When They Arrived
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About When They Arrived
When They Arrived is a survival game set after an alien invasion. While hunting at his grandfather’s country house, the protagonist faces an attack that has destroyed cities. You use survival skills and ingenuity to stay alive, develop your abilities and try to stop the invasion.
Survive and explore
You can explore a huge world and act freely. Mine ores to make useful objects, search for provisions and hunt wild boars and deer for food, while avoiding bears and wolves. You can also ride an old ATV through groups of enemies.
Build and defend structures, including traps, and use explosives against enemies. A card panel lets you improve combat skills and other abilities. You also investigate the legend of the Witnesses of the second coming, which may provide answers about the invasion.
Stop the invasion
You collect parts and find blueprints to create a mini-mole hole. The game also describes a later objective involving Mars: repair a spacesuit, gather the equipment you need and travel there to destroy the aliens’ bridgehead. The Mars location has not yet been added.
Frequently asked questions
The best price for When They Arrived is $3.99 at Steam. 2 shops have an offer that activates in your country.
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Every key we list activates on Steam. Redeem the key there and When They Arrived stays in your library for good.
Yes, with a small risk. Publishers create keys to sell in other shops, which is why a key can cost less than in the official store, and once you activate it the game is yours to keep, just like a store purchase. On average 1–2% of keys fail, so check the shop's buyer protection before you buy: the official store does not refund keys bought elsewhere.
The minimum requirements for When They Arrived are: Windows XP, GeForce 9800 GT, 4 GB RAM, 5 GB storage. It runs on Windows only. The recommended specs are in the System requirements section.
No. When They Arrived is a single-player game.
Yes. When They Arrived is the full base game. You need nothing else to play it.
Steam lets publishers create keys to sell in other shops. Once you activate a key, the game is yours to keep, just like a store purchase.
Disclaimer: CD keys have an inherent 1–2% average failure rate. Check the shop terms for buyer protection info. Steam offers no buyer protection for keys bought in other shops and doesn't refund them.













