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We Happy Few

We Happy Few is the tale of a plucky bunch of moderately terrible people trying to escape from a lifetime of cheerful denial. Set in a drug-fuelled, retrofuturistic city in an alternative 1960s England, you'll…

63 10 August 2018

We Happy Few is an adventure developed by Compulsion Games, released 10 August 2018 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux and Mac. The main story takes about 42 hrs to finish.

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What We Happy Few is

We Happy Few is an adventure game developed by Compulsion Games and released in 2018. It was published by Gearbox Publishing. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

I’m Afraid We’ve Come to the End of Our Time We Happy Few is the tale of a plucky bunch of moderately terrible people trying to escape from a lifetime of cheerful denial. Set in a drug-fuelled, retrofuturistic city in an alternative 1960s England, you’ll have to blend in with its other inhabitants, who have their own set of not-so-normal rules. Currently announced for Xbox One, Windows, Mac and Linux, We Happy Few is currently on Microsoft Game Preview / Steam Early Access. The Mac and Linux version will arrive shortly after the final release of the game.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 70 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

We Happy Few holds a critic score of 63 out of 100. That places it above 22% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 6 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 62, across 103 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 42 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Triple-core Intel or AMD, 2.0 GHz or faster, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce 460 GTX or AMD Radeon 5870 HD series or higher Mobile: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M or higher.. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 6GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

We Happy Few launched on 10 August 2018, within three weeks of Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition, Dead Cells, Divinity: Original Sin II - Definitive Edition and The Messenger. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition, Dead Cells, Divinity: Original Sin II - Definitive Edition, The Messenger.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

We Happy Few — frequently asked questions

When did We Happy Few come out?
We Happy Few was released on 10 August 2018 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for We Happy Few?
At minimum, We Happy Few needs Triple-core Intel or AMD, 2.0 GHz or faster, 8 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 460 GTX or AMD Radeon 5870 HD series or higher Mobile: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M or higher. graphics, 6 GB available space of storage.
How long does it take to beat We Happy Few?
The main story of We Happy Few takes around 42 hrs.
How many GB is We Happy Few?
The PC version needs about 6 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("6 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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