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The Alien Cube

Alessandro Guzzo · 2021-10-14

SteamEpic Games Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

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.

The Alien Cube is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2021, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 589 reviews).

1
playing now
81%
positive of 589 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 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
  • · 1 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 18% of 28,692 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12k–27k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 589 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 23 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

802026-09-15 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 6 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 8 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
111Oct 2021Apr 2025Oct 2021 — avg 11 · peak 43Nov 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Dec 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2022 — avg 2 · peak 10Feb 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Sep 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2022 — avg 2 · peak 10Nov 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2023 — avg 1 · peak 7Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 9Apr 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$3.192021-10-142026-09-142021-10-14 — 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 $3.292026-09-14 — best price $3.99
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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-10-14 (Steam store data)

Player tags

HorrorSci-fiMysterySurvivalAdventureControllerStory RichAtmosphericExplorationLovecraftian

Census log

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

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