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Alice: Madness Returns

Spicy Horse Games · Electronic Arts · 2011-06-17

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 21, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 16, 2011 (PlayStation 3), Jun 16, 2011 (Xbox 360)

Alice: Madness Returns is a third-person, single-player, action adventure platformer. Visit the grim reality of Victorian London and travel to the beautiful yet ghastly Wonderland to uncover the root of Alice's madness.

423
playing now
91%
positive of 31k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
38
twitch viewers (latest)
72/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (327 ratings)
16h
to beat · rushed 13h · completionist 18h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

423 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Alice: Madness Returns is a 2011 action-adventure game developed by Spicy Horse and released by Electronic Arts for Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game is the sequel to American McGee's Alice (2000) and was directed by series creator American McGee.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 423 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3,886 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~486/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 1.2M–2.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 30,761 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at EA Store (2024-03-07)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 22 of 36 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
69069020142026Week of 2014-04-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2014-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2014-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2014-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2014-06-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2014-07-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2014-08-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2014-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2014-09-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2014-10-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2014-11-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 590 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 378 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 395 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 391 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 367 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 607 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 406 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 580 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 576 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 366 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 360 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 548 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 690 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 548 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 610 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 635 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 433 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 442 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 462 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 510 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 360 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 396 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 488 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 360 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 465 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 451 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 430 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 473 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 445 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 34 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6411872026-08-06 21:00 — 520 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 348 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 327 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 530 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 346 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 373 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 554 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 396 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 432 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 641 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 329 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 369 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 516 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 322 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 370 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 484 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 295 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 349 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 581 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 305 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 231 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 409 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 395 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 259 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 393 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 343 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 187 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 352 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 403 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 423 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$23.31$0.002015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-02-19 — best price $19.992015-04-02 — best price $9.992015-04-30 — best price $11.102015-06-11 — best price $9.992015-07-08 — best price $23.142015-10-25 — best price $7.992015-11-24 — best price $4.992016-02-02 — best price $7.992016-05-03 — best price $9.272016-08-16 — best price $4.992017-01-05 — best price $19.992017-11-28 — best price $19.992018-06-22 — best price $19.992019-03-19 — best price $19.992020-01-14 — best price $13.012020-02-13 — best price $11.892020-11-10 — best price $19.992021-09-13 — best price $17.992021-10-28 — best price $5.002022-09-20 — best price $4.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-04-13 — best price $19.992023-09-11 — best price $3.992024-02-06 — best price $2.992024-04-30 — best price $1.492024-09-26 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-04-24 — best price $9.992025-08-21 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-03-11 — best price $2.492026-07-02 — best price $9.992026-08-11 — best price $2.492026-08-30 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7723872026-06-01 — 459 pageviews2026-06-04 — 473 pageviews2026-06-07 — 484 pageviews2026-06-10 — 435 pageviews2026-06-13 — 462 pageviews2026-06-16 — 491 pageviews2026-06-19 — 546 pageviews2026-06-22 — 575 pageviews2026-06-25 — 571 pageviews2026-06-28 — 557 pageviews2026-07-01 — 486 pageviews2026-07-04 — 496 pageviews2026-07-07 — 512 pageviews2026-07-10 — 489 pageviews2026-07-13 — 533 pageviews2026-07-16 — 479 pageviews2026-07-19 — 518 pageviews2026-07-22 — 434 pageviews2026-07-25 — 468 pageviews2026-07-28 — 477 pageviews2026-07-31 — 494 pageviews2026-08-03 — 538 pageviews2026-08-06 — 618 pageviews2026-08-09 — 734 pageviews2026-08-12 — 531 pageviews2026-08-15 — 601 pageviews2026-08-18 — 532 pageviews2026-08-21 — 483 pageviews2026-08-24 — 574 pageviews2026-08-27 — 466 pageviews2026-08-29 — 552 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

5422026-08-30 01:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 42 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 46 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 54 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 31 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 38 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox 360 (Xbox)45,6416%50
PS3 (PlayStation)38,41915%51
PS3 (PlayStation)1,67253%45

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

ActionGothicHorrorFantasySurrealPlatformerStory RichDark FantasySingleplayerThird Person

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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