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The Alters

11 bit studios · 2025-06-13

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Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 13, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 13, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Jun 13, 2025 (PlayStation 5)

Experience an award-winning, story-driven sci-fi survival game. Help Jan Dolski, the survivor of an ill-fated space expedition, create alternative versions of himself to escape a hostile planet and tackle personal turmoil with his unconventional crew.

The Alters is an Adventure game released in 2025 priced at $34.99, with a Very Positive sentiment based on 90% of 19,218 reviews.

90%
positive of 19k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
87/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (83 ratings)
29h
to beat · rushed 20h · completionist 52h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$34.99
steam price (US)
The Alters is a 2025 survival game developed and published by 11 Bit Studios. In the game, the player assumes control of Jan Dolski, a space miner who must create alternative versions of himself in order to survive on an inhospitable planet. It was released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on 13 June 2025, to generally positive reviews from critics. The game won Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year at the 29th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,145 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~143/week).
  • · Review velocity up 131% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (3,549 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 11,486 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 384k–865k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 19,218 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.74-58%
GOG$17.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $13.60 at GameBillet (2026-08-06) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 153 of 201 observed days · $3.89 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.2k3.2k20252026Week of 2025-06-13: 3,152 positiveWeek of 2025-06-13: 397 negativeWeek of 2025-06-20: 1,722 positiveWeek of 2025-06-20: 209 negativeWeek of 2025-06-27: 850 positiveWeek of 2025-06-27: 145 negativeWeek of 2025-07-04: 565 positiveWeek of 2025-07-04: 65 negativeWeek of 2025-07-11: 355 positiveWeek of 2025-07-11: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-07-18: 256 positiveWeek of 2025-07-18: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-07-25: 234 positiveWeek of 2025-07-25: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-08-08: 209 positiveWeek of 2025-08-08: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-08-15: 162 positiveWeek of 2025-08-15: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-08-22: 142 positiveWeek of 2025-08-22: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-08-29: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-08-29: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-09-05: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-09-05: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-12: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-09-12: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-19: 135 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-09-26: 139 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-10-03: 180 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-10-10: 124 positiveWeek of 2025-10-10: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-17: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-10-17: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-24: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-10-24: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-31: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-10-31: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-11-07: 103 positiveWeek of 2025-11-07: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-11-14: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-21: 616 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-11-28: 315 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-12-05: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-12: 177 positiveWeek of 2025-12-12: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-12-19: 181 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-12-26: 197 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-01-02: 193 positiveWeek of 2026-01-02: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-01-09: 114 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-16: 103 positiveWeek of 2026-01-16: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-01-23: 109 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-01-30: 96 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-02-06: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-13: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-20: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-27: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-06: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-03-13: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-20: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-27: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-03: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-10: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-17: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-24: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-08: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-15: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-22: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-29: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-06-05: 89 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-06-12: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-19: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-26: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-03: 134 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-07-10: 166 positiveWeek of 2026-07-10: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-07-17: 236 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-07-24: 203 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-07-31: 113 positiveWeek of 2026-07-31: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-08-07: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$34.99$11.872025-04-242026-08-302025-04-24 — best price $34.992025-06-19 — best price $27.692025-07-05 — best price $26.232025-08-21 — best price $34.992025-09-06 — best price $23.442025-09-22 — best price $20.492025-10-02 — best price $27.992025-10-13 — best price $21.512025-10-21 — best price $26.242025-11-04 — best price $34.992025-11-10 — best price $25.082025-11-22 — best price $19.292025-12-02 — best price $18.642025-12-11 — best price $26.242026-01-05 — best price $25.082026-01-12 — best price $34.992026-01-19 — best price $19.062026-02-01 — best price $34.992026-02-17 — best price $18.902026-02-28 — best price $24.492026-03-13 — best price $34.992026-03-20 — best price $17.962026-04-01 — best price $26.242026-04-11 — best price $25.712026-04-24 — best price $29.142026-05-06 — best price $34.992026-05-14 — best price $17.952026-05-22 — best price $34.992026-06-02 — best price $29.482026-06-12 — best price $26.242026-06-20 — best price $34.642026-07-09 — best price $17.492026-07-17 — best price $13.642026-07-25 — best price $26.242026-08-01 — best price $26.202026-08-10 — best price $14.352026-08-18 — best price $14.742026-08-30 — best price $17.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.0k1522026-05-28 — 217 pageviews2026-05-31 — 239 pageviews2026-06-03 — 187 pageviews2026-06-06 — 344 pageviews2026-06-09 — 303 pageviews2026-06-12 — 209 pageviews2026-06-15 — 227 pageviews2026-06-18 — 179 pageviews2026-06-21 — 193 pageviews2026-06-24 — 164 pageviews2026-06-27 — 223 pageviews2026-06-30 — 200 pageviews2026-07-03 — 361 pageviews2026-07-06 — 274 pageviews2026-07-09 — 304 pageviews2026-07-12 — 230 pageviews2026-07-15 — 845 pageviews2026-07-18 — 426 pageviews2026-07-21 — 321 pageviews2026-07-24 — 284 pageviews2026-07-27 — 281 pageviews2026-07-30 — 223 pageviews2026-08-02 — 238 pageviews2026-08-05 — 184 pageviews2026-08-08 — 203 pageviews2026-08-11 — 189 pageviews2026-08-14 — 180 pageviews2026-08-17 — 211 pageviews2026-08-20 — 182 pageviews2026-08-23 — 415 pageviews2026-08-25 — 276 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
96.2%
earned "The survivor "
18.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputDualSense Controller Support2 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Windows (Xbox)14,1390%62
Steam (Steam)7,2621%63
PS5 (PlayStation)2,6732%63

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Census log

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

Recent updates

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