Afterlife
A downloadable game for Windows, Linux, and Android
Free playable demo · Windows, Linux & Android
AFTERLIFE
Some secrets are drawn line by line.
An adult territory-capture arcade game. Claim the board one stroke at a time, outrun the guardians, and reveal the girls hiding beneath — all the way to their final, animated scenes.
54 levels — 3 characters — 10 coins
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Beyond the veil
The game
Every world in Afterlife keeps a soul behind a silhouette. Your job is to uncover it.
You start inside a small safe zone. Hold capture, leave the edge, and draw a line through open territory — close it back on your land and everything you enclosed is yours, the image beneath it revealed. Cut a single bold diagonal and take a fifth of the board at once. Get greedy, and a guardian will cut your line before you close it.
This isn't a slideshow with a minigame attached. Every level is a real fight for space: bosses that hunt you, burn you, steal back what you've claimed — and moments where they tire, cool down and leave an opening. Read them, wait for your chance, and strike.
Each character has three stages and six levels per stage. Clear a level and the next one opens. Clear the sixth, and the final scene comes to life.
Systems
How it plays
Draw & Claim
Hold capture and leave the edge to draw. Close the line and you take exactly the area you traced — no more, no less. Small leftover pockets fill themselves in, so the board always feels clean.
The Guardians
Three bosses, each with its own rhythm. The Sun fires solar bursts, flames and a beam that steals back your territory. The Robot locks on with missiles, slow orbs and lasers. The Centipede digs through your land and sweeps the edges with its laser.
The Opening
Every three attacks, a guardian runs out of steam. The Sun cools down, the Robot powers down, the Centipede goes dormant — for a few seconds, the board is yours.
Arcade Coins
You start the demo with 10 coins. Lose all your lives, insert a coin, and the level restarts at full strength. Run out of coins and it's game over — the demo ends when your coins do.
The Reveal
Every capture uncovers more of the image. Reach the goal and it's yours in full — and every level 6 ends with an animated scene, with sound.
From the afterlife
Screenshots
What's in the demo
The Human World is open, and its three souls are playable from start to finish. Every stage ends in an animated scene, and four more worlds are waiting behind the veil.
Marin, Alysa and Chizuru
3 stages × 6 levels each
54 levels in total
3 guardian bosses, six difficulty tiers
An animated final scene for every stage
A playable tutorial
Coming next: the Demon World, the Isekai World, Shōnen / Adventure and the Multiverse — sixteen more souls.
Every character is a fictional adult aged 18 or older.
How the demo works
Ten coins, no mercy
The demo is free and plays like a cabinet: you get 10 coins, and each one buys you a fresh start when you fall.
✔ Free to download
✔ 10 coins to start
✔ Tutorial never costs a coin
✔ One coin = full lives again
✔ Progress saved between sessions
✔ Out of coins = end of the demo
How far can you get before the last coin drops?
At a glance
Key features
— Classic arcade territory capture
— Exact-area captures
— Bold diagonal cuts
— Three guardian bosses
— Rest windows to strike
— Arcade coin continues
— Image reveals and animated scenes
— 54 levels across three characters
— Touch controls built for mobile
— Five worlds, twenty characters planned
Where to play
Platforms
▸ Windows — download
▸ Linux — download
▸ Android — download the APK
Play in your language
Supported languages
English Spanish French German Portuguese (BR) Japanese Chinese (Simplified)
The demo is out
Three characters, fifty-four levels, three guardians and ten coins. Draw the line, take the board, and reveal what lies beyond the veil.
Download the demoFollow development and play every update first on Patreon.
Made by Red Marquee Studios.
AI disclosure
Some visuals, animations and music were created with the assistance of generative AI tools, then curated and refined for the final build.
Unofficial fan game disclaimer
This project is an unofficial fan-made game featuring characters inspired by various anime and manga series. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by their original creators, publishers or studios. All trademarks and copyrights belong to their respective owners.
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Comments
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Merlin 3-6 is borderline impossible.
Little mobs full glitch and go through walls. The boss eat faster than you can cover once past 75%.
The "boss cooldown" doesn't matter, because 3 laser stuck you in a place longer than the sleep time.
To make the game more enjoyable to play :
We also need a gallery to review the scene (maybe its the demo not allowing it?) and an option button working (for sound volume at least).
Regards
Thanks for playing and for taking the time to share such detailed feedback!
Afterlife is still in development, and this demo is a beta build focused on the core gameplay with a limited selection of characters. We’re still making changes and improvements, particularly to boss balancing. Boss 3 is the most complex encounter and has been especially challenging to balance, so your feedback on its difficulty and attack timing is helpful.
We also appreciate you pointing out the enemies passing through walls and sharing your movement suggestions. These are useful points to consider as we refine the gameplay.
You’re right about the gallery: it isn’t enabled in the demo, and the options menu isn’t functional in this build either. The demo offers a playable preview of the main mechanics, but it doesn’t include all of the game’s features yet.
Thanks again for giving it a try and helping us improve it!
— Red
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