All 16 supported languages in We Were Here Tomorrow: interface, full audio and subtitles per language, including Chinese, Japanese and Spanish.
We Were Here Tomorrow Languages and Subtitles List
We Were Here Tomorrow ships with 16 supported languages on Steam, and five of them — English, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, and Latin American Spanish — get full audio, not just subtitles. For a game where a mysterious Director talks to you and your partner must relay everything you hear, audio language support genuinely affects gameplay.
Mixed-language pairs should read this page together: if you and your partner play in different languages, agree in advance which language the session runs in, because puzzle-relevant words need to match.
Full Language Table
| Language | Interface | Full audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| French | Yes | No | Yes |
| Italian | Yes | No | Yes |
| German | Yes | No | Yes |
| Arabic | Yes | No | Yes |
| Dutch | Yes | No | Yes |
| Japanese | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Korean | Yes | No | Yes |
| Polish | Yes | No | Yes |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Russian | Yes | No | Yes |
| Simplified Chinese | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Traditional Chinese | Yes | No | Yes |
| Turkish | Yes | No | Yes |
| Ukrainian | Yes | No | Yes |
Every listed language includes interface text and subtitles. The five full-audio languages additionally voice the spoken dialogue — significant because the Director's instructions arrive as speech you must understand and relay accurately.
Official source: We Were Here Tomorrow on Steam
Advice for Mixed-Language Pairs
Crossplay makes mixed-region partnerships easy to form and easy to fumble. Three rules prevent most problems:
- Play in one shared language. Pick whichever of the 16 both of you read fastest — usually English — and set both clients to it. Translated puzzle terms that differ between your screens cause exactly the kind of confusion the game is already built to create.
- Mind the full-audio gap. If one of you hears the Director in Japanese audio and the other reads English subtitles, you may paraphrase the same line differently. Quote exact words when they matter and describe everything else freely.
- Agree on a spelling alphabet. NATO-style callsigns ("Alpha, Bravo, Charlie") work in every language on this list and eliminate most accent-driven mixups over voice. Our voice chat guide has more technique.
How This Compares to the Series
Sixteen launch languages with five full-audio tracks is the widest language support the series has shipped. That breadth fits the franchise's audience: a budget co-op game lives or dies on whether two friends in different countries can play together, and Total Mayhem Games' community — 15 million players since 2017 — has always been international. The series play-order guide covers where Tomorrow sits in that history.
Story Spoiler Note
The premise involves waking inside the Norcek Industries facility with little memory of how you got there, guided and pressured by the Director. Playing in a language you read slowly will blunt story moments that arrive under time pressure. If the story matters to you, choose the language you parse fastest, not the one you are studying — there will be no pause button on your partner's patience. Background on the setting lives in story explained.
The table above reflects the Steam page. PlayStation and Xbox versions follow the same localization in practice, but console store pages do not publish per-language tables — if your console account region differs from your language, verify in the game's settings at launch.
FAQ
Does We Were Here Tomorrow have Chinese?
Yes. Simplified Chinese gets interface, full audio, and subtitles; Traditional Chinese gets interface and subtitles.
Does it have Japanese voice acting?
Yes. Japanese is one of the five full-audio languages, alongside English, Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, and Latin American Spanish.
Can two players use different language settings?
Technically yes, but it is a bad idea for puzzle-relevant terms. Set both clients to the same language before starting.
Is there official support for my language beyond this list?
The 16 languages above are the complete published list. Anything else is unconfirmed — check the Steam page after launch for additions.
Related Guides
- PC system requirements — specs and install size.
- Voice chat and microphone setup — where language meets audio.
- Story explained — the premise you will be reading about.
- How to play co-op with a friend — full session setup.
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