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Content notice: After the Wane is intended for mature audiences only. Please note that, over the course of the story, you may encounter: - Mild horror scenes, some including depiction of spiders, - Alcohol and tobacco consumption, - Consensual sex with non-graphic nudity.
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Retracing the footsteps of a mother she never knew, Lena's trying to make it as a dancer in the city. Caught in a quarrel between dance companies, dealing with love and heartbreak and the challenges of young adulthood, she must also cope with the voice in her head commenting on everything she does.
Follow Lena's journey as she pursues her dreams of dancing while battling internal voices and external drama. Experience the emotional highs and lows of young adulthood through her eyes, crafted by Nova-box.
About this game
The new interactive graphic novel by the creators of Along the Edge and Across the Grooves.
Lena is a starry-eyed young dancer with big dreams, but as soon as she sets foot in the capital, she finds herself at the nexus of a lifelong quarrel between Fernand, the elusive director of a community center, and Deborah, who's leading the troupe of a strange and exclusive theatre. Does it have anything to do with her mother, a dancer too, who abandoned her when she was a child?
Torn between her past and her future, Lena will need to rediscover her own nature and forge her path forward as increasingly strange events unfold around her… but the strangest of all might be the permanent commentary of a voice that she seems to be the only one to hear.
Choose your destiny: align with an elitist dance company, mingle with everyone and help young dancers in the local community center, or stay independent while cultivating your interest in the occult.
Navigate the complexities of a budding love life: caught between a demanding vocation and multiple suitors, Lena will have a hard time balancing both. Will you focus on your dancing career, or do everything it takes to make your relationship succeed?
Dance animations: experience several dance scenes throughout the story, all animated by hand in rotoscoping.
A hand-crafted adventure: with each playthrough, discover a novel-sized adventure and a slice of the hundreds of hand-drawn images created for the game.
Immersive and finely crafted soundtrack: the music, specially composed and recorded for the game, adapts and shifts according to your choices and the mood of each scene.
High replayability: discover the outcome of your decisions through multiple story paths and endings.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 or later (64bits only)
- Processor: 2.0 Ghz (with SSE2 instruction set support)
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Integrated or dedicated graphic card with 512MB of VRAM
- Storage: 1 GB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 or later (64bits only)
- Processor: 2.6 Ghz (with SSE2 instruction set support)
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Integrated or dedicated graphic card with 512MB of VRAM
- Storage: 1 GB available space
Supported Languages
Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
Newsletter #51: A busy end of the year for the studio
Hello, everyone! The moment we’ve all been waiting for is finally here: After the Wane will officially launch on November 10, 2026, on PC, Mac, and Linux/SteamOS!To celebrate, we’ve just dropped a brand-new trailer packed with never-before-seen footage, fresh scenes, and a deeper look into the world we've been crafting. Go check it out and let us know your favorite shots!On top of that, we recently crossed 7,500 wishlists on Steam. For the Nova-box team, this is a massive milestone. It’s actually the highest wishlist count we’ve ever reached for a game prior to launch. A huge, heartfelt thank you to every single one of you. Seeing your fan art, reading your reviews of the demo, and chatting with you in the comments means the world to us and fuels our sprint to the finish line.Come hang out with us in real life!If you happen to be in France this autumn, we’re hitting the road with playable builds of After the Wane. Come say hi, try the game, and chat with the team:Spawn! (Angoulême, France) — October 3Animasia (Bordeaux, France) — October 10–11Stunfest (Rennes, France) — October 23–25We’d love to meet you in person, so don’t hesitate to drop by our booth!10 years of Along the Edge!Time truly flies! On October 12th, 2016, we released Along the Edge. That means our very first visual novel is turning 10 years old next month!We couldn’t let a decade slip by without celebrating properly. We’re currently cooking up some wild, exclusive surprises to mark the occasion. We can’t spoil the fun just yet, but we hope you’ll love what we have in store.Festivals, awards, and big dreamsThe festival season is already kicking off: starting today, After the Wane is part of the official selection for the Prismatic Indie Festival (September 7–11)!We’ve also been pre-selected for the DevGAMM Awards in Portugal and the Stunfest Awards right here in France. We’re keeping our fingers crossed for both, and who knows where the road will take us next? We’re dreaming big for this project, aimin...Read full article on Community Announcements (Chanel)Community & EventsOfficial
After the Wane is part of the Fall in Love Festival 2026
After the Wane is participating in the Fall in Love Festival 2026. We sincerely thank Studio Élan for offering our upcoming game a spot at the festival. Take advantage of the next few days to discover dozens of wonderful games lovingly crafted by talented creators.Check out the demo for After the Wane and spend 40 minutes immersed in Lena's wonderful story, set in the heart of Paris, and her dream of becoming a great dancer.On September 7 at 6:00 p.m. (CEST, Paris time), we’ll be unveiling an exclusive announcement that should greatly please our community… So stay tuned.If you haven't heard of us yet, we're thrilled to meet you! We're a small French studio based in Bordeaux, and we create stunning, handcrafted visual novels. We’ll soon be releasing our sixth visual novel, titled After the Wane. It’s a deeply poetic game about a dancer who dreamed of becoming an icon. But success comes at a price… Lena, the heroine, will face difficult choices that will shape her future. What choices will you make?Thank you for your support, and see you soon!Read full article on Community Announcements (Chanel)AnnouncementsOfficial
A purr-fect milestone: 7,000 wishlists reached!
