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We Went Back
We Went Back is a time-looping horror game in which you wake up in an abandoned space station utterly alone. The exit door is locked and you must find a way to escape what lurks within. Find clues, experience dynamically changing environments and confront terror in order to find a way out.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
39 of the 68 reviews raise this.
“Really enjoyed this one. The atmosphere on the space station is great, and the way the environment slowly changes keeps you constantly on edge. It’s a short experience, but the pacing works well and it manages to stay…”
16 of the 68 reviews raise this.
“Really enjoyed this one. The atmosphere on the space station is great, and the way the environment slowly changes keeps you constantly on edge. It’s a short experience, but the pacing works well and it manages to stay…”
“Very nice experience, I loved the atmosphere and the idea was really well done, I look forward for another games from the studio.”
“I enjoyed this more than I expected for a free game. It is a short experience, but it stays engaging by encouraging you to pay close attention to your surroundings. Each loop through the space station introduces subtle…”
16 of the 68 reviews raise this.
“Really enjoyed this one. The atmosphere on the space station is great, and the way the environment slowly changes keeps you constantly on edge. It’s a short experience, but the pacing works well and it manages to stay…”
“What can i say, nice little bitesize horror experience.”
“Yes it is that awesome. Short but very intense, making a very smart use of the scenery while you loop around searching for clues. I can't say much more than this, it's best to jump in without knowing much about the…”
11 of the 68 reviews raise this.
“Yes it is that awesome. Short but very intense, making a very smart use of the scenery while you loop around searching for clues. I can't say much more than this, it's best to jump in without knowing much about the…”
“This game is so good, I LOVED how the ending played out.”
“Completed the game with 8/11 achievements. A super cool and trippy realistic horror game placing you in a bloody colorful spaceship in search of symbols with your camera, escape a big ugly naked humanoid thing and smoke…”
9 of the 68 reviews raise this.
“I enjoyed this more than I expected for a free game. It is a short experience, but it stays engaging by encouraging you to pay close attention to your surroundings. Each loop through the space station introduces subtle…”
“Cool game to explore for less than an hour. There were creepy moments. Good graphic and easy puzzles. It could be longer, but still not bad for a free game.”
“Great value for being free. Would gladly pay for more from this developer.”
10 of the 68 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“♥♥♥♥ game it was so mid and boring, ending was ♥♥♥♥ never plaing this ♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game every again”
5 of the 68 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Cool game to explore for less than an hour. There were creepy moments. Good graphic and easy puzzles. It could be longer, but still not bad for a free game.”
4 of the 68 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Fun little horror game, Pretty quick although a tad confusing for the puzzle, It's really cute thou and easy achievements.”
“A fantastic game! I did encounter a bug or two and got a bit stuck due to one symbol being a bit hard to find, but overall We Went Back is a wonderful interactive experience. The jump-scares didn't feel forced or goofy,…”
3 of the 68 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“A fantastic game! I did encounter a bug or two and got a bit stuck due to one symbol being a bit hard to find, but overall We Went Back is a wonderful interactive experience. The jump-scares didn't feel forced or goofy,…”
3 of the 68 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“♥♥♥♥ game it was so mid and boring, ending was ♥♥♥♥ never plaing this ♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game every again”
“boring, predictable”
Counted across 68 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 85.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“its fun but the ONLY bad part of this masterpeice is how short it is”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“[h1] Looping nightmare in space, can you get out? [/h1]”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“I really liked it. It was short and to the point. I also enjoy the psychological horror feel of it. :)”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2025-08 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 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Narrative Content Update Now Live! - 1.10
Hello everyone! Thanks so much for your continued support and feedback! A quick reminder that our Discord is now live: https://discord.gg/EUHX9SD It's booming! This patch adds some content to aid in t
Y-Axis Inversion Patch Now Live! - 1.07
Hello everybody! Thanks for all your support and feedback! A quick reminder that our Discord is now live: https://discord.gg/EUHX9SD This patch introduces Y-Axis Inversion, once you get into the game
Performance Patch Now Live! - 1.06
Hello all! Thanks once again for all the support! A quick reminder that our Discord is now live: https://discord.gg/EUHX9SD This patch has a handful of performance enhancements mostly related to the l
Discord is Live!!
Hello, everyone! Thank you so much for your support, questions, feedback, and theories. In addition to the Discussion Boards we wanted to give another place for fans and supporters to mingle and muste
Minor patch has just gone live! - 1.05
Hello again! Thank you all once again for the support! This is another smaller patch, the following changes have occured: 1. More sound tweaks, and a few additions to help guide players at times. 2. T
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Adventure, Free To Play, Indie |
| Player tags | Free to Play · Horror · Adventure · Indie · Singleplayer · First-Person · Space · Puzzle · Psychological Horror · Atmospheric · Thriller · Sci-fi (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 11 |
| Official site | https://www.deadthreadgames.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7+ Processor: Quad-core Intel / AMD processor Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960+ Storage: 8 GB available space