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Because We're Here - Act I cover art

Because We're Here - Act I

Studio Elfriede · 2018-07-19

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 19, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 19, 2018 (Linux), Jul 19, 2018 (Mac)

Stagger through the First Lassallian War and find love amongst doomed youth. Because We're Here is an otome visual novel in an unforgiving WW1-inspired setting. Nothing to worry about - it'll all be over by Christmas.

Because We're Here - Act I is a 2018 Adventure, Indie game priced at $5.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (96% of 93 reviews).

0
playing now
96%
positive of 93 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$5.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 68% of 11,486 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.3k–5.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 93 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.29 at Steam (2019-09-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320182026Week of 2018-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$3.292018-07-192026-08-112018-07-19 — best price $5.092018-07-26 — best price $5.992019-09-19 — best price $3.292019-10-03 — best price $5.992020-06-25 — best price $4.192020-07-09 — best price $5.992020-12-22 — best price $4.192021-01-05 — best price $5.992022-06-23 — best price $4.192022-07-07 — best price $5.992025-11-21 — best price $3.592025-12-03 — best price $5.992026-05-04 — best price $3.592026-05-11 — best price $5.992026-08-03 — best price $3.592026-08-11 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
64.1%
earned "Never Such Innocence"
23.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing2 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

WarAnimeIndieOtomeRomanceEmotionalDating SimHistoricalStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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