We Were Here Before

The frontier does not want to be settled. A narrative highly replayable story game where your choices build a settlement, shape its story, and seal its fate. Every run ends. Every obituary tells a story only…

28 July 2026

Indie Simulator Strategy Visual Novel Horror

We Were Here Before is an indie, released 28 July 2026 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified 10 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam

What We Were Here Before is

We Were Here Before was released in 2026. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The frontier does not want to be settled. A narrative highly replayable story game where your choices build a settlement, shape its story, and seal its fate. Every run ends. Every obituary tells a story only you lived.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

Its themes are horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

We Were Here Before launched on 28 July 2026, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, Beast of Reincarnation, Halo: Campaign Evolved and Big Walk.

Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, Beast of Reincarnation, Halo: Campaign Evolved, Big Walk.