The August Before

Narrative puzzle game about tidying rooms and packing up memories

Silly Little Games · Published by Catoptric Games · Released Nov 17, 2025

Reviews: Very Positive; 90% of 330
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 80% of 10 in 30 days
Players: 1; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update on Steam: 6 months ago; Mar 31, 2026
Minimum PC: GeForce GTX 650; 4 GB RAM · 1 GB disk; Full requirements

What is The August Before?

A single-player 3D puzzle game about sorting a young woman's belongings before she moves away. You clean her room, find items for a suitcase, and examine notes and possessions to learn about her past. Objects can be rearranged, taken apart, broken, and repaired.

For you if...

+you prefer a quiet pace and light puzzles

Not for you if...

−you want a lengthy campaign rather than an evening's play

What players say

90% of 330 reviews are positive · 80% of 10 in the last 30 days

Players praise the art style, calming music, and satisfying tidying. Common complaints concern clunky controls and bugs that interfere with placing items or registering completed tasks.

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The August Before system requirements

Minimum: GeForce GTX 650, 4 GB RAM, 1 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: Windows 10+
Processor: AMD ATHLON X4 740 | Intel Core i3-3250T
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 650
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 1 GB available space

Does The August Before have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does The August Before run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

Default controller config not fully functional
Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
The native resolution is not the default one
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 19
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages: Text only: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian.

Does The August Before use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam