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Alum cover art

Alum

Crashable Studios · 2015-05-15

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 15, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 15, 2015 (Mac), May 15, 2015 (Linux)

Guide Alum on his journey through the "Land of Tide". Help him discover the truth about his city, Kosmos, and the mysterious epidemic known as "The Vague". As the tale unfolds, it will keep you enthralled all the way up to its epic conclusion. Alum is an original point-and-click adventure game.

Alum is an Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2015, priced at $4.99, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (71% of 187 reviews).

0
playing now
71%
positive of 187 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 30% of 28,761 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.7k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 187 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2020-07-04) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620152026Week of 2015-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.492015-05-162026-04-132015-05-16 — best price $14.992015-06-12 — best price $9.892015-07-09 — best price $9.992015-08-22 — best price $9.992015-10-07 — best price $9.992015-12-01 — best price $9.992015-12-22 — best price $3.242016-02-05 — best price $3.492016-03-04 — best price $5.092016-05-05 — best price $4.992017-04-03 — best price $4.992017-04-10 — best price $4.992017-07-05 — best price $4.992017-11-01 — best price $4.992017-11-28 — best price $4.992018-01-04 — best price $4.992018-11-27 — best price $4.992019-01-04 — best price $4.992019-02-11 — best price $4.992019-11-01 — best price $4.992019-12-03 — best price $4.992020-01-02 — best price $4.992020-07-09 — best price $4.992021-11-01 — best price $4.992022-01-05 — best price $4.992022-02-03 — best price $4.992022-11-29 — best price $4.992023-01-05 — best price $4.992023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-11-28 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-10-06 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-04-13 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
69.1%
earned "Begin"
20.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-05-15 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DRPGJRPGAnimePuzzleDetectiveNarrationComic BookHand-drawnStory Rich

Census log

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

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