We Happy Few’s brainwashed citizens won’t let you escape from their dystopia

Playing We Happy Few in a bar packed with people isn’t the best way to experience it for the first time. But despite all that noise, the stark white faces of the men and women who populate the game (and their creepy smiles) left a lasting impression.

That’s good news for Compulsion Games, an independent developer that was a part of Microsoft’s press briefing during the Electronic Entertainment Expo. E3 is one of the biggest trade shows in the industry, and Compulsion exposed We Happy Few (coming to Xbox One, PC, Mac, and Linux in 2017) to a huge audience with an intriguing new demo.