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We Were Here cover art

We Were Here

Total Mayhem Games · 2017-02-03

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Feb 09, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Feb 03, 2017 (SteamVR), Feb 03, 2017 (Mac), Sep 16, 2019 (Xbox One), Feb 03, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 18, 2025 (Nintendo Switch)

Lost in a frozen wasteland and split up from your partner inside an abandoned castle, the only possession you have left is a walkie-talkie with a familiar voice on the other end. Can the two of you find your way out in time?

We Were Here is an Action, Adventure, Indie, Free To Play game released in 2017, free-to-play, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 33196 reviews).

126
playing now
89%
positive of 33k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
12,628
twitch viewers (latest)
6314.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
67/100
IGDB user rating (153 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (308 downloads)
4.02★
PlayStation Store rating (4,464 ratings)
1.7h
to beat · completionist 2h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

126 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

We Were Here trailer thumbnail

We Were Here Series - Announcement Trailer | PS5, PS4

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 126 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,218 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~277/week).
  • · Review velocity up 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 28,023 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$1.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 1 of 9 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
56556520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 445 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 524 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 293 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 390 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 300 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 403 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 363 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 352 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 318 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 565 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 375 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 346 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 319 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 409 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 495 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 152 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 544 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 390 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 405 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 369 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 67 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

446762026-09-16 04:00 — 106 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 179 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 350 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 212 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 146 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 313 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 172 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 109 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 345 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 226 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 118 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 284 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 141 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 167 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 404 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 203 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 76 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 166 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 446 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 206 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 175 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 315 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 126 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4600Jan 2017Aug 2026Jan 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2017 — avg 102 · peak 474Jul 2017 — avg 63 · peak 224Oct 2017 — avg 45 · peak 161Jan 2018 — avg 151 · peak 475Apr 2018 — avg 79 · peak 224Jul 2018 — avg 76 · peak 199Oct 2018 — avg 69 · peak 218Jan 2019 — avg 71 · peak 209Apr 2019 — avg 52 · peak 232Jul 2019 — avg 52 · peak 120Oct 2019 — avg 125 · peak 454Jan 2020 — avg 90 · peak 227Apr 2020 — avg 214 · peak 618Jul 2020 — avg 107 · peak 290Oct 2020 — avg 140 · peak 446Jan 2021 — avg 165 · peak 427Apr 2021 — avg 171 · peak 504Jul 2021 — avg 140 · peak 309Oct 2021 — avg 103 · peak 316Jan 2022 — avg 158 · peak 471Apr 2022 — avg 133 · peak 563Jul 2022 — avg 149 · peak 320Oct 2022 — avg 135 · peak 369Jan 2023 — avg 198 · peak 1,003Apr 2023 — avg 241 · peak 815Jul 2023 — avg 180 · peak 380Oct 2023 — avg 460 · peak 1,397Jan 2024 — avg 235 · peak 660Apr 2024 — avg 202 · peak 521Jul 2024 — avg 180 · peak 401Oct 2024 — avg 175 · peak 526Jan 2025 — avg 207 · peak 538Apr 2025 — avg 137 · peak 410Jul 2025 — avg 182 · peak 383Oct 2025 — avg 178 · peak 433Jan 2026 — avg 253 · peak 572Apr 2026 — avg 206 · peak 523Jul 2026 — avg 238 · peak 473Aug 2026 — avg 262 · peak 566
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
21212026-09-262026-10-132026-09-26: 10 new positive2026-09-26: 6 new negative2026-09-30: 20 new positive2026-09-30: 4 new negative2026-10-02: 3 new positive2026-10-03: 9 new positive2026-10-03: 3 new negative2026-10-05: 9 new positive2026-10-09: 21 new positive2026-10-09: 4 new negative2026-10-11: 18 new positive2026-10-11: 3 new negative2026-10-13: 14 new positive2026-10-13: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$1.99$0.002017-02-042026-10-152017-02-04 — best price $0.002025-12-04 — best price $0.002026-08-27 — best price $1.992026-09-03 — best price $1.992026-09-10 — best price $1.992026-09-17 — best price $1.992026-09-24 — best price $1.992026-10-01 — best price $1.992026-10-08 — best price $1.992026-10-15 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

1.6k02026-10-02 15:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-02 17:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-04 00:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-04 02:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-04 04:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-04 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 14:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-08 12:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-10 00:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-10 02:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-10 04:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-10 08:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-10 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-11 21:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-11 23:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-12 01:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-12 05:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 20:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-13 22:34 — 1,448 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-14 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
62.1%
earned "Myth Busters"
37.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsCustom Volume ControlsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support1 DLC

21 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Japanese, Korean…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-10-02 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)68,55414%26
PS4 (PlayStation)28,52941%26
Xbox One (Xbox)9,24930%26
PS5 (PlayStation)1,24664%26
Switch (Nintendo)160%0

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

Co-opHorrorPuzzleMysteryAdventureAtmosphericEscape RoomExplorationMultiplayerFirst-Person

Census log

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

Recent updates

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