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The Thing That Happened
Thing That Happened is an Openworld Third Person - Action Adventure Survial game. You can use multiple weapons, attachments, close combat skills tree's and crafting to break through your enemies.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“This game is personally great for me, it checks all my general needs. Is it best or amazing? No. But temper expectation for a solid zombie game, there’s cool monsters. They are weird and eerie. Looting is fun. Crafting enables tons of ammo to handle to quick spawning of mobs.…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“Really Fun Game but Kinda short. I hope they add to it soon.”
— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs played“its a rough game dude. the preview shows on the store page looks so much better than in game. The atmosphere is okay and eerie but the zombies just look goofy - not to mention when you kill something in the game the body does not stay it just evaporates in a red wave. I wouldn't…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2026-08 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
The Thing That Happened - v1.03 Patch Notes
Updated the visual appearance of all the 4 maps in several areas. Added new additional English and Hungarian voice acting. Fixed several collision issues across the game. Starting a new game no longer
The Thing That Happened – v1.02 Patch Notes
Fixed key binding management. Improved and fixed flashlight behavior. Flashlight dynamic shadows can now be enabled or disabled. (Settings → Video → Flashlight Dynamic Shadows) Vendors now buy back it
📢 Post 1.0 Roadmap
Hello Survivors! First of all, thank you so much for your incredible support since the release of The Thing That Happened. We are only a 3-person development team, and your feedback means everything t
ASUS ROG X The Thing That Happened Collab
ROG × The Thing That Happened We are excited to announce our collaboration with the ASUS ROG team! The Thing That Happened is now part of the ROG community experience, offering exclusive opportunities
The Thing That Happened – v1.01 Patch Notes
Fixed an issue where some ambient background sounds could occasionally stop playing. Adjusted lighting in certain areas of the Prologue maps. Removed some weapon attachments from the player's weapon i
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Early Access · Action · Adventure · Casual · Action RPG · Action-Adventure · Shooter · Exploration · Looter Shooter · Third-Person Shooter · 3D · Cinematic (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , German, Spanish - Spain, Hungarian * , French, Portuguese - Portugal * |
| Achievements | 13 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 - 64Bit Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-9600 Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: @1080p NVIDIA GEFORCE® RTX 3060 or equivalent DirectX: Version 12 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 20 GB available space Sound Card: Yes VR Support: No Additional Notes: SSD Drive