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Over the Alps cover art

Over the Alps

Stave Studios · Tributary Games · 2020-03-31

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 31, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 25, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 31, 2020 (Mac), TBD (iOS)

A choices-matter spy thriller told through interactive postcards. Play a secret agent racing across 1930s Switzerland, sending coded reports to your handler. Charm, deceive or strong-arm your way through a Hitchcockian tale where every choice shapes the story.

89%
positive of 255 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

Postcards written in invisible ink reveal a secret history... Travel back in time in the debut game from Stave Studios, OVER THE ALPS. Stay undercover, evade the police, and race across 1939 Switzerland in this Hitchcockian World War Two spy thriller. Navigate the twists and turns of an interactive story written by Jon Ingold of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault fame, where each of your actions has consequences.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 22 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 57% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 51% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.1k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 255 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.59 at Steam (2025-09-29) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 7 of 9 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
343420202026Week of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$12.99$2.592020-03-312026-08-172020-03-31 — best price $11.692020-06-25 — best price $10.392020-08-27 — best price $11.692020-10-29 — best price $9.742020-11-25 — best price $9.742020-12-22 — best price $6.492021-02-11 — best price $6.492021-04-23 — best price $6.492021-06-24 — best price $6.492021-11-24 — best price $6.492021-12-23 — best price $6.492022-01-27 — best price $6.492022-06-23 — best price $6.492023-03-23 — best price $6.492023-07-13 — best price $12.992023-09-25 — best price $12.992023-11-28 — best price $12.992024-01-04 — best price $12.992024-03-21 — best price $12.992024-07-11 — best price $12.992024-12-04 — best price $12.992025-01-02 — best price $12.992025-03-20 — best price $12.992025-07-10 — best price $12.992025-10-06 — best price $12.992026-01-05 — best price $12.992026-06-18 — best price $3.992026-08-10 — best price $3.992026-08-17 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

49
achievements tracked
90.7%
earned "Meet Wolff"
21.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3141%49
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

Player tags

RPGIndieThrillerAdventureStory RichText-BasedReplay ValueSingleplayerVisual NovelWorld War II

Census log

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

Recent updates

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