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1954 Alcatraz cover art

1954 Alcatraz

Daedalic Entertainment · 2014-03-11

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Mar 12, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

1954: Alcatraz – The cash is out there. But who will get it?Joe's doing 40 years on Alcatraz for a heist on an armored truck. The loot is still hidden out there, but only Joe knows where it is. In the streets of San Francisco, Joe's ex-accomplices and his wife are eager to find the stolen money. Who will get their hands on the dough?

66
playing now
73%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (23 ratings)
5.6h
to beat · rushed 4h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

66 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Joe has been sentenced to 40 years for armed robbery on an armored truck and now does his time in the infamous prison of Alcatraz. Since the heist’s loot is still out there, he’s eager to escape ‘The Rock’. Staying imprisoned is not an option. His morally flexible wife Christine could help him to get off the island. She has problems of her own, though. Greedy thugs, dogged snoops and cruel criminals breathe down the couple’s neck. It seems like the whole city is after them and the loot.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 66 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 171 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~21/week).
  • · Review velocity up 167% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 49k–117k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,957 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$0.99-90%
GOG$0.99-90%
GamersGate$1.00-90%
GreenManGaming$1.00-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at GamesPlanet UK (2018-04-02) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 192 of 195 observed days · $0.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

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Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

29612026-09-14 22:00 — 16 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 7 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 7 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 296 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 12 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 16 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 10 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 66 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2460Feb 2014Aug 2026Feb 2014 — avg 0 · peak 4Jun 2014 — avg 2 · peak 9Oct 2014 — avg 3 · peak 14Feb 2015 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2015 — avg 14 · peak 45Oct 2015 — avg 9 · peak 29Feb 2016 — avg 11 · peak 47Jun 2016 — avg 7 · peak 21Oct 2016 — avg 4 · peak 17Feb 2017 — avg 7 · peak 24Jun 2017 — avg 5 · peak 19Oct 2017 — avg 5 · peak 17Feb 2018 — avg 5 · peak 16Jun 2018 — avg 7 · peak 24Oct 2018 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2019 — avg 4 · peak 16Jun 2019 — avg 6 · peak 18Oct 2019 — avg 3 · peak 13Feb 2020 — avg 4 · peak 19Jun 2020 — avg 5 · peak 13Oct 2020 — avg 4 · peak 37Feb 2021 — avg 4 · peak 14Jun 2021 — avg 5 · peak 22Oct 2021 — avg 3 · peak 15Feb 2022 — avg 4 · peak 11Jun 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Oct 2022 — avg 3 · peak 12Feb 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Jun 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2024 — avg 2 · peak 10Jun 2024 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2026 — avg 246 · peak 1,825Jul 2026 — avg 49 · peak 451Aug 2026 — avg 18 · peak 142
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$23.11$0.622015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $1.132015-04-29 — best price $18.902015-08-21 — best price $1.992016-01-18 — best price $4.992016-06-24 — best price $19.382017-01-03 — best price $19.992017-07-04 — best price $19.992018-01-16 — best price $9.992018-07-02 — best price $1.992018-12-11 — best price $19.992019-05-24 — best price $1.992019-11-30 — best price $18.272020-03-27 — best price $8.992020-07-27 — best price $0.802020-11-07 — best price $9.992021-02-10 — best price $0.992021-05-24 — best price $0.992021-09-13 — best price $1.992021-12-22 — best price $0.992022-04-29 — best price $0.872022-08-31 — best price $9.992023-01-16 — best price $0.792023-06-13 — best price $7.342023-11-16 — best price $7.342024-03-08 — best price $7.342024-06-16 — best price $7.892024-10-03 — best price $8.192025-01-03 — best price $9.992025-06-15 — best price $1.992025-09-10 — best price $0.912025-12-12 — best price $1.002026-05-08 — best price $1.992026-08-21 — best price $0.792026-10-14 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
23.7%
earned "One of those Days"
9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

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5 supported languages: English, German, French, Russian, Italian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,27927%25

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

NoirCrimeIndieLGBTQ+PuzzleAdventureStory RichEscape RoomSingleplayerPoint & Click

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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