but he can't help you now. Switch to night and talk to Larry, who has now lost his phone. Use the remote to switch to day again and search the barn to get the phone. Use the remote to switch back to night and give the phone to Larry.

Talk to Julie about everything. Pick up the bow and arrow, then use the remote to switch to night. Open the cellar, then use the remote to switch back to day. Look for arrows in the cellar. Use the remote to switch to night and leave the cellar, then use the remote again to switch back to day. Shoot the kite twice, and you will take the map from Julie.

Go deeper into the forest 3 times. Inspect the door, then use the remote to switch to night. Inspect the door again Mirai no sekai.

Retro Filter

Playing this requires downloading a free DLC package. Play through the whole game using the main walkthrough above to get to the good ending (DLC) High score.