We Were Here Expeditions: The FriendShip
Worth it · Multiplayer · 2023
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $3.99.
- Cost per hour
- $2.00/hr
- ReviewsA
- 90% of 24,356
- Critics
- 82 players 8 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 3% Multiplayer
Why
Recent reviews trending down: 82% over the last 30 days against 90% all-time.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Typical playtime
- 2h
- To 100%
- 3.1h 1.6x the story
- Achievements
- 12
Price and sales
- Sales
- 21 on record
- Typical cut
- 50% off
- Steam low
- $0.99 October 2026
- Sale every
- 49d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 92 now
- Recent reviews
- 82% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 80% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 95% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
81% start to 14% rarestA game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 21 discounts in the 3 years tracked, the median cut is 50 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 3 weeks ago.
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 3 percent. It is cheaper than 80 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 95 percent. It outscores the games it most resembles, including We Were Here Forever ($17.99, scores 76) and We Were Here Together ($12.99, scores 58).
More about We Were Here Expeditions: The FriendShip
Critics scored it 82. Players sit 8 points higher at 90 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
Players rate it 90 percent positive over its lifetime, but the last 30 days run 82 percent. Something recent has soured the room. Of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 15 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written August 2024 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 59 percent of the 804 reviews written there were positive, against 90 percent overall, and those are 20 percent of everything written about it.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 2 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 3 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 19 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
3 puzzles total, all reasonably fun. My friend and I disconnected frequently so it gave us "Worst Mateys" rating at the end :(. It was still worth it at about $1.
2 more reviews
The game is fun so the review will be positive, but I'm not sure you should buy it. Maybe worth it on sale only. The game is really short (only 3 puzzles and about an hour of gameplay), some puzzle aspects felt confusing at first, especially having played the previous games before. The puzzles aren't difficult at all though. The ending always froze on a white screen on my end, which is curious as the game ran very...
Where were we... oh, we played this little puzzle game. It has only 3 puzzles. But good ones, especially the second one is really original. If you go for perfect completion this game can be a little challenging. I recommend going for it. There were small technical issues, like choppy voice chat or white screen at the end of the game for one of us. But I'm not devastated by that. Give this game a try and build...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Partner up with your friend online and set sail for an unforgettable puzzle adventure in this bite-sized standalone We Were Here experience. Work together to overcome brain-teasing challenges and make fun memories, using your best communication, teamwork and trust skills.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB or equivalent, integrated graphics not supported, 10 GB of storage. Windows only.
Cite this score
We Were Here Expeditions: The FriendShip scores 77/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2296990/we-were-here-expeditions-the-friendshipReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 8, price as of Nov 8. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.