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Afterimage

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Afterimage
Afterimage cover
Developers
Aurogon Shanghai
Publishers
2023 Modus Games
2024-present Maximum Entertainment
Engines
Unreal Engine 4[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows April 25, 2023
Reception
Metacritic 79
OpenCritic 77
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Side view, Scrolling
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, Metroidvania, Platform, RPG
Art styles Anime
Themes Fantasy
Afterimage on HowLongToBeat
Afterimage on IGDB
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Afterimage is a singleplayer side view and scrolling action, metroidvania, platform and RPG game.

General information

Official Discord server
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GamersGate
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Windows
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Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows

Version differences

The Deluxe Edition includes the base game, the digital artbook and soundtrack.

Monetization

Type Notes
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions The game does not contain microtransactions.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Afterimage\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1701520/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Afterimage\Saved\SaveGames\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1701520/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings
Video settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Exclusive fullscreen also available.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Scales with the Quality setting.[2]
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Off (Very Low quality setting, FXAA (Low quality setting), MSAA (High and Ultra quality setting).[3]
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Frame generation
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
[4]
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Supports unlocked frame rates.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Input

Move control settings
Move control settings
UI control settings
UI control settings

Audio

Audio settings
Audio settings
Language settings
Language settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, Sound, Music and Speech Volume from 0-10.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Arabic
Fan translation, download.
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Native 3D
Dual-View Rendering (3D Ultra) and Single-View Depth Reprojection (3D+).
Use TrueGame for Acer SpatialLabs and NewAxis for TrueGame mods on other Eye-Tracked Lightfield displays.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX
Audio FMOD 2.1.15

System requirements

Windows
MinimumRecommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo E4500
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)
Video card (GPU) Intel UHD Graphics 630
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.27.2[1]
  2. 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. Verified by User:Liwsy on 2026-05-18
  2. Verified by User:Fayaine on 2023-04-26
    Checked by using UUU and changing the Quality setting.
  3. Verified by User:Fayaine on 2023-04-26
    Tested with UUU and changing the quality setting.
  4. Verified by User:Fayaine on 2023-04-26
    Checked with UUU console.