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We Happy Few
From the independent studio that brought you Contrast, We Happy Few is an action/adventure game set in a drug-fuelled, retrofuturistic city in an alternative 1960s England. Hide, fight and conform your way out of this delusional, Joy-obsessed world.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
47 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I really enjoyed this game, the story and the soundtrack especially carry it for me. The gameplay isn't that bad either however there are quite a few bugs (like NPC's sitting backwards lmao). The combat system is nice…”
“Takes a while to learn the mechanics, but the story payoff is worth the effort. I enjoyed the colors most, most games are very dreary, this one feels alive. very worth playing till the end.”
“What I love about this game: The story. You understand enough of what's happening early on, but to get the full depth of it, you must play until the end. The different perspectives on the same events were so well done.…”
33 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I really enjoyed this game, the story and the soundtrack especially carry it for me. The gameplay isn't that bad either however there are quite a few bugs (like NPC's sitting backwards lmao). The combat system is nice…”
“The more I play this game the more I actually enjoy it. It gets a lot of (deserved) hate but it's a great game. It's not as good as it was hyped to be, sure, but I'm still replaying now and then up to this day. It's…”
“This game is fun. The story and the form of it is so interesting, and I like it. I just wish the game was more... Finished. But overall, I would rate it a solid 8,5/10. Still recommend it. Especially with the DLCs”
13 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Takes a while to learn the mechanics, but the story payoff is worth the effort. I enjoyed the colors most, most games are very dreary, this one feels alive. very worth playing till the end.”
“What I love about this game: The story. You understand enough of what's happening early on, but to get the full depth of it, you must play until the end. The different perspectives on the same events were so well done.…”
“the game has a great art style, atmosphere and plot. However there are a number of glitches and glitched quests. You seem to to need to do certain quests in a certain order and the game doesn't tell you this at all.…”
9 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I really enjoyed this game, the story and the soundtrack especially carry it for me. The gameplay isn't that bad either however there are quite a few bugs (like NPC's sitting backwards lmao). The combat system is nice…”
“What I love about this game: The story. You understand enough of what's happening early on, but to get the full depth of it, you must play until the end. The different perspectives on the same events were so well done.…”
“Absolute blast to play. Very charming, owing a great deal to Neil Nebwon's performance. I'm at what I presume is the final boss battle and had to take a break as my fingers got tired from mashing buttyons but it…”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Basically my childhood in a sense. Freaking love this game!! I've completed 2 of the dlcs and both the sally and arthur playthroughs so far. Obviously not on this account, but still. I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS GAME AND I…”
“The more I play this game the more I actually enjoy it. It gets a lot of (deserved) hate but it's a great game. It's not as good as it was hyped to be, sure, but I'm still replaying now and then up to this day. It's…”
“My absolute favorite game. It has a little bit of everything, Combat, Stealth, Crafting, Survival, Main and side quests, an intriguing story, And the DLC's are so much fun. I highly recommend this game!! WHF is one of…”
42 of the 104 reviews raise this · 16 of them still recommend the game.
“I really enjoyed this game, the story and the soundtrack especially carry it for me. The gameplay isn't that bad either however there are quite a few bugs (like NPC's sitting backwards lmao). The combat system is nice…”
16 of the 104 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“I really enjoyed this game, the story and the soundtrack especially carry it for me. The gameplay isn't that bad either however there are quite a few bugs (like NPC's sitting backwards lmao). The combat system is nice…”
“This game is quite buggy, but it's a really cool game despite that. Not worth full price, but on discount it is”
“The more I play this game the more I actually enjoy it. It gets a lot of (deserved) hate but it's a great game. It's not as good as it was hyped to be, sure, but I'm still replaying now and then up to this day. It's…”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“This game is quite buggy, but it's a really cool game despite that. Not worth full price, but on discount it is”
“Would have loved to continue but I got genuinely disinterested, and bored just in the beginning of the second character "Sally's" run. I was looking forward to the more aggressive character, but not playing through…”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Would have loved to continue but I got genuinely disinterested, and bored just in the beginning of the second character "Sally's" run. I was looking forward to the more aggressive character, but not playing through…”
“The story of this game is rich and engaging. it was really a great experience. But now, odly I absolutely hate red boiler hat.”
“I can't be bothered to finish this game, to finish even the first story in it. And I'm a [b]COMPLETIONIST![/b] I often get a 100% in games I don't even like! So I think that says a lot. It's just boring. The first…”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“After playing 115 hours, I can say the game and the Dlc were enjoyable. It is a good game with somewhat depressingly bittersweet stories of trauma and redemption. The main story was long and fun, the dlcs were even more…”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 76.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“The main game has some bad parts, because they wanted to create a survival / crafting game with procedural world generation. If the main game was shorter and had a "hand designed world" instead of procedural generation, it would probably be a lot better, the survival and…”
— a player, Steam review · 122 hrs played“This game is a buggy mess at the best of times and that's alright because beneath all the janky ♥♥♥♥ lays a depressing and interesting set of stories between three very flawed characters, I recommend this game for the story and art design along with the music, not for the…”
— a player, Steam review · 23 hrs played“The Premise for this game is amazing, but the gameplay doesn't deliver upon that, the game feels unfinished, the game mechanics and interactions lack animation lowering the emersion, at times i would get a laugh or two but about 8 hours into this 40+ hour game, it started to…”
— a player, Steam review · 38 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:58 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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We All Fall Down, available now!
Hi all, Here we are, the last DLC for We Happy Few, We All Fall Down. We are really excited to bring you all this final chapter. Victoria Byng has been a part of the We Happy Few journey ever since sh
We All Fall Down - Launch Trailer
Hi all, We are glad to present the trailer for the final DLC of We Happy Few, We All Fall Down, coming November 19th. You’ve taken your Joy, but now it’s time to tear it all down in this final piece o
Update 1.9 dropping on Monday, November 11.
Hi all, On Monday, November 11th at 11am ET, update 1.9 of We Happy Few will drop on all platforms along with a little something else! We Happy Few 1.9 Release Notes Patch Summary This patch addresses
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Adventure · Open World · Action · Survival · Dystopian · First-Person · Indie · Psychological Horror · Horror · Singleplayer · Atmospheric · Stealth (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 70 |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://wehappyfewgame.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: 64 bit, Windows 7 and above Processor: Triple-core Intel or AMD, 2.0 GHz or faster Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 460 GTX or AMD Radeon 5870 HD series or higher Mobile: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M or higher. DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 6 GB available space