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Alone in the Dark: Illumination™ cover art

Alone in the Dark: Illumination™

Pure FPS · THQ Nordic · 2015-06-11

Steam

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jun 12, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A darkness has fallen over the town of Lorwich. Monstrous hordes emerge from beyond the realm of nightmares to sow chaos on the land. As one of four heroes, you must battle the minions of the old ones with the force of arms, and the power of illumination.

Alone in the Dark: Illumination™ is an Action and Adventure game released in 2015 for $19.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Negative sentiment (22% of 448 reviews).

0
playing now
22%
positive of 448 reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
30/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Alone in the Dark: Illumination is a 2015 third-person shooter video game developed by Pure FPS and published by Atari for Microsoft Windows. The game is the sixth installment of the Alone in the Dark series.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 11k–27k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 448 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.52 at GameBillet (2024-03-26) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 58 of 89 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420172026Week of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 10:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$34.99$1.522015-01-012026-08-222015-01-01 — best price $29.992015-10-25 — best price $34.992016-03-22 — best price $5.732016-09-08 — best price $9.992017-01-27 — best price $19.992017-08-17 — best price $4.992017-12-01 — best price $16.592018-04-10 — best price $19.992018-10-15 — best price $17.712019-01-28 — best price $19.992019-05-22 — best price $19.992019-08-23 — best price $16.792019-11-02 — best price $19.992020-01-02 — best price $19.992020-03-02 — best price $4.992020-06-04 — best price $5.002020-09-17 — best price $4.992021-01-07 — best price $19.992021-06-21 — best price $19.992021-09-11 — best price $19.992021-12-04 — best price $19.992022-03-04 — best price $19.992022-06-24 — best price $4.442022-09-21 — best price $16.792022-12-06 — best price $16.192023-02-27 — best price $4.992023-06-01 — best price $16.192023-09-07 — best price $9.992023-12-15 — best price $4.992024-03-26 — best price $1.522024-07-04 — best price $19.992024-10-19 — best price $5.002024-12-26 — best price $2.992025-04-07 — best price $19.992025-07-25 — best price $3.192025-11-02 — best price $19.992026-01-10 — best price $19.992026-04-24 — best price $4.162026-07-25 — best price $19.992026-08-22 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

68332026-06-01 — 58 pageviews2026-06-05 — 45 pageviews2026-06-09 — 54 pageviews2026-06-13 — 53 pageviews2026-06-17 — 40 pageviews2026-06-21 — 60 pageviews2026-06-25 — 45 pageviews2026-06-29 — 51 pageviews2026-07-03 — 46 pageviews2026-07-07 — 51 pageviews2026-07-11 — 45 pageviews2026-07-15 — 42 pageviews2026-07-19 — 47 pageviews2026-07-23 — 38 pageviews2026-07-27 — 45 pageviews2026-07-31 — 33 pageviews2026-08-04 — 45 pageviews2026-08-08 — 50 pageviews2026-08-12 — 48 pageviews2026-08-16 — 53 pageviews2026-08-20 — 53 pageviews2026-08-24 — 45 pageviews2026-08-28 — 47 pageviews2026-09-01 — 58 pageviews2026-09-05 — 59 pageviews2026-09-09 — 39 pageviews2026-09-13 — 53 pageviews2026-09-17 — 64 pageviews2026-09-21 — 53 pageviews2026-09-25 — 63 pageviews2026-09-29 — 45 pageviews2026-10-03 — 42 pageviews2026-10-07 — 57 pageviews2026-10-11 — 41 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
14.6%
earned "Thunderstorm"
4.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Player tags

GoreCo-opActionHorrorShooterAdventureIlluminatiMultiplayerLovecraftianSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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