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We Were Here Forever

Total Mayhem Games · 2022-05-10

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jan 31, 2023 (Xbox One), Jan 31, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Jan 31, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Jan 31, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), May 10, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You both awaken imprisoned inside the sinister Castle Rock - were you betrayed, or simply not that clever? Find out in the greatest co-op puzzle adventure in the We Were Here Series! Do you and your partner have what it takes to face the dark forces of this realm or will you be trapped… forever?

We Were Here Forever is an Adventure, Casual, Indie game released in 2022, priced at $17.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive (90% of 18872 reviews) sentiment.

363
playing now
90%
positive of 19k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
73/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (33 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (13 downloads)
4.56★
PlayStation Store rating (969 ratings)
74/100
opencritic · fair · 52% recommend · from 27 critics
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$17.99
steam price (US)

363 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 19:00 UTC (census sample)

You and your fellow prisoner are trapped in the realm of Castle Rock - were you betrayed, or simply not that clever? To escape, you must explore the sinister castle for puzzles and plot your escape together. Secrets and riddles are hidden in the shadows. Just be aware that nothing is what it seems in this mysterious Antarctic adventure. Can you two escape together, or will you be trapped… forever? Locked up in the dungeons, deep in the bowels of Castle Rock, you and a fellow prisoner must seek a way out and return to stand again beneath the icy Antarctic skies - but escaping this nightmare wi(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

We Were Here Forever trailer thumbnail

We Were Here Forever | Official Release Trailer I OUT NOW

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 363 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,326 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~166/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 29,589 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 381k–856k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 19,030 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$7.19-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.91 at GameBillet (2026-03-20) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 59 of 103 observed days · $1.28 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.7k2.7k20222026Week of 2022-05-01: 2,673 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 384 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,015 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 516 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,151 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 344 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 318 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 318 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 33 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

767912026-09-16 05:00 — 139 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 377 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 551 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 226 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 214 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 431 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 156 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 115 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 478 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 162 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 110 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 292 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 154 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 247 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 767 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 233 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 181 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 517 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 423 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 199 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 301 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 420 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 91 players2026-10-15 19:00 — 363 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.8k148May 2022Aug 2026May 2022 — avg 2,820 · peak 8,369Jul 2022 — avg 482 · peak 1,107Sep 2022 — avg 284 · peak 713Nov 2022 — avg 242 · peak 585Jan 2023 — avg 289 · peak 767Mar 2023 — avg 219 · peak 544May 2023 — avg 274 · peak 826Jul 2023 — avg 281 · peak 706Sep 2023 — avg 400 · peak 1,596Nov 2023 — avg 264 · peak 739Jan 2024 — avg 346 · peak 1,003Mar 2024 — avg 287 · peak 753May 2024 — avg 242 · peak 624Jul 2024 — avg 393 · peak 991Sep 2024 — avg 328 · peak 924Nov 2024 — avg 384 · peak 1,067Jan 2025 — avg 487 · peak 1,253Mar 2025 — avg 282 · peak 1,035May 2025 — avg 221 · peak 705Jul 2025 — avg 301 · peak 839Sep 2025 — avg 195 · peak 709Nov 2025 — avg 148 · peak 347Jan 2026 — avg 321 · peak 833Mar 2026 — avg 363 · peak 1,136May 2026 — avg 219 · peak 694Jul 2026 — avg 317 · peak 893Aug 2026 — avg 300 · peak 847
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
12122026-09-242026-10-152026-09-24: 5 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 7 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 12 new positive2026-09-30: 2 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 5 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 8 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new negative2026-10-06: 7 new positive2026-10-07: 7 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new negative2026-10-08: 4 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 4 new positive2026-10-10: 3 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 7 new positive2026-10-11: 3 new negative2026-10-12: 2 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 8 new positive2026-10-15: 5 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$17.99$5.412022-05-102026-10-152022-05-10 — best price $16.192022-12-22 — best price $14.392023-03-23 — best price $17.992023-05-08 — best price $17.992023-08-03 — best price $12.592023-11-28 — best price $17.992024-02-09 — best price $9.892024-03-14 — best price $9.892024-04-25 — best price $17.992024-08-29 — best price $8.992024-11-04 — best price $8.992024-12-19 — best price $8.992025-02-10 — best price $8.992025-03-01 — best price $17.992025-04-09 — best price $17.992025-05-28 — best price $17.992025-08-23 — best price $8.992025-09-29 — best price $8.992025-12-02 — best price $13.492025-12-18 — best price $5.992026-01-05 — best price $17.992026-01-24 — best price $15.112026-03-11 — best price $17.992026-04-02 — best price $13.492026-04-17 — best price $6.832026-04-26 — best price $17.992026-05-01 — best price $17.992026-05-13 — best price $17.992026-05-20 — best price $17.812026-06-06 — best price $6.522026-06-12 — best price $7.922026-06-24 — best price $15.812026-07-02 — best price $17.492026-07-22 — best price $17.992026-07-31 — best price $13.492026-08-08 — best price $17.992026-08-25 — best price $5.922026-09-24 — best price $17.992026-10-15 — best price $7.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

97902026-10-02 15:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-02 21:34 — 57 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-04 01:34 — 90 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 53 viewers2026-10-04 13:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-04 19:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-06 14:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-06 20:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-07 02:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 79 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 41 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-10 04:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-10 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-10 23:34 — 56 viewers2026-10-11 21:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 15:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 65 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-14 07:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-15 20:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-16 02:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

39
achievements tracked
94%
earned "A Way Out of Here"
49.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsCustom Volume ControlsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support2 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2022-05-10 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)14,46313%39
PS5 (PlayStation)3,36340%39
PS4 (PlayStation)1,28544%39
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)96027%39

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

3DCo-opPuzzleFantasyMysteryAdventureDetectiveStory RichAtmosphericEscape Room

Census log

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

Recent updates

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