When They Arrived overview

Overview

When They Arrived comes from Second Reality and is published by Second Reality. It arrived on Steam on Jan 7, 2019, and it sits naturally among Single-player and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

When They Arrived's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 26 September 2026 - 05:14:35 UTC, with a tracked peak near 1. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 35% positive across 130 reviews.

Language and system requirements

When They Arrived is available in 4 languages including:

regional rating details listed by Steam when available

Sales, recommendations, and streams

When They Arrived has sold up to 4,370 units and has recommendation data pending. The estimated VGI revenue is $17,272. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

When They Arrived overview details

When They Arrived combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

The protagonist went hunting in his grandfather's country house. There was an invasion of the aliens. Cities are destroyed. You need to use survival skills and ingenuity to survive and save the planet. Build, explode, explore the world, develop your skills, try all ways to stop the invasion of the aliens. "What would I do after the alien invasion?" It's a question you've probably asked yourself, and it's a question we want to help you answer! Key features: you are completely free in action and a huge world to research ; build, blow up and defend from enemies; mine ores, use it to create various useful objects ; hunt wild boars and deer, as they can become an excellent sources of food, but beware of bears and wolves ; construct various structures, including traps ; look for provisions, drive on an old ATV among a bunch of enemies; study the legend of the 'Witnesses of the second coming ', perhaps there you will find some answers; increase your combat skills and not only (for this there is a especial panel of cards); survive by fighting with an enemy unknown to you, try to have an influence on the invasion and much more; collect the parts and find the blueprints to create a "mini - mole hole"; repair the spacesuit, collect all the equipment you need, and go to Mars to destroy the bridgehead of the aliens. Mars in When They Arrived Mars location has not yet been added to the game, but the team is in progress of its deep development. In the further updates, we'll polish and add it. Now we are working on implementation of the most realistic conditions and the game…

SteamPulse editorial summary

When They Arrived is listed as a game with $3.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action, Adventure, Indie, and Simulation. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 26 September 2026 - 05:14:35 UTC, a tracked peak of 1, and 35% positive reviews.

Overview tags

ActionIndieAdventureSimulationViolent

Support and legal notes

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