Total Mayhem Games, developer of the "We Were Here" series, to showcase at TGS 2025, enabling cross-play on Switch/Switch2 [TGS2025]
Note: the original Japanese article can be found at:
https://www.4gamer.net/games/557/G055797/20250927015/
Writer: Katsutani Umi | 2025/09/27 04:02 (UTC)
At the Netherlands Pavilion in Hall 11 of Tokyo Game Show 2025, Total Mayhem Games—known for the cooperative puzzle adventure series We Were Here—is exhibiting at a booth. This article reports on the event.
The We Were Here series is an adventure game in which two players, isolated in separate rooms, must cooperate by communicating via walkie-talkies to solve puzzles and escape. The first title, We Were Here (2017), was originally created as a student project from Rotterdam, the Netherlands, gaining widespread attention that led to its expansion into a series. To date, five titles have been released.
The franchise has maintained popularity through collaborative livestreams and other community-driven initiatives, and continues to enjoy strong support from an active fanbase.
We Were Here and We Were Here Too, the first two entries in the series, were released on Nintendo eShop for Switch and Switch 2 on September 18. The third installment, We Were Here Together, will be available starting October 9. At the booth, visitors can experience a cross-platform demo using both the Nintendo Switch version and PlayStation 5 version of We Were Here Together.
According to Luite Dauma, Executive Producer at Total Mayhem Games, cross-platform multiplayer support is relatively rare among games released on Nintendo platforms. Therefore, this title’s cross-play feature has been carefully designed to allow more players across different platforms to enjoy cooperative gameplay together.
Note that not all titles in the series are available on every platform. Current availability is as follows:
■ We Were Here (2017)
PC / PS4 / Xbox One / Xbox Series X|S / Switch / Switch 2■ We Were Here Too (2018)
PC / PS4 / Xbox One / Xbox Series X|S / Switch / Switch 2■ We Were Here Together (2019)
PC / PS4 / PS5 / Xbox One / Xbox Series X|S / Switch / Switch 2■ We Were Here Forever (2022)
PC / PS4 / PS5 / Xbox One / Xbox Series X|S■ We Were Here Expeditions: The FriendShip (2023)
PC / PS4 / PS5 / Xbox One / Xbox Series X|S
When asked about the company’s upcoming teaser project, Where Are We?, Dauma revealed only that it is intended to be the sixth entry in the We Were Here series. The Steam store page ( link ) has already been published, so checking out its graphical evolution would be worthwhile.
Additionally, a promotional event is underway at the booth: visitors who play the cross-play demo of We Were Here Together and add it to their Nintendo eShop wishlist will receive a badge holder/keychain featuring two characters magnetically connected—two sets in total.
Luite Dauma of Total Mayhem Games has a background in Japan, having arrived in the country in 2014 as a civil servant under the Dutch government. He is fluent in Japanese and deeply familiar with Japanese culture. Prior to returning to Rotterdam last year, he served as a project manager at Square Enix for approximately five years.