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Alien Hostage

Four Winged Studio · Conglomerate 5 · 2018-10-01

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 30, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Ready to give up? Ready to rage? In 'Alien Hostage' you must complete all challenges given to you by the human scientists who have trapped you on Earth.

Alien Hostage is a Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2018, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (58% of 304 reviews).

0
playing now
58%
positive of 304 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 29,120 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.6k–18k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 304 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.28 at Steam (2022-12-12) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 11 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020162026Week of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.282016-12-012026-07-272016-12-01 — best price $2.542017-04-10 — best price $2.242017-08-14 — best price $0.892018-04-23 — best price $1.492018-07-23 — best price $1.642018-10-30 — best price $0.742019-01-24 — best price $1.342019-04-08 — best price $0.772021-02-11 — best price $1.642022-10-31 — best price $0.492022-12-12 — best price $0.282023-01-23 — best price $0.282023-03-16 — best price $0.282023-05-29 — best price $0.282023-07-17 — best price $0.282023-10-16 — best price $0.492023-12-04 — best price $0.492024-01-29 — best price $0.492024-03-25 — best price $0.492024-06-17 — best price $0.492024-07-29 — best price $0.492024-10-21 — best price $0.492024-12-09 — best price $0.492025-02-03 — best price $0.492025-03-24 — best price $0.492025-06-16 — best price $0.492025-08-11 — best price $0.492025-11-24 — best price $0.492026-01-12 — best price $0.992026-03-26 — best price $0.992026-07-13 — best price $0.692026-07-27 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
3%
earned "Your first death."
2.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)85155%6

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

Player tags

IndieCasualPuzzlePhysicsStrategySimulationSingleplayer3D Platformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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