Fit check
Is They're Alive! worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Action-adventure players who want a humorous story with deliberately absurd turns
- Players interested in alien conflicts framed through a Moscow setting
- Fans of unconventional weapons and uncensored comic situations
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a grounded, realistic action story may find the magical goggles, aliens, and absurd humor too far removed from realism
- Players looking for a consistently serious adventure may not suit the mixture of jokes, nonsense, and patriotic conflict
- Players seeking a climbing-focused journey or a runner structure will find a different type of gameplay here
Our take on They're Alive!
Rather than treating action-adventure as a straightforward combat journey, the game places a provincial engineer in a comic collision of Moscow life, magical goggles, aliens, improvised weapons, and patriotic escalation. Deliberate nonsense and uncensored humor replace a conventional serious tone.
What is They're Alive!?
A provincial engineer travels to Moscow hoping to change his life, but finds the capital entangled with vice, magical goggles, and aliens.
The story begins with his attempt to find a new way forward and develops into a patriotic struggle to drive out unwelcome invaders. Its tone balances reason with nonsense, using original humor, jokes, and uncensored situations. Gameplay includes multiple weapons, with a car muffler listed among them, as well as ways to confront odious townspeople. Moscow serves as the setting for this mixture of personal misfortune, alien conflict, comic encounters, and patriotic escalation.
How They're Alive! plays
- 01Improvised Weaponry
- The weapon selection includes a car muffler.
- 02Absurd Story
- The plot combines a provincial engineer’s move to Moscow with magical goggles, aliens, humor, and patriotic conflict.
- 03Townie Encounters
- The game includes ways to become even with odious townspeople.
They're Alive! compared to similar games
They're Alive! combines an absurd narrative, alien conflict, and multiple weapons, unlike Jusant, which centers on climbing tools, stamina, exploration, and uncovering a vanished civilization. Sundered: Eldritch Edition is a metroidvania, while Abyssus focuses on multiplayer shooting, roguelite levels, and weapon modifications. SUPER CHICKEN JUMPER uses runner gameplay built around running, jumping, dodging, and shooting.
They're Alive!: platforms & release
Is They're Alive! worth it?
It is worth it if: action-adventure players who want a humorous story with deliberately absurd turns. Skip it if: players seeking a grounded, realistic action story may find the magical goggles, aliens, and absurd humor too far removed from realism.
Where can I download They're Alive!?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens They're Alive!'s store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is They're Alive! on?
Windows only.
