We Happy Few overview

Overview

We Happy Few comes from Compulsion Games and is published by Gearbox Publishing, Xbox Game Studios. It arrived on Steam on Aug 10, 2018, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud, Remote Play on TV, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

We Happy Few's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 35 players at 12 September 2026 - 06:39:55 UTC, with a tracked peak near 3,498. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 77% positive across 13,748 reviews.

Language and system requirements

We Happy Few is available in 9 languages including:

7 regional rating boards including esrb, pegi, usk, nzoflc, and dejus

Sales, recommendations, and streams

We Happy Few has sold up to 308,000 units and has 11,204 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $9,700,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

We Happy Few overview details

We Happy Few combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

New DLC Available About the Game We Happy Few is the tale of a plucky bunch of moderately terrible people trying to escape from a lifetime of cheerful denial in the city of Wellington Wells. In this alternative 1960s England, conformity is key. You’ll have to fight or blend in with the drug-addled inhabitants, most of whom don’t take kindly to people who won’t abide by their not-so-normal rules. Discover the retrofuturistic city’s dark history as you play through the intertwined narratives of three quietly rebellious citizens of Wellington Wells, each with their own strengths and weaknesses, as they face their pasts, prepare for the future, and engage in activities that aren’t exactly status quo in the artificially enthused society. Retrofuturistic 1960s England Set in retrofuturistic 1960s England, you will find a city ravaged by war and rebuilt by delusionally happy people. Everything appears joyful in Wellington Wells, including its roads, its people, and its omnipresent television personality: Uncle Jack! But, it’s actually a world on the brink of collapse. Come unveil its dark history, and discover how and why its residents came to be so beguilingly happy. Three Interwoven Narratives Play as three flawed characters who explore their own connections to the events surrounding the rebuilding of Wellington Wells. They each have a unique storyline in which they interpret and react to the events around them in different ways. As you hide, conform, or fight back as each of them, you will encounter dark humour, a spot of hope, and even some redemption along the way. A Dys…

SteamPulse editorial summary

We Happy Few is listed as a game with $59.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud, Remote Play on TV, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action, Adventure, and Indie. SteamPulse's latest observation records 35 players at 12 September 2026 - 06:39:55 UTC, a tracked peak of 3,498, and 77% positive reviews.

Overview tags

AdventureOpen WorldActionSurvivalDystopianFirst-PersonIndiePsychological HorrorHorrorSingleplayerAtmosphericStealthExplorationDarkCrafting

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