When They Arrived

About this game

The protagonist went hunting in his grandfather's country house. There was an invasion of the aliens. Cities are destroyed. You need to use survival skills and ingenuity to survive and save the planet. Build, explode, explore the world, develop your skills, try all ways to stop the invasion of the aliens.

"What would I do after the alien invasion?"
It's a question you've probably asked yourself, and it's a question we want to help you answer!

Key features:

• you are completely free in action and a huge world to research ;
  
• build, blow up and defend from enemies;
  
• mine ores, use it to create various useful objects ;
  
• hunt wild boars and deer, as they can become an excellent sources of food, but beware of bears and wolves ;
  
• construct various structures, including traps ;
  
• look for provisions, drive on an old ATV among a bunch of enemies;
  
• study the legend of the 'Witnesses of the second coming ', perhaps there you will find some answers;
  
• increase your combat skills and not only (for this there is a especial panel of cards);
  
• survive by fighting with an enemy unknown to you, try to have an influence on the invasion and much more;
  
• collect the parts and find the blueprints to create a "mini - mole hole";
  
• repair the spacesuit, collect all the equipment you need, and go to Mars to destroy the bridgehead of the aliens.

Mars in When They Arrived

Mars location has not yet been added to the game, but the team is in progress of its deep development. In the further updates, we'll polish and add it.
Now we are working on implementation of the most realistic conditions and the gameplay on Mars so you can completely immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the game and the red planet!

Latest news

• Announcements·30 Oct 2019Official

  WHEN THEY ARRIVED REMASTERED??

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• Announcements·14 Oct 2019Official

  Started work on When They Arrived Remastered.

  We started developing When They Arrived Remastered. In the near future will be the first information on the concept. Development will be fully started from 0, there will be a different plot, graphics, features, etc., but the "frame" will remain unchanged. Updates on 12 HOURS 2 and TSOL are being prepared. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32805016/14fb4da0baffc54f424d91f4d9549f70445fbe16.jpg
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• Patch Notes·3 Aug 2019Official

  IMPORTANT INFORMATION!

  https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32805016/7598082c632c43f9508f14fdedbfda8ef8dec858.jpg Now we plan to completely rework the world, plot, concept, graphics, and fix all the bugs, because many players liked the idea, but did not really like the implementation, so we decided to completely rewrite the game, it will take some time, but it's worth it! Everyone who wants to participate in the development and help with ideas is welcome to the discussion section with the hash tag #NEWWTA, or to supp.whentheyarrived@gmail.com. THANK YOU!
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• Patch Notes·20 Jun 2019Official

  WHEN THEY ARRIVED v 1.1

  - the quality of shadows, lighting, some textures was improved, color correction was changed, and more, the game began to look nicer and brighter; - productivity increased by ~ 10%; - added tips; - fixed localization errors; - the interior of some premises has been improved; - added some new interesting places for research; - added some new easter eggs; - added more loot; - fixed bug with damage from rifle, glock and ax, enemies began to move faster; A network mode is being developed and a single game is being finalized.
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• Patch Notes·9 Jun 2019Official

  In the coming days, plans to release an update 1.1!

  In the update, we will try to correct the errors about which we have recently noticed more and more often, and we will try to revise the concept of the game and tackle it. In addition, we plan to develop a network game mode, but perhaps it will be so large-scale that we will have to execute it as a separate project. Thank you for being with us!
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