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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.

Alpha Runner is an Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2015, priced at $0.99, with an estimated owner base of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 442 reviews).

1
playing now
77%
positive of 441 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$0.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (18 reviews).
  • · Top 20% of 28,748 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 11k–26k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 441 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)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620152026Week of 2015-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-14 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 1 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).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
31%
earned "YOU DID NOTHING AWARD"
11.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

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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