The Happy Hereafter
Casual village-building game about putting lost souls to work
Alawar, Mirball Games · Published by ESDigital Games · Released Jun 5, 2014
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 79% of 438
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 1
- daily peak, Nov 8, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- Unknown
- no patch notes on Steam
What is The Happy Hereafter?
This casual management game follows newly dead souls building a village in the underworld. You direct them to gather resources, build houses, and earn money while completing missions and exploring six locations.
For you if...
- +you like assigning workers to gather and build
- +you enjoy cute, Halloween-themed settings and simple strategy
Not for you if...
- −you want open-ended town building without guided quests
- −you prefer complex resource management to simple tasks
What players say
79% of 438 reviews are positive
Players praise the cute presentation, and some find the village building fun. Their most common complaint is bugs that block quests or disrupt workers. They also describe the campaign as short and slow to progress.
Screenshots and trailer
The Happy Hereafter system requirements
Minimum: 256 MB, 0.5 GB RAM, 0.8 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run The Happy Hereafter?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP/Vista/7/8
- Processor
- 1.6 GHz
- Graphics
- 256 MB
- Memory
- 512 MB RAM
- Storage
- 800 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
Recommended
- OS
- Windows XP/Vista/7/8
- Processor
- 2.5 GHz
- Graphics
- 512 MB
- Memory
- 1024 MB RAM
- Storage
- 800 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
Does The Happy Hereafter have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does The Happy Hereafter run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Text only: Russian, English, German, Korean, Polish, Czech.
Does The Happy Hereafter 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 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
