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Is Some Distant Memory worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Players drawn to character-focused stories about family, romance, friendship, or grief who prefer non-violent play.
- Adventure players who enjoy exploring places and examining objects to uncover narrative scenes.
- Players who like piecing together mysteries about a lost civilization and its former inhabitants.
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking combat or action may hit a wall with the non-violent story format.
- Players who want a tightly ordered plot may find the freely discovered story moments too fragmented.
- Players looking for survival management or colony-building systems may find the focus is on exploration and narrative.
Our take on Some Distant Memory
The likely bounce point is the open-ended discovery of story scenes: players who need a fixed sequence may lose the thread when memories appear in the order relics are found. The non-violent format is another clear limit for anyone expecting combat.
What is Some Distant Memory?
Set 300 years after an apocalypse, this non-violent story exploration game follows archaeologist Professor Zay, Commander Ti, and ARORA, an AI that recreates human memories from scanned relics.
The group explores a pre-Collapse house preserved underground, examining its objects and reliving scenes from the lives of people who once lived there. Players can find those story moments in different orders, reading and exploring at their own pace. The memories reveal characters from past and future Earth, while mysteries include the civilization’s collapse and the house’s former residents. The story covers family, romance, friendship, grief, creativity, and loss. Its setting includes two struggling colonies, Ares and NOAH, and a planet affected by a corrosive algae bloom.
How Some Distant Memory plays
- 01Relic memories
- ARORA reconstructs scenes from the lives of people connected to objects found in the underground house.
- 02Flexible story order
- Scenes can be discovered in the order exploration uncovers them.
- 03Past and future cast
- The narrative reveals characters from both the world before the Collapse and the surviving colonies.
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Some Distant Memory: platforms & release
Is Some Distant Memory worth it?
It is worth it if: players drawn to character-focused stories about family, romance, friendship, or grief who prefer non-violent play. Skip it if: players seeking combat or action may hit a wall with the non-violent story format.
Where can I download Some Distant Memory?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Some Distant Memory's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Some Distant Memory on?
Windows and macOS.
