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Alone in the Dark (2008) cover art

Alone in the Dark (2008)

Eden Games · THQ Nordic · 2013-10-29

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ActionAdventure

Franchise: Alone in the Dark · Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 25, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 26, 2008 (Xbox 360)

The game that started the popular survival horror genre returns better than ever! Players control Edward Carnby, the main character from the original Alone in the Dark, on a thrilling journey through a dark and terrifying re-creation of New York's Central Park where Carnby must discover the truth behind a dark conspiracy.

0
playing now
40%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
45/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
58/100
IGDB user rating (95 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Alone in the Dark is a survival horror video game published by Atari, Inc. and is the fifth installment of the series under the same name. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360 and Wii in Europe, North America, and Australia in June 2008. The PlayStation 3 version, titled Alone in the Dark: Inferno, was released in November 2008 and includes several enhancements from the other versions. The Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions were released by Electronic Arts in Japan on December 25, 2008.

Health check

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  • · Top 29% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 60k–120k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,505 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.75 at GameBillet (2024-03-26) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 106 of 108 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

402026-08-11 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$1.112015-01-012026-08-222015-01-01 — best price $3.992015-05-12 — best price $11.432015-09-09 — best price $9.992016-02-12 — best price $9.992016-07-15 — best price $9.992016-12-15 — best price $5.002017-06-13 — best price $9.992017-11-21 — best price $2.502018-04-03 — best price $2.492018-10-30 — best price $2.492019-02-22 — best price $2.502019-07-19 — best price $2.502019-10-01 — best price $9.992019-12-02 — best price $2.262020-02-06 — best price $9.862020-05-01 — best price $2.492020-08-03 — best price $8.992020-12-16 — best price $2.502021-08-21 — best price $2.382021-11-26 — best price $2.492022-02-03 — best price $9.992022-06-08 — best price $8.392022-09-06 — best price $9.992022-11-29 — best price $8.092023-02-02 — best price $8.092023-05-19 — best price $2.492023-09-04 — best price $4.992023-12-15 — best price $2.492024-03-27 — best price $59.992024-07-01 — best price $6.992024-10-18 — best price $2.142024-12-23 — best price $2.492025-03-31 — best price $2.502025-07-12 — best price $9.992025-10-24 — best price $9.992026-01-02 — best price $2.492026-04-16 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-08-22 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2411102026-05-31 — 171 pageviews2026-06-03 — 144 pageviews2026-06-06 — 132 pageviews2026-06-09 — 139 pageviews2026-06-12 — 149 pageviews2026-06-15 — 144 pageviews2026-06-18 — 154 pageviews2026-06-21 — 170 pageviews2026-06-24 — 133 pageviews2026-06-27 — 166 pageviews2026-06-30 — 190 pageviews2026-07-03 — 192 pageviews2026-07-06 — 186 pageviews2026-07-09 — 148 pageviews2026-07-12 — 172 pageviews2026-07-15 — 141 pageviews2026-07-18 — 205 pageviews2026-07-21 — 152 pageviews2026-07-24 — 148 pageviews2026-07-27 — 156 pageviews2026-07-30 — 172 pageviews2026-08-02 — 154 pageviews2026-08-05 — 122 pageviews2026-08-08 — 145 pageviews2026-08-11 — 168 pageviews2026-08-14 — 168 pageviews2026-08-17 — 174 pageviews2026-08-20 — 164 pageviews2026-08-23 — 160 pageviews2026-08-26 — 168 pageviews2026-08-28 — 152 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox 360 (Xbox)27,96615%49
PS3 (PlayStation)20,29553%50
Xbox 360 (Xbox)64556%49

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

Player tags

FPSActionHorrorCraftingSurvivalAdventureOpen WorldStory RichAtmosphericFirst-Person

Census log

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

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