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We Went Back

Dead Thread Games · 2020-04-03

Steam

AdventureFree To PlayIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Feb 18, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

We Went Back is a time-looping horror game in which you wake up in an abandoned space station utterly alone. The exit door is locked and you must find a way to escape what lurks within. Find clues, experience dynamically changing environments and confront terror in order to find a way out.

We Went Back is a 2020 Adventure, Free To Play, and Indie game that is free-to-play, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (86% of 4777 reviews).

1
playing now
85%
positive of 4.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
59/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
1h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 0.8h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

You wake up in an abandoned space station with no memory or sense of time. Discover clues and decipher the horror within to find a way out before your past does it for you.(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

We Went Back trailer thumbnail

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Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 116 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,682 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 29,019 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.4k1.4k20202026Week of 2020-04-01: 1,443 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 239 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
862Apr 2020Aug 2025Apr 2020 — avg 86 · peak 252Jun 2020 — avg 16 · peak 40Aug 2020 — avg 7 · peak 18Oct 2020 — avg 7 · peak 29Dec 2020 — avg 5 · peak 16Feb 2021 — avg 5 · peak 14Apr 2021 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2021 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2021 — avg 5 · peak 14Oct 2021 — avg 5 · peak 22Dec 2021 — avg 4 · peak 13Feb 2022 — avg 4 · peak 12Apr 2022 — avg 5 · peak 27Jun 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Oct 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Feb 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Jun 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2024 — avg 2 · peak 11Jun 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2025 — avg 2 · peak 11
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Completion

11
achievements tracked
60.6%
earned "Wake Up, Sleepyhead"
24.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,04230%11

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

IndieShortSpaceHorrorPuzzleSci-fiMysteryThrillerAdventureAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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