Game

Until Then

2024

Insufficient evidence

We did not find enough credible, independent evidence to publish a numeric cash-grab score. Unrated is more honest than a guess.

What counts as a cash grab?

Commercial extraction prioritized over meaningful consumer or creative value. Profit, popularity, adaptations, sequels, remakes, high budgets, and normal marketing do not count by themselves.

Why?

Until Then launched on June 25, 2024 on PC, Linux and PS5 from developer Polychroma Games and publisher Maximum Entertainment, and received strong critical and user praise for its pixel art, soundtrack, writing, and minigames. The publisher later released a paid narrative DLC, Until Then: Afterimages, on June 18, 2026 priced at $4.99 on Steam and offered in a Deluxe Edition bundle. I found no credible reporting of predatory microtransactions, mandatory paid gating of core story content, or rushed deceptive release practices, reviews treat the DLC as optional narrative expansion.

No credible evidence of predatory microtransactions or other ongoing in-game monetization, storefront pages show only a paid DLC and standard purchases.
Paid DLC Afterimages is sold as optional narrative content, Steam lists it at $4.99 and it is included in a discounted Deluxe bundle.
Independent reviews and the PlayStation blog praise bespoke pixel art, music, and minigames, indicating substantive craft and consumer value.

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Score factors

Direction	Factor	Evidence	Impact
Against	Substantial craft and bespoke content	Multiple independent reviews and the PlayStation blog highlight hand-crafted pixel art, bespoke animations, an original soundtrack, and varied minigames as demonstrable production effort.[1][2][3]	-17
Against	Indie development credits and team details	Polychroma Games is credited as developer with specific music and art credits listed in public credits pages, consistent with an indie studio producing original assets.[7][8]	-12
Against	DLC adds two chapters and received mixed-to-positive critica	Press and reviews describe Afterimages as two new chapters that expand the narrative, critics note it provides meaningful story additions though a few reviews describe the gameplay additions as limited.[4][5][6]	-13

Confidence: Low · No source-backed commercial-extraction signal was found. · Researched 2026-07-27

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