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Alpha Runner

LightsoutGames · Lightsoutgames · 2015-09-02

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 02, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Alpha Runner is a challenging endless platform game, Make your way through different obstacles and mini games that get more difficult the further you get. Show off to your friends by getting the highest score on the leaderboard. Or even play with them and see who can survive the longest.

0
playing now
77%
positive of 442 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 42% of 11,486 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 11k–27k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 442 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2016-02-05) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-06 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$3.99$0.492015-07-202026-07-152015-07-20 — best price $3.392015-09-09 — best price $3.992015-12-22 — best price $0.792016-01-04 — best price $3.992016-01-18 — best price $1.412016-03-31 — best price $0.492016-07-04 — best price $1.992016-09-15 — best price $0.492016-11-01 — best price $1.992016-12-05 — best price $0.492017-01-02 — best price $1.992017-04-26 — best price $0.492017-07-05 — best price $1.992017-08-23 — best price $0.992017-10-26 — best price $0.492017-11-28 — best price $0.992018-03-02 — best price $0.492018-05-30 — best price $0.992018-08-05 — best price $0.492018-11-09 — best price $0.992018-12-20 — best price $0.492019-04-18 — best price $0.992020-04-21 — best price $2.932020-05-25 — best price $3.992021-12-13 — best price $0.992024-03-14 — best price $0.792024-06-17 — best price $0.992024-10-01 — best price $0.792025-02-02 — best price $0.992025-06-14 — best price $0.792026-07-15 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,04710%20

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

Player tags

IndieCasualRunnerAdventurePlatformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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