The Game Census
PLANET ALPHA cover art

PLANET ALPHA

Planet Alpha ApS · Team17 Digital Ltd · 2018-09-04

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 04, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Sep 04, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 04, 2018 (Xbox One), Sep 04, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

PLANET ALPHA, a beautiful alien world filled with mystery and danger. Pursued by relentless enemies, you must harness the power of night and day as you struggle to survive.

0
playing now
70%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
58/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (31 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 33% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 28k–68k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,133 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$1.69-83%
GreenManGaming$1.74-83%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.95-80%
Humble Store$1.99-80%
IndieGala$1.99-80%
GamersGate$2.00-80%
WinGameStore$2.39-84%
GOG$3.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.64 at 2game (2022-03-11) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 168 of 195 observed days · $0.05 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

602026-08-11 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.642018-08-142026-08-302018-08-14 — best price $17.992018-11-29 — best price $19.992019-03-15 — best price $19.992019-07-18 — best price $9.992019-09-28 — best price $15.952019-12-01 — best price $3.892020-02-07 — best price $19.632020-04-19 — best price $4.502020-06-27 — best price $15.952020-09-21 — best price $4.992020-12-03 — best price $19.992021-02-07 — best price $16.882021-04-29 — best price $19.992021-06-21 — best price $19.992021-09-08 — best price $16.792021-11-26 — best price $4.992022-02-04 — best price $19.992022-04-15 — best price $19.992022-07-25 — best price $3.992022-10-15 — best price $17.482023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-05-04 — best price $17.492023-07-31 — best price $3.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-02-29 — best price $3.992024-05-21 — best price $5.992024-08-20 — best price $3.282024-11-01 — best price $3.492025-01-16 — best price $16.792025-04-11 — best price $4.002025-07-14 — best price $8.442025-09-18 — best price $4.002025-11-20 — best price $1.742026-02-12 — best price $5.992026-04-16 — best price $3.992026-06-19 — best price $1.792026-08-18 — best price $1.992026-08-30 — best price $1.69
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
22%
earned "Bone Appetite!"
7.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)2,83929%16
Steam (Steam)1,19118%16
PS4 (PlayStation)70743%16
Switch (Nintendo)400%0

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

Player tags

2.5DIndieSpaceActionAliensSci-fiStealthSurvivalAdventureOpen World

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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