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What Never Was
What Never Was is a short, story-driven first-person game focused on exploration and puzzle-solving about Sarah, having to shoulder the arduous task of clearing out her grandfathers attic, and soon finds that not everything about the attic is what it seems.
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.
“Very quick to solve the puzzles, but it had a very interesting story.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Cool cute little game! Shorter than I expected, but very enjoyable. I’m really interested in the story, I wish it went deeper into it so I’m excited for chapter 2!”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“This game has such a cute storyline and fairly easy puzzles. Although short it holds emotion and mystery... Definitely wish it was longer but I really enjoyed time played!!!”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-04 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.
What Never Was Chapter II Teaser Trailer
I'm happy to present the steam-page and teaser trailer for What Never Was: Chapter II! While development is moving forward, I am still working out the core of the game by myself and hence can not conf
What Never Was is awarded an Epic MegaGrant
I am extremely excited to announce that What Never Was has been awarded an Epic Games MegaGrant. The Epic MegaGrant is a fund that helps developers of games and other projects using the Unreal Engine,
Play What Never Was in Russian
Hi everyone! Many have asked about if I would ever localize What Never Was to various languages, and the truth is that I'd love to, but I din't know how to prepare for localization when making the gam
What Never Was - Now available for Linux
https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/34087844/3c7b6dd3a882960f9aeaaaa2b013f84872193668.jpg What Never Was can finally be played on machines with Linux!
What comes next?
https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/34087844/edd29667bd50a40aa4d9b15da510877b453e4141.jpg Hi everyone. It's been a full month since What Never Was released publicly. Fir
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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, Casual, Free To Play, Indie |
| Player tags | Free to Play · Adventure · Puzzle · Indie · Story Rich · Singleplayer · First-Person · Casual · Mystery · Exploration · Female Protagonist · Point & Click (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 6 |
| Official site | http://www.whatneverwas.se |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 64-bit (requires 64 bit OS) Processor: Dual Core Processor, 2.5 GHz or higher Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: DX11 compatible video card DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 700 MB available space