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Is As Long As You're Here worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Players seeking a short, story-led experience about dementia and family relationships
- Players interested in introspective games that place them in an elderly woman's perspective
- Players who want a one-sitting narrative built around dialogue, memories, and personal artifacts
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players looking for extended gameplay, large areas, or a long campaign
- Players seeking combat, character progression, or conventionally structured adventure gameplay
- Players who are not ready to engage with dementia and its effects on memory and agency
Our take on As Long As You're Here
Rather than treating adventure as travel, puzzles, or danger, the game makes shifting memory and family conflict its central structure. The player's perspective changes with Annie's faculties, replacing conventional progression with a personal, reflective account of dementia and disrupted time.
What is As Long As You're Here?
Step into Annie’s life as she leaves the home she has known for years while living with worsening memory loss.
Her children assume caregiving responsibilities and argue over the right way to assist her. Memories of her late brother intrude on everyday events, blurring earlier experiences with the present. The narrative addresses dementia, diminished independence, altered surroundings and time, and strained relationships between siblings. It unfolds through conversations, personal objects, correspondence, meetings with relatives, and shifting environments. This brief, intimate game is structured for a single sitting and includes original music, atmospheric sound, and family images drawn from the developers’ lives.
How As Long As You're Here plays
- 01Memory-Shifting Perspective
- Changes in Annie's surroundings reflect the effects of her failing memory and involve the player's own recollection.
- 02Family Storytelling
- Dialogue, keepsakes, old letters, and family encounters reveal Annie's past and the tensions among her children.
- 03Original Audio
- The experience includes original music alongside immersive sound.
- 04Personal Photography
- Real photographs of the developers' family members appear in the game.
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As Long As You're Here: platforms & release
Is As Long As You're Here worth it?
It is worth it if: players seeking a short, story-led experience about dementia and family relationships. Skip it if: players looking for extended gameplay, large areas, or a long campaign.
Where can I download As Long As You're Here?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens As Long As You're Here's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is As Long As You're Here on?
Windows and macOS.
