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Games like When We Arrive

If When We Arrive is your kind of game, the closest matches are FORJ, Nomën Ipsa and Whisperborn: Child of the Forest — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About When We Arrive: A co-op journey through a fantasy world where everything goes wrong together. No combat, just bad decisions, stolen rations, goblin kidnappings, and the desperate hope that your friends will come rescue you.

2026IndieAdventureRPGEarly Access8.99 USDWindowsby Two Pixels UG
When We Arrive — Steam game cover

Players who liked When We Arrive also play

Steam players who put hours into When We Arrive also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. FORJ

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for When We Arrive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with When We Arrive.

    Fight through cursed arenas, extract with the loot, and reforge it into power. A co-op action roguelite where hand-built golems mine, craft and run your shop while you battle, and every weapon can be enhanced, imbued, socketed and rerolled at your forge.

    ActionAdventureRPGSteam ↗
  2. Nomën Ipsa

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for When We Arrive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with When We Arrive.

    Hardcore, retro-styled RPG focused on boss fights with interesting mechanics. Demanding. At times grind-y. There are leaderboards to climb! You can team up with your friends (so they can call you useless when you inevitably miss a mechanic), or go solo. Your call, play however you want.

    2026IndieAdventureRPGFreeSteam ↗
  3. Whisperborn: Child of the Forest

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for When We Arrive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with When We Arrive.

    Whipserborn is a dark 2D roguelike set in a living forest shaped by sorrow. Explore procedurally generated levels, craft powerful spell combos, upgrade a mysterious hub, and uncover your forgotten soul’s truth—alone or in seamless co-op.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Paper Nomad

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for When We Arrive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with When We Arrive.

    Your token, character sheets, and maps are endlessly customizable so you can adapt games to fit your quests, or create your own rules from scratch. Spark adventure, foster creativity, forge friendships, and unite tabletop communities across the globe with games that are easy to play.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. 플라워던전

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for When We Arrive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with When We Arrive.

    Choose a beautiful hero and grow stronger as you battle through unpredictable dungeons in this pixel art roguelite adventure RPG! Begin your journey into a dungeon filled with hundreds of events, enemies, and hidden secrets...!

    2025IndieAdventureRPG7.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Gniewomir

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for When We Arrive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with When We Arrive.

    Open-world RPG with deck-building elements allowing you to combat weird enemies in a weird world where you play as weird characters. Go punch a dog for being ugly, or a stork for being horny. You can even punch a dinosaur!

    2027StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. Warlocks Nexus

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for When We Arrive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with When We Arrive.

    In Warlocks Nexus, your medieval realm faces an existential threat: an invasion from beyond. This isn't just about survival; it's about adaptation. Explore a fully destructible, voxel world, scavenge for resources, and craft your way through incursions.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  8. Shadows of Beginnings

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for When We Arrive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with When We Arrive.

    A dark fantasy action RPG. Arrive as an Outsider. Earn your place, rebuild a town from ash, master your class, and face the creatures threatening to consume what little remains. Your legend starts from nothing.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below When We Arrive at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under When We Arrive on Steam right now. Shares Indie with When We Arrive.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under When We Arrive on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with When We Arrive.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under When We Arrive on Steam right now. Shares Indie with When We Arrive.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under When We Arrive on Steam right now. Shares Indie with When We Arrive.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~89% under When We Arrive on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with When We Arrive.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under When We Arrive on Steam right now. Shares Indie with When We Arrive.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under When We Arrive on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with When We Arrive.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under When We Arrive on Steam right now. Shares Indie with When We Arrive.

    Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with When We Arrive.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with When We Arrive.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with When We Arrive.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with When We Arrive.

    Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with When We Arrive.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with When We Arrive.

    Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.

    2021IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with When We Arrive.

    Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about When We Arrive

How much does When We Arrive cost?
When We Arrive is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does When We Arrive have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — When We Arrive supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to When We Arrive?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside When We Arrive are FORJ, Nomën Ipsa, Whisperborn: Child of the Forest.
Who developed When We Arrive?
When We Arrive was developed by Two Pixels UG.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on When We Arrive.

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