{"id":240023,"date":"2026-05-06T03:54:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T07:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/highly-rated-adventure-game-shadows-of-the-afterland-adds-full-controller-support\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T04:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:10:07","slug":"highly-rated-adventure-game-shadows-of-the-afterland-adds-full-controller-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/highly-rated-adventure-game-shadows-of-the-afterland-adds-full-controller-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Highly rated adventure game Shadows of the Afterland adds full controller support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamingonlinux.com\/2026\/05\/highly-rated-adventure-game-shadows-of-the-afterland-adds-full-controller-support\/\">Highly rated adventure game Shadows of the Afterland adds full controller support<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamingonlinux.com\/2026\/05\/highly-rated-adventure-game-shadows-of-the-afterland-adds-full-controller-support\/\">https:\/\/www.gamingonlinux.com\/2026\/05\/highly-rated-adventure-game-shadows-of-the-afterland-adds-full-controller-support\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-06 03:54:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.gamingonlinux.com\">www.gamingonlinux.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now you can kick back, relax and go through a supernatural point and click adventure with a gamepad or Steam Deck in hand in Shadows of the Afterland. It has Native Linux support and is rated Steam Deck Verified by Valve.<\/p>\n<p>In Shadows of the Afterland you guide Carolina, a skilled police investigator who awakens in the afterlife \u2014 in the past, and somehow before her own birth. As a ghost with a face she doesn&#8217;t recognize, she must master the art of possession to interact with the living and solve the enigma of her own death. It&#8217;s been a hit with players with a Very Positive rating on Steam.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest update the developer noted they&#8217;ve added full controller support for PC and Steam Deck with two different style on control modes for controller players. Great to see it become more accessible.<\/p>\n<p>Game Highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Investigate a supernatural murder mystery that blends themes of identity, courage and destiny with the afterlife, reincarnation and the connection between past and future lives.<\/li>\n<li>Enjoy professionally voiced characters.<\/li>\n<li>Take command of various playable characters using unique possession mechanics.<\/li>\n<li>Explore the intricate stories of the eccentric spirits of the afterlife through meaningful conversations.<\/li>\n<li>Apply your deduction skills to unravel clever and logical puzzles that are seamlessly woven into the storyline. Use magic and possession and move tactically between realms to crack them.<\/li>\n<li>Immerse yourself in meticulously crafted pixel art scenes and animations.<\/li>\n<li>Experience an original soundtrack that enhances the haunting atmosphere of the game.<\/li>\n<li>The classic point-and-click experience with a modern one-click user interface.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"label\">Release Date:<\/span> <span class=\"value\">10th February 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"label\">Platform:<\/span> <span class=\"value\">\ud83d\udc27 Native Linux<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hidden_message\">Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamingonlinux.com\/2026\/05\/highly-rated-adventure-game-shadows-of-the-afterland-adds-full-controller-support\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highly rated adventure game Shadows of the Afterland adds full controller support https:\/\/www.gamingonlinux.com\/2026\/05\/highly-rated-adventure-game-shadows-of-the-afterland-adds-full-controller-support\/ Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":240024,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.gamingonlinux.com\/uploads\/articles\/tagline_images\/387412225id28963gol.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[71],"class_list":["post-240023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-linux","tag-linux"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240023"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240023"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":240026,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240023\/revisions\/240026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}