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Alveole cover art

Alveole

Emil Ismaylov · North Lab · 2021-04-09

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 01, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Sep 01, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Sep 01, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 01, 2021 (Xbox One), Sep 01, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Sep 01, 2021 (Nintendo Switch)

Alveole is a minimalistic puzzle where the player must understand how to run and why does he do it?

81%
positive of 74 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.38★
PlayStation Store rating (60 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 37% of 30,613 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.5k–3.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 74 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 0 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920212026Week of 2021-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$4.992026-09-092026-10-142026-09-09 — best price $4.992026-09-16 — best price $4.992026-09-23 — best price $4.992026-09-30 — best price $4.992026-10-07 — best price $4.992026-10-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only OptionDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportStereo Sound

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Thai…

Player tags

2DFaithLogicCasualPuzzleRunnerSurrealAbstractHand-drawnMinimalist

Census log

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

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