We Were Here Together
Give it 4 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (51%); after 7h it's 1 in 9 (12%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised more than in 79% of games we track.
- At least 19% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Abridged Adventure” (Discovered a way across the ravine) and “Chromatic Apparatus” (Refilled the colored tanks): from 86% to 68% of starters.
- 87% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 17,981 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 7.3h for positive, 4.8h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (87% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Signal Set out on a rescue mission 100%
- Up Down Up Down Reached the top of the excavation site 93% −7
- Iceolated Discovered a way through the abandoned mine 89% −5
- Abridged Adventure Discovered a way across the ravine 86% −3
- Chromatic Apparatus Refilled the colored tanks Most players quit here 68% −18
- Together Sacrifice a part of yourself.. ≥19% −48
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (22)
story milestone ending side
- The Signal Set out on a rescue mission 100%
- Up Down Up Down Reached the top of the excavation site 93%
- Iceolated Discovered a way through the abandoned mine 89%
- Abridged Adventure Discovered a way across the ravine 86%
- We're in this Together! Invite a friend to play We Were Here Together 70%
- Chromatic Apparatus Refilled the colored tanks 68%
- The Tower Split up and infiltrated the Tower 46%
- The Cathedral Split up and infiltrated the Cathedral 46%
- Energize Disable the tesla reactor 44%
- Shock Therapy Assisted in disabling the tesla reactor 44%
- Buoyfriends Get rescued from the watersilo 36%
- Water you waiting for Rescue your partner from the watersilo 36%
- Growing Pains Exterminate the carnivorous weeds 35%
- Recipe for Disasters Created the pesticide 35%
- Reflection Solve the puzzles of the Head Priest 34%
- Minor Illusion Solve the puzzles of the High Alchemist 34%
- Equivalent Exchange Create the Soulstone through the power of alchemy 32%
- Mixed Feelings Assist in creating the Soulstone 31%
- Grand Orders Solve the Guardians' riddle 30%
- Cardinal Correction Solve the Guardians' riddle 30%
- Together Sacrifice a part of yourself.. 19%
- We Were Here End a part of yourself.. 17%