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Alter World cover art

Alter World

Giorgi Abelashvili · SA Industry · 2015-05-29

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 05, 2018 (Nintendo 3DS), May 29, 2015 (Mac), May 29, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 05, 2018 (New Nintendo 3DS), Sep 22, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), May 29, 2015 (Linux)

Enter the Alter World, a mysterious parallel reality where the rules are different and every step brings new challenges. Inspired by Stephen King's The Dark Tower, Alter World is a 2D platformer built around a unique mechanic that allows you to switch between two realities at any time to overcome obstacles, solve puzzles, and progress...

2
playing now
68%
positive of 595 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
43/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 33% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 15k–36k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 595 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2019-06-25) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 9 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920152026Week of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-08-06 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 3 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 — 1 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.99$0.492015-05-292026-07-232015-05-29 — best price $4.242015-08-20 — best price $1.242015-11-25 — best price $1.492016-01-11 — best price $1.242016-02-26 — best price $1.992016-08-30 — best price $4.992016-11-01 — best price $1.992017-01-02 — best price $1.992017-03-24 — best price $1.992017-11-01 — best price $1.992018-01-04 — best price $1.992018-04-20 — best price $4.992018-11-01 — best price $1.992019-01-03 — best price $1.992019-07-09 — best price $1.992020-07-09 — best price $1.992020-12-01 — best price $1.992021-07-08 — best price $1.992021-12-01 — best price $1.992022-02-03 — best price $1.992022-11-22 — best price $3.992023-07-17 — best price $1.592023-11-21 — best price $1.592024-01-05 — best price $4.992024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-05-13 — best price $4.992024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-09-16 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-02-18 — best price $4.992025-04-04 — best price $4.992025-07-24 — best price $4.992025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-12-05 — best price $4.992026-03-05 — best price $4.992026-04-18 — best price $4.992026-07-23 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
8.6%
earned "Complete 10 Levels"
6.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Dutch, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,32733%12

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

Player tags

2DIndiePuzzleDifficultPlatformerPuzzle-Platformer

Census log

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

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