Almost Alive

Almost Alive is a tactical role-playing game set in a post-apocalyptic world of mutations and mysteries. You recover your memories through vengeance, develop your character’s physical and mental abilities, and make decisions that affect humanity’s fate after a brutal struggle for survival.

The post-apocalyptic world

After people rebel against the dictatorship of money and use capitalist tools to fight mass propaganda, leaders working in the shadows release a virus that mutates. The established order responds with nuclear fire to contain humans turning into beasts, leaving the remaining life to struggle for survival. The world is open and dynamic, with events that unfold whether or not you are there.

Combat and tactics

Combat takes place in real time and supports different approaches. Use cover, traps and advanced tactics against smart opponents, or rely on reflexes and movement against mutant hordes. Character stats, equipment, morale and sanity affect combat details such as aiming time, weapon recoil, accuracy while moving and the effectiveness of cover. You can also give your squad real-time strategy commands, backed by squad-based tactical AI.

Choices and character builds

Choose who to side with, work alone, or help, manipulate and betray allies. Your actions affect the story and your character’s sanity. Build a character from six archetypes, with over 115 skills, 98 traits and madness shaping each character.

You can approach situations by sneaking, stealing, talking, drugging, throwing, setting traps, picking locks, barricading or breaching. The game also includes more than 192 weapons, 106 armors, 18 throwables, 18 drugs and 100 items.

Additional features

The game is presented in hand-drawn 2.5D, with animations drawn on paper, scanned and reworked on a computer. Depending on collected funds, it may also include arcade-style boss battles, vehicles for faster world-map travel and boss fights, and multiplayer.