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We Happy Few

We Happy Few

Released: 8/10/2018

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 don’t take kindly to people who don’t abide by their not-so-normal rules.

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 don’t take kindly to people who don’t abide by their not-so-normal rules.

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 don’t take kindly to people who don’t abide by their not-so-normal rules.

Critics
65
Steam
77
Metacritic
60

Score Breakdown

65.0

Critic Average

94 reviews

77

Steam User Score

13,685 reviews

60

Metacritic User Score

302 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
-11.8
Metacritic Disparity
+5.0
Combined Disparity
-3.4

Average of both sources

Review Timing

29 early (31%)59 launch window (63%)6 late (6%)

Review summary

Updated May 8, 2026

Based on 94 scored critic reviews, critics give this game an average score of 65.0/100. Critics score this game 11.8 points lower than Steam users and 5.0 points higher than Metacritic users.

How these comparisons are calculated
Sources behind this summary(5 recent of 94)+
  1. Jesse NorrisviaDayOne
    Feb 7, 2021·Late review
    75/100View review
    Steam 76.8/100 · -1.8 ptsMetacritic 60/100 · +15.0 pts
  2. Rectify Gaming StaffviaRectify Gaming
    Aug 19, 2019·Late review
    70/100View review
    Steam 76.8/100 · -6.8 ptsMetacritic 60/100 · +10.0 pts
  3. Łukasz AnkudoviaPixelophobia
    Aug 12, 2019·Late review
    83/100View review
    Steam 76.8/100 · +6.2 ptsMetacritic 60/100 · +23.0 pts
  4. Dan HastingsviaNerdburglars
    Aug 11, 2019·Late review
    80/100View review
    Steam 76.8/100 · +3.2 ptsMetacritic 60/100 · +20.0 pts
  5. Gabriel CarliviaThe Game is a Lie
    Feb 4, 2019·Late review
    30/100View review
    Steam 76.8/100 · -46.8 ptsMetacritic 60/100 · -30.0 pts