# Afterself — Team up with your past self

> Time-loop puzzle platformer: when time rewinds, your echo repeats every move you made. 20 levels, online leaderboard and a free demo in your browser.

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**A time-loop puzzle platformer.** Each loop lasts just a few seconds. When it ends, time rewinds and your **echo** repeats exactly what you did. Plan across time, team up with yourself and clear the way to the exit.

- 20 levels
- 4 chapters
- Online leaderboard

In development for Android, iOS, PC and web browser. [Play the free demo](https://playafterself.com/en/play/) · [Notify me at launch](https://playafterself.com/en/#waitlist)

## One loop. One echo. One new idea.

1. **Play the loop.** You've got a few seconds: run, jump, press plates and open doors.
2. **Rewind.** Time snaps back and the world resets… but now your echo replays every step you took.
3. **Team up with yourself.** Your echoes hold doors and plates while you reach the exit. Fewer loops, more stars.

[Every mechanic, explained](https://playafterself.com/en/mechanics/)

## Echoes: Your past is on your team

Every recorded loop becomes an echo that replays your moves to the pixel. Step on a plate now so the door stays open in the next loop.

- Echoes press plates, block lasers and become stepping stones.
- A deterministic world: what you record is what happens.
- Retrying a loop is free. No frustration.

## Anchor: Stop time whenever you want

Hold **Anchor** to end the loop at just the right moment: your echo freezes where you left it, holding whatever needs holding.

- Timed doors and plates only your present self can press.
- Solid echoes: build towers out of yourself.
- Paradoxes: never shut the door on your own past.

## Online leaderboard: First try!

**First clear** rewards beating each level on your first go; **All-time** keeps your best score, so every replay can take you higher. Fewer loops, less time, no retries… that's how you climb.

- Global and per-level boards: First clear, All-time and Time.
- Just a nickname: no accounts, no email, no personal data.

## 4 chapters · 20 levels: Every chapter bends the rules

Shorter loops, tighter budgets and a fresh idea in every level.

- **Chapter I · Echo** (1-1 – 1-5): Learn to work with your past.
- **Chapter II · Weight** (2-1 – 2-5): Plates that need more than one body.
- **Chapter III · Body** (3-1 – 3-5): Your echoes are solid: climb on them.
- **Chapter IV · Paradox** (4-1 – 4-5): Your past has right of way.

## Frequently asked questions

### What is Afterself?

Afterself is a time-loop puzzle platformer. Each level is played in short loops of a few seconds; when a loop ends, time rewinds and your echo repeats exactly what you did. You team up with your past selves to open the way to the exit, across 20 levels in 4 chapters.

### What is an echo?

An echo is a copy of you that replays one of your earlier loops, to the pixel, in every loop that follows. Echoes press plates, hold doors open and block lasers for you; in chapter III they become solid, so you can climb on them.

### How does the time loop work?

Every loop lasts 7 to 10 seconds and each level only gives you a few. When time runs out, the level resets and your new echo joins in. Hold Anchor to end a loop early, use Retry loop to redo it without spending another one and Undo echo to erase the last one.

### Is Afterself free? Is there a demo?

Yes: the demo is free. It includes all of chapter I (5 levels) and runs in the browser on your phone or computer, with nothing to install and no sign-up. The full game, with 20 levels, is in development.

### Which platforms is it coming to?

Afterself is in development for Android, iOS, PC and web browser. The free demo already runs in any recent browser with WebGL 2: Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari 16 or later.

### How does the leaderboard work?

There are three boards. First clear keeps the score of the first time you beat each level, All-time keeps your best score (replay to climb) and Time ranks the fewest loops, then the fastest time. Each level is worth 200 to 2,100 points: clearing it, few loops, speed and a first try add up; extra attempts, retries and undone echoes subtract.

### Which languages is it available in?

The game and this website are available in English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German and Italian. You can switch language at any time.

### What data do you collect?

Very little. The online leaderboard is optional and only stores a nickname, a random identifier and your results: no account and no email. The waitlist stores your email and language only if you sign up and confirm. On the website we count visits and anonymous actions, such as tapping a button, without cookies or personal data.

## Be the first to play

Afterself is in development for Android, iOS, PC and web browser. Leave your email and we'll let you know the moment it launches. https://playafterself.com/en/#waitlist