Alter World
Skip · Short indie · 2015
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 22, under the fair line, at $4.99.
- Cost per hour▼
- $1.39/hr
- Reviews▼
- 68% of 598
- Genre rank
- Top 72% Short indie
Holding it back: Reviews, Cost per hour
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 3.6h
- To 100%
- 4.7h 1.3x the story
- Finish
- 8% reach the ending
- Achievements
- 12
Price and sales
- Sales
- 70 on record
- Typical cut
- 70% off
- Steam low
- $0.49 June 2019
- Sale every
- 39d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 0 now
- Cheaper than
- 32% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 19% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
9% start to 8% finishSteam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
70 discounts in the 11 years on record, a median of 70 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 2 weeks ago.
It is pricier than 68 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 81 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Teslagrad ($9.99, scores 55) beats it on value, while it beats One Gun Guy ($4.99, scores 17).
More about Alter World
Steam's global achievement data puts about 8 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 3.6-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 16 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❌❌❌❌ ___(6/10) ??? I'm not usually a fan of 2D games, but I decided to give this one a try - and I don't regret it. ⋯⋯⋯✦⋯⋯⋯✦⋯⋯⋯✦⋯⋯⋯ The story is minimalistic yet atmospheric. The levels are fairly short, but each introduces its own mechanics, which keeps the gameplay fresh and engaging. ⋯⋯⋯✦⋯⋯⋯✦⋯⋯⋯✦⋯⋯⋯ The localization is solid: the text reads smoothly without feeling like a machine translation. Overall...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Enter the Alter World, a mysterious parallel reality where the rules are different and every step brings new challenges. Inspired by Stephen King's The Dark Tower, Alter World is a 2D platformer built around a unique mechanic that allows you to switch between two realities at any time to overcome obstacles, solve puzzles, and progress...
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Onboard 256 Mb RAM, 645 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Alter World scores 22/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/357280/alter-worldReviews 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 Oct 20, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.