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Them and Us

TendoGames Co., Ltd. · 2021-09-28

SteamEpic Games Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 28, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Them and Us is a classic, survival horror game with a focus on atmosphere and player immersion. Discover the truth of Alicia’s past as she descends further into her strange, unending nightmare.

Them and Us is a 2021 Action, Adventure, and Indie game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 1662 reviews).

7
playing now
75%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
9
Nexus mods (3.8k downloads)
8h
to beat · rushed 6h · completionist 12h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

The year is 1978. A lone bus, a terrible crash, out upon the old and winding dirt roads which skirt a vast American wilderness. A survivor. A young woman, her mind scarred by a life of tragedy, her name is Alicia. She is alone. She is injured. Around her, quietly, slowly, a surreal and deadly nightmare unfolds. Fighting for her life, Alicia finds herself in the midst of events she does not understand- a "change" taking a grip on the world around her. It’s nature, it’s cause? unknown. As night descends, she pushes further into the unknown - Will she survive? Will you?(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 85 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 33k–75k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,662 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.99 at Epic Game Store (2026-05-14) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 26 of 52 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
898920182026Week of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1212026-09-15 00:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 10 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 9 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 12 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 8 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 10 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 8 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 7 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 7 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
420Sep 2018Aug 2026Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Dec 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1May 2019 — avg 2 · peak 12Aug 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Feb 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Aug 2020 — avg 4 · peak 16Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 10Feb 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6May 2021 — avg 4 · peak 14Aug 2021 — avg 5 · peak 19Nov 2021 — avg 16 · peak 42Feb 2022 — avg 9 · peak 31May 2022 — avg 5 · peak 15Aug 2022 — avg 8 · peak 23Nov 2022 — avg 10 · peak 31Feb 2023 — avg 10 · peak 28May 2023 — avg 11 · peak 54Aug 2023 — avg 7 · peak 19Nov 2023 — avg 10 · peak 29Feb 2024 — avg 11 · peak 30May 2024 — avg 6 · peak 17Aug 2024 — avg 9 · peak 24Nov 2024 — avg 8 · peak 22Feb 2025 — avg 7 · peak 19May 2025 — avg 6 · peak 21Aug 2025 — avg 10 · peak 33Nov 2025 — avg 7 · peak 23Feb 2026 — avg 8 · peak 22May 2026 — avg 7 · peak 20Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 28
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$5.992018-09-082026-08-192018-09-08 — best price $14.392019-11-01 — best price $19.992020-11-02 — best price $29.992021-12-22 — best price $29.992022-10-25 — best price $19.992022-12-22 — best price $25.992023-02-25 — best price $39.992023-04-22 — best price $39.992023-06-23 — best price $19.992023-07-26 — best price $19.992023-09-25 — best price $39.992023-10-31 — best price $15.992023-11-28 — best price $39.992024-01-10 — best price $39.992024-02-28 — best price $39.992024-04-18 — best price $15.882024-06-17 — best price $39.992024-07-31 — best price $13.992024-10-04 — best price $15.992024-11-27 — best price $13.992025-01-20 — best price $11.992025-03-20 — best price $39.992025-05-15 — best price $39.992025-07-12 — best price $39.992025-09-17 — best price $39.992025-10-15 — best price $39.992025-12-06 — best price $39.992026-01-20 — best price $9.622026-02-24 — best price $9.622026-04-13 — best price $39.992026-06-11 — best price $39.992026-07-30 — best price $39.992026-08-19 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
73.8%
earned "Alone with Them"
12.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support5 DLC

12 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean, Italian, Romanian, Russian, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2021-03-19, latest 2025-03-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,3222%40

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

ActionHorrorShooterZombiesOld SchoolStory RichAtmosphericFirst-PersonHero ShooterSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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