Hello everyone!We just hit 7,000 wishlists on Steam right-meow!We are purr-fectly thrilled to cross this milestone. It’s the very first time a Nova-box game has passed 7,000 wishlists before launch! And with a few months of production still ahead, we can't wait to share Lena’s full story with you.Speaking of pawsome news: Fangio or rather, After the Wane will be participating in the Steam Cat Awareness Festival hosted by DevCats! It’s the ultimate chance to shine a spotlight on the true star of the show: Fangio, the pizzeria's tiniest terror. Get ready for some fur-nny posts on our socials celebrating his majestic beauty.Have a pawsitive day, and see you very soon for the 10,000 wishlists post (we're counting on you, don't leave us hanging)! Garrr... meow! Hissed! Scratch! Snap! (translation: It seems Fangio completely took over the keyboard to type this update.)Read full article on Community Announcements (Chanel)AnnouncementsOfficial
Newsletter #50: The calm before the storm
Hello, everyone! This is the studio's 50th newsletter since we started sending them out (March 2018). To celebrate the occasion, I'm going to host a huge special giveaway, so be sure to stick around until the end for your chance to win the big prize!Two new interns at the studioI’d like to start by introducing and thanking two amazing people who recently joined the studio: Emma and Fanette. They’re incredible assets and are producing an insane amount of artwork for After the Wane. If you’re on our Discord, Nicolas, the art director, regularly shares their creations! If you’d like to check out their work, here are their Instagram accounts:Emma : https://www.instagram.com/emmable.art/Fanette : https://www.instagram.com/fanette_terrasa/A look back at After the Wane's wishlistsSpeaking of After the Wane, we’re closing in on 7,000 wishlists! This is a record number for a game from our studio. We never would have thought it possible to reach such a number, it means that nearly 7,000 of you are looking forward to playing After the Wane, and we’re incredibly grateful for that. If you haven’t taken the time to add our game to your wishlist yet, please know that this is an extremely important form of support on Steam. If you have a few seconds, this is the best way to support us!Lots of festivals!We recently participated in the Storyteller’s Festival and Steam Next Fest in June 2026. These two events gave more than 100 influencers and streamers the chance to make videos about After the Wane, and we’re incredibly touched by the kind words we’ve received. We’ve selected a few clips and compiled them into this short video. Feel free to check it out! We’re already booked for a few upcoming events, so stay tuned—there might be some exclusive content coming your way… We’ve also added the Pirate Indie Games Show badge to the After the Wane page; it’s a festival we participated in back in June. Don’t you think it’s super cute? Personally, I love it!A look back at the After the Wane D...Read full article on Community Announcements (Chanel)Patch NotesOfficial
Major Demo Update #1 - New Scenes, Visual Polish & Audio Fixes
Hello everyone!We are absolutely thrilled to bring you the first major update for the After the Wane demo. Before diving into what's new, we want to say a massive THANK YOU to our amazing community. We’ve officially crossed 2,300 demo players and are closing in on 6,000 wishlists! Your incredible support means the world to us and keeps us moving forward.This update is a big milestone for the game. We’ve deeply enriched the beginning of the story to make the introduction much more cohesive and immersive. From brand-new narrative scenes and refined dialogues to updated music and visual polish, everything has been tweaked to elevate your experience right from the start. Whether you're playing for the first time or jumping back in, we hope you enjoy this deeper look into Lena's journey!Story & NarrationAdded several new scenes between the intro and Lena's arrival at the capital \ (if you were wondering who this "Aurélia" Andrée talked about to was, it will now make sense) \.Added a small new dialog \ between Lena and Arnaud during the audition at the Outpost (triggers only if you've already met Arnaud beforehand) \.Adjusted the dialog \ between Arnaud and Lena when you choose to "follow your intuition" and have a chance encounter with him in front of the Outpost \.The placement of dialogue and choice bubbles has been refined throughout.Art & UISeveral illustrations and character art have been updated.Lena's "thinking" bubble style was updated and refined.Music & Sound DesignSeveral music and sound design adjustments were made. Please note that music recordings are still temporarily based on VST instruments for now and will be upgraded to human musician performances in a future update of this demo.Fixed a mismatch between main menu and in-game audio volume (starting a new game should no longer give you a jump scare).Under the HoodYour demo save will now be automatically transferred to the main game (whenever we release it, of course).Optimizations were attempted for danc...Read full article on Community Announcements (Chanel)
