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Engage in an extraterrestrial experience. Aliens have come to Earth and have taken you and others captive. When They Came For Us is the first interactive VR experience that allows you to have a conversation with an alien. A conversation that will challenge many things you have taken for granted. But this conversation will also decide about your freedom: Will you manage to convince the alien life form to release you? Or will you remain at its mercy, to be used as it pleases?






When They Came For Us
2.4
(78) • Narrative
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Everyone 10+Fantasy Violence
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Game modes
Single User
Supported player modes
Standing, Sitting
Supported controllers
Hand Tracking, Touch Controllers
Supported platforms
Meta Quest 3S, Meta Quest 3, Meta Quest Pro, Meta Quest 2
Category
Games
Genres
Narrative
Languages
English, German
Version
0.8.6
Developer
Demodern GmbH
Publisher
PETA
Website
https://whentheycameforus.com/
Release date
August 5, 2024
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292.99 MB
Comfort level
Unrated
Internet connection
Internet connection required
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2.4

78 ratings, 6 reviews
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Garry1967Apr 23 at 7:41 AM
When they came for us.
What an absolute waste of memory this is. Was this app programmed by a load of Vegan programmers because that's all the questions it asks, how we treat animals and then it asks you to go vegan. Every question reverts back to how we control and treat animals. Was a waste of my vr battery life. Deleted it after I tried it a few times and got the same questions. AVOID PLAYING... And have a Medium Juicey Fillet steak instead.😜
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mikele5May 9 at 11:07 AM
“When They Came For Us” – When They Came
I thought I was stepping into a horror-survival VR experience. What I got instead was a thinly veiled lecture wrapped in cheap scares and emotional manipulation. This game doesn’t just try to unsettle you with monsters—it tries to guilt-trip you into veganism. It paints hunters and meat-eaters as villains, pushing a black-and-white worldview where anyone who’s ever shot a deer or eaten a burger is morally bankrupt. That’s not storytelling—that’s propaganda. And it's insulting to anyone who understands real-life hunting, conservation, or how food systems actually work. I play games to experience other worlds, not to be judged in mine. There’s a fine line between raising awareness and shaming people who live differently. This game steamrolls over that line and then has the nerve to pretend it's profound for doing so. If you enjoy being scolded by self-righteous developers through a headset, this one’s for you. For the rest of us who respect ethical hunting and actual freedom of choice? Skip it.
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LeonskOficialMay 19 at 10:24 AM
Fake AI
This is not an AI is just a bunch of premade dialogue ,I did it twice and got the same answers and when you try to disagree with the game idea it just cuts the conversation and says something random to keep you in the dialogue lines ,there's no winning just a "Follow these steps to get the *good* ending" ,good idea but is not nearly good.
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Kanik22 days ago
Bad Ai
If you want an AI system that only makes you feel bad this is the game for you. You are pretty much set in front of an alien and no matter what you ask, it asks you why you eat animals, asking you why can't you change your life? It got old in 3 min.
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caprica.city.zoeFeb 3 at 10:09 PM
Vegan Propaganda published by PETA
Talking to an antagonistic villainous judgmental alien, as if on trial, will no more turn people to veganism, than talking to a virtual Darth Vader in a game would turn someone into an imperialist. Nevertheless, it seems the game creators genuinely think that's what will happen. Despite the content, the concept has so much potential. Talking to an AI character in game that understands and responds to you is very interesting. But this implementation is not good. It's very extremist, and will not consider any arguments you make, dismisses human suffering and the environment, and is very antagonistic.
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