{"rewrite":{"id":"r_eaac2764c7c51a35d0a4ce11","clusterId":"c_dbfdf34853fefcb9399c0128","slug":"we-were-here-tomorrow-hands-on-total-mayhem-games-adds-story-to-its-two-player-puzzles","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"We Were Here Tomorrow Lands on Steam, PS5, and Xbox on October 20","summary":"Total Mayhem Games will release We Were Here Tomorrow on October 20 for PC via Steam, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, the studio announced during the PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct 2026 stream on September 21. Japanese text support is planned, and cross-play between PC and consoles is also planned. The game is the newest entry in the two-player-only We Were Here puzzle adventure series. Two explorers on an Antarctic expedition fall beneath the ice and wake in a retro-futuristic research complex run by a company called Nolchek Industries, where a research team led by director Kathleen Bow has disappeared. Players move along separate paths and rely on walkie-talkies or in-game voice chat. Total Mayhem Games Executive Producer Leite Dauma said development ran two and a half years; Creative Director Martin Mitna said a full playthrough may take around 12 to 15 hours.","whyItMatters":"The game adds narrated story sections and differentiated player abilities to a series whose selling point until now was asymmetric puzzle-solving alone, and it arrives with a renaming, two prior limited-time demos, and cross-play in place.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eDevelopment on the title ran about two and a half years, according to executive producer Leite Dauma. The team brought in sci-fi author Claire North to work on the script and voice actress Sophia Oconade is in the cast. The setting is 1980s retro-futurism, a shift from the ship motif of the prior game.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eNarrated story sections are new to the series, and the studio says it put particular effort into the story\u0026#39;s appeal through background art and visuals.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eEach player has different abilities for the first time in the series, and the stage is built as a dungeon-like single path where the whole area changes.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eAlongside the difficult puzzles, some puzzles are solved through action.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCreative director Martin Mitna said the differentiator among two-player-only games is placing each player in a different room. He said the design means puzzles cannot be solved without communicating, and the inability to play while looking at the same screen matters.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA TGS2026 hands-on demo opened in Dr. Daphne\u0026#39;s laboratory, where one player shrank and was dropped onto a desk while the other stayed giant. Later the pair swapped sizes to return a floppy disk to normal size, and the shrunk player sounded like they had inhaled helium.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe game was announced in February under the title \u0026#34;Where Are We?\u0026#34; before the renaming. A free limited-time demo ran in April and an improved one ran in June, both well received.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"We Were Here Tomorrow needs two players connected for 12 to 15 hours, so Total Mayhem Games is really selling a shared schedule, not a puzzle box. Cross-play only widens who can say yes.","twitterPost":"Total Mayhem Games is selling a 12-to-15-hour commitment that only works if two people show up. Cross-play widens the pool, not the problem.","threadsPost":"We Were Here Tomorrow's 12 to 15 hour playthrough only works if both players stay synced across separate paths and walkie-talkie chat. Total Mayhem Games builds cross-play for PC and consoles, but the real barrier is coordinating two calendars, not two platforms.","newsletterBlurb":"Total Mayhem Games dated the next We Were Here entry during the PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct 2026 stream. We Were Here Tomorrow takes the two-player-only puzzle series to a retro-futuristic Antarctic research complex on October 20. The studio also confirmed Japanese text support and planned cross-play.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/986/G098660/20260919021/\",\"title\":\"Two People Can Get Through It! 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