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The Alien Cube

Alessandro Guzzo · 2021-10-14

SteamEpic Games Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 14, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A cursed legacy awakens something ancient, revealing a terrifying reality never meant for human eyes. Follow your missing uncle’s trail, uncover forbidden secrets, and face a Lovecraftian cosmic horror in this first‑person adventure.

0
playing now
81%
positive of 580 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

The game is set in the late 1990s. After discovering a strange object that seems to come from an alien world, you embark on a journey taking in many different locations, such as old crumbling buildings, snowy forests, dark dungeons, and more. Otherworldly and insane environments are waiting to be discovered. You have to be very careful as you will have to face many dangers in these disturbing and unexplored places.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 55 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 38% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12k–26k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 580 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.19 at Fanatical (2026-06-19) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 20 of 38 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
585820212026Week of 2021-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-08-11 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$3.192021-10-142026-08-102021-10-14 — best price $17.992021-12-23 — best price $14.992022-03-21 — best price $19.992022-05-13 — best price $13.992022-06-20 — best price $19.992022-07-28 — best price $19.992022-09-25 — best price $19.992022-11-18 — best price $9.992022-12-15 — best price $7.992023-01-23 — best price $19.992023-03-09 — best price $6.992023-05-05 — best price $6.992023-06-21 — best price $5.992023-08-03 — best price $19.992023-09-10 — best price $5.992023-10-26 — best price $4.992023-11-21 — best price $4.992023-12-18 — best price $19.992024-02-09 — best price $4.992024-03-22 — best price $4.592024-05-11 — best price $4.992024-06-20 — best price $19.992024-08-01 — best price $19.992024-09-19 — best price $19.992024-11-04 — best price $19.992024-12-12 — best price $3.992025-01-23 — best price $4.592025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-06-13 — best price $3.992025-07-20 — best price $19.992025-09-02 — best price $19.992025-10-27 — best price $3.992025-12-18 — best price $3.992026-02-24 — best price $3.992026-04-17 — best price $19.992026-06-19 — best price $3.192026-08-03 — best price $3.292026-08-10 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, French, Russian, Turkish

Player tags

HorrorSci-fiMysterySurvivalAdventureControllerStory RichAtmosphericExplorationLovecraftian

Census log

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

Recent updates

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