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The Happy Hereafter

Welcome to The Happy Hereafter, a casual sim in which you guide the newly dead as they build an afterlife for themselves and their fellow lost souls. Possessing uncanny management skills, you'll control a…

4 May 2014

The Happy Hereafter is a simulator developed by Buka Entertainment, released 4 May 2014 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The Happy Hereafter is

The Happy Hereafter is a simulator game developed by Buka Entertainment and released in 2014. It was published by Alawar. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Welcome to The Happy Hereafter, a casual sim in which you guide the newly dead as they build an afterlife for themselves and their fellow lost souls. Possessing uncanny management skills, you'll control a legion of zany characters as they arrive at their eternal destination and settle in. There will be no rest for the wickedly funny as you put them to work building houses, harvesting resources and earning money to build a village to rival Paradise. Explore weird but wonderful landscapes, discover cleverly hidden secrets, and complete dozens of challenging missions in your quest to create a little slice of Heaven in the underworld.
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How it plays

Its themes are horror and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Happy Hereafter launched on 4 May 2014, within three weeks of Wolfenstein: The New Order, Transistor, Child of Light and Duck Game.

Released around the same time: Wolfenstein: The New Order, Transistor, Child of Light, Duck Game.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did The Happy Hereafter come out?
The Happy Hereafter was released on 4 May 2014 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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