When They Arrived

An alien assault turns a quiet hunting trip at a grandfather’s country house into a rough open-world survival adventure. Cities lie in ruins, unfamiliar enemies patrol the wilderness, and the tone leans into lonely scavenging punctuated by sudden danger. When They Arrived frames its premise around a practical question: how does an ordinary person find food, shelter, weapons, and a way forward after civilization collapses? The stakes gradually grow beyond surviving the countryside, with a larger effort to disrupt the invaders’ hold on Earth.

Days revolve around gathering supplies, mining ore, hunting animals, and turning raw materials into equipment that keeps you alive. Wild boars and deer provide food, while bears and wolves make every trip into the woods riskier; aliens add another threat to defend against with weapons, explosives, fortifications, and traps. You can construct shelters and defensive positions, search abandoned areas for provisions and blueprints, and use an old ATV to cover ground quickly even when enemies crowd the roads. Progression comes through a card-based skill panel that improves combat and other survival abilities, while crafting parts and repairing gear opens the path toward more ambitious objectives.

Freedom is the main appeal here: the game lets you choose whether to focus on building, resource gathering, combat, exploration, or preparing for a major offensive. Its mix of rural hunting, crafting, vehicle travel, and alien warfare gives it a scrappy survival-sandbox identity rather than the tightly scripted feel of a conventional adventure. The mystery surrounding the “Witnesses of the Second Coming” adds lore for players willing to search for answers, while the eventual journey toward Mars gives the campaign a clear endgame goal. Fans of indie survival games in the vein of 7 Days to Die or The Forest, especially those who enjoy crafting defenses and making their own plans, are the best fit.