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Richard & Alice

Owl Cave · 2014-06-05

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 11, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Richard and Alice are prisoners. Both their cells have a leather sofa and a state-of-the-art computer. But only Richard’s has a TV. Outside, the snow falls. It has done for some time. Elsewhere, they say, parts of the world have been rendered an inhospitable desert, the earth parched and cracked. People live in the zones now.

Richard & Alice is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2014, priced at $5.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (73% of 432 reviews).

0
playing now
73%
positive of 432 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$5.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Richard & Alice is an independent point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Owl Cave, it was created by Lewis Denby and Ashton Raze. The game was released digitally for Microsoft Windows via Desura, GOG.com and IndieCity on 21 February 2013.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 11k–26k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 432 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.59 at Steam (2022-06-24) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 3 of 52 observed days · $5.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620152026Week of 2015-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.52$1.192015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $1.492015-01-30 — best price $1.492015-04-06 — best price $1.492015-05-23 — best price $6.052015-07-17 — best price $5.992015-08-28 — best price $2.992015-10-19 — best price $3.122015-11-21 — best price $5.992015-12-22 — best price $1.492016-02-12 — best price $5.992016-04-25 — best price $6.202016-06-23 — best price $1.492016-11-29 — best price $5.992017-04-10 — best price $5.992017-08-11 — best price $6.462018-01-22 — best price $5.992018-10-30 — best price $1.192019-01-18 — best price $5.692019-09-07 — best price $5.992020-01-02 — best price $5.992020-10-29 — best price $1.192021-05-02 — best price $6.012021-12-22 — best price $1.192022-07-07 — best price $5.992023-06-12 — best price $5.392024-03-14 — best price $1.192025-02-03 — best price $1.192025-09-29 — best price $2.392026-08-30 — best price $5.992026-09-07 — best price $5.992026-09-15 — best price $5.992026-09-23 — best price $5.992026-10-01 — best price $5.992026-10-09 — best price $5.992026-10-14 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1002026-06-01 — 3 pageviews2026-06-05 — 3 pageviews2026-06-09 — 2 pageviews2026-06-13 — 8 pageviews2026-06-17 — 3 pageviews2026-06-21 — 6 pageviews2026-06-25 — 1 pageviews2026-06-29 — 5 pageviews2026-07-03 — 2 pageviews2026-07-07 — 2 pageviews2026-07-11 — 1 pageviews2026-07-15 — 1 pageviews2026-07-19 — 6 pageviews2026-07-23 — 2 pageviews2026-07-27 — 2 pageviews2026-07-31 — 5 pageviews2026-08-04 — 4 pageviews2026-08-08 — 10 pageviews2026-08-12 — 4 pageviews2026-08-16 — 3 pageviews2026-08-20 — 3 pageviews2026-08-24 — 3 pageviews2026-08-28 — 0 pageviews2026-09-01 — 2 pageviews2026-09-05 — 6 pageviews2026-09-09 — 4 pageviews2026-09-13 — 2 pageviews2026-09-17 — 3 pageviews2026-09-21 — 7 pageviews2026-09-25 — 2 pageviews2026-09-29 — 5 pageviews2026-10-03 — 1 pageviews2026-10-07 — 7 pageviews2026-10-11 — 1 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
28.2%
earned "The Albatross Corridor"
16.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,46625%21

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

Player tags

2DNoirCrimeIndieRetroMysteryAdventureStory RichSingleplayerPoint & Click

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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