Ever wanted to play a spirit of life and explore a bunch of fantastical-yet-desolate landscape solving puzzles? Well, you can with Private Division and developer Piccolo Studio’s latest adventure game.

After Us is an adventure title starring Gaia, the Spirit Of Life, as she salvages the souls of dead animals, reviving them and finding out their fate, all the while fighting off oil-covered creatures called Devourers. Something tells us this is not going to be a subtle game about the environment. Anyway, the game finally has a release date: 23 May.

Check out the announcement and feature list below. After Us will be out for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series.

Key Features

• Gaia’s Journey – The last animals have died, and Mother has used all of her Life Force to save their souls, now trapped in their vessels. Gaia’s quest is to rescue each of their souls and bring them back to Mother’s Ark. Gaia’s traversal abilities will allow you to glide, jump, and dash to explore new areas and evade deadly traps, while her special gifts will grant you the power to clear the oil that consumes the world, face hungry Devourers, and break souls free.
• A Vast, Surrealistic World – See through Gaia’s eyes the desolated landscapes that depict the destructive relationships between humans and nature in a beautiful demonstration of abstract artistry. From dying forests to the heart of crumbling cities, through the dry seabed and polluted skies, each environment will offer new challenges for Gaia to face and will present her different versions of the Devourers’ wake of destruction as she spreads life and beauty on her path.
• A Story of Contrasts – After Us offers a sombre look at a world decimated by human impact. As you guide Gaia’s light through it and discover the causes behind the destruction, you will learn the fate of the Devourers as agents of extinction, but also agents of progress, love, and hope.