Alba: A Wildlife Adventure

Alba: A Wildlife Adventure

BANGER · Narrative · 2020

Steam Deck Verified

The verdict

BUY IT.

A BANGER at $3.39.

Length
2.6h
Value
$1.30/hr
Reviews
98% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Length
2.6h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
3.9h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr
$1.30
price ÷ main-story length
Price
$3.39
as of Oct 1
Reviews
98%
8,387 reviews, as of Sep 26
Metacritic
79
critic score
Players
150K
owners, SteamSpy estimate
Released
2020

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Intel HD 630, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.

Even the smallest person can make a big difference. Join Alba, as she sets out to save her beautiful island and its wildlife. And possibly start a revolution.
Description from the Steam store page.

What drives the score

How to read this

Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Reviews98% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
MonetizationNone
Checked: no in-game purchases or loot boxes. That earns a small credit unless Steam lists in-app purchases
Holding it back
Value$1.30/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
For context
Length2.6 hours
How much game you get. Hours feed the value per dollar
Reach150K+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). Context here: this game's score does not use it
Refunds6 of 445 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

The value story

March 2026 is where it bottomed out, at $2.54. It has been discounted 63 times in the 6 years tracked here, typically at 60 percent off, with about 5 weeks between sales.

Value puts it in the top 1 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 84 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 99 percent. Among the games closest to it, Smushi Come Home ($7.99, scores 91) and Haven Park ($8.99, scores 82) both come in lower.

On this data it would still be a BANGER at $7.49. It costs $3.39.

79 from critics against 98 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.

Of the 445 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 6 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written December 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 92 percent of the 560 reviews written there were positive, against 98 percent overall, and those are 8 percent of everything written about it.

At 2.6 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.

The drop-off

95% start to 45% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

No achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements

Players

16 players online when we last checked, on Oct 1, 09:46 UTC.

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

What players say

A nice little cozy game where you play as a kid called Alba and take pictures of the animals on the island. The story is wholesome, and the tasks you do on the island with your friend Inés are just chill. It took me about 3 hours to do everything and get all the achievements. If you need a break from what you usually play and want to chill for a few hours, Alba: A Wildlife Adventure would be the ideal choice.
YaervethRecommendedafter 3.3h2 found this helpfulRead on Steam
This game was absolutely wholesome while also reminding us just how big of an impact that greed has, not only on our planet but on us as well. The attention to detail when providing us with the rich history of these animals was refreshing. It was a cozy experience that had me heavily invested in the overall story. I highly recommend the game.
hunnybunnykagomeRecommendedafter 5.3h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam
I enjoyed taking pictures of animals and the short story. Music was nice too. I got it on sale and recommend to get it only then since it's so short.
PandaRecommendedafter 5.5h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

Cite this score

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Alba: A Wildlife Adventure scores 97/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1337010/alba-a-wildlife-adventure
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Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.

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Critics vs players+19
Critics
79
Players
98
Player favorite. The critics underrated it.
Metacritic critics · 8,387 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

Developerustwo games
Publisherustwo games
GenreNarrative
Released2020
Achievements9