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The Albatross

FlagmanJeremy · 2017-02-15

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 15, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Albatross is an indie first-person adventure themed game. You can take the role of an experienced private agent, who conceals himself behind an alias known as the 'Albatross'.

The Albatross is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2017, priced at $0.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (58% of 154 reviews).

0
playing now
58%
positive of 154 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 33% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.9k–9.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 154 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.28 at Steam (2023-01-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120172026Week of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$0.282017-02-172026-08-032017-02-17 — best price $6.782017-07-05 — best price $3.992017-10-12 — best price $1.992017-11-22 — best price $0.492018-01-22 — best price $1.992018-05-21 — best price $0.492018-07-30 — best price $1.992018-11-21 — best price $0.492019-01-03 — best price $1.992019-06-25 — best price $0.492019-10-08 — best price $1.992019-12-09 — best price $0.492020-01-27 — best price $1.992020-05-14 — best price $29.992020-08-24 — best price $0.992020-11-25 — best price $0.492021-01-25 — best price $0.992021-06-24 — best price $0.492021-11-01 — best price $0.992021-12-23 — best price $0.492022-04-18 — best price $0.992022-07-11 — best price $0.492022-09-26 — best price $0.992022-12-22 — best price $0.492023-03-13 — best price $0.992023-06-05 — best price $0.282023-07-27 — best price $0.992023-12-22 — best price $0.492024-03-04 — best price $0.992024-05-22 — best price $0.492024-09-09 — best price $0.992024-12-19 — best price $0.492025-03-20 — best price $0.992025-06-26 — best price $0.492025-09-08 — best price $0.992025-12-18 — best price $0.492026-03-09 — best price $0.992026-06-01 — best price $0.492026-08-03 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

7
achievements tracked
1.2%
earned "Albatross - Level 5"
1.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

Player tags

IndieActionAdventureFirst-Person

Census log

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

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