Planet Alcatraz 2
Worth it · RPG · 2015
The verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $4.99.
- Length
- 22h 33h to 100%
- Value
- $0.23/hr
- Reviews
- 90% of 345 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
The sequel to Planet Alcatraz tells the story of sergeant Hartman, the leader of the Ghoul strike unit, that remained MIA in the original game. Only Russian language is supported at the time of Steam release.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce 6600/ATI Radeon X800, 6 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 57 times in the 11 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 80 percent, about 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 4 percent of its genre. It is cheaper than 68 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 91 percent. It outscores the games it most resembles, including OMON Simulator ($0.49, scores 38) and Darksiders III ($39.99, scores 35).
More about Planet Alcatraz 2
None of the 205 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to August 2026.
Players
- Players online
- 5 when we last checked, on Oct 18, 10:55 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
I've translated this game to English and I'm playing through it now! I'm more than halfway done after spending over a month translating the text with multiple AI tools. I kept the tone dark and true to the original, doing my best to make sure everything makes sense (check the Steam Guides section, I posted the files there). As for the game itself, only the prison section has unique maps; the rest of the locations...
2 more reviews
Planet Alcatraz 2, developed and published by Fulqrum Publishing, continues the gritty, violent, and darkly humorous legacy of its predecessor while attempting to expand the scope of its world and refine its systems. It is an isometric role-playing game set in a brutal science-fiction universe where humanity's exiled criminals are sent to a hostile planet that functions as both a prison and a testing ground for...
This game is awesome! Same as the first one. But... it's a Russian game, made for russians and ex Soviet countries. Every dialog line is filled with humor and references, understandable only by russians. You can, of course, enjoy gameplay or settings, but it's like 30% of whole expirience. Even with translation, 70% is lost on everyone else. It's got some bugs, but nothing major, some crashes, but I can deal with...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Planet Alcatraz 2 scores 75/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/389250/planet-alcatraz-2Reviews 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 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.