Alpha Polaris : A Horror Adventure Game
Fair · Narrative · 2015
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Free and middling. Worth a look if the genre is yours.
- Length
- 4.2h 5.9h to 100%
- Price
- Free to play
- Reviews
- 82% of 618 positive
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
Alpha Polaris is an oldschool adventure game focusing on slow-burning character driven horror and environmental themes. It draws inspiration from such sources as Inuit legends and Cthulhu mythos.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Graphics card with DirectX 9 support, 1004 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Value puts it in the top 15 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 71 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Samsara Room (free, scores 93) beats it on value, while it beats Fingerbones (free, scores 52).
More about Alpha Polaris : A Horror Adventure Game
Steam's global achievement data puts 26 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15.
The drop-off
35% start to 26% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
What players say
Alpha Polaris: A Horror Adventure Game, developed and published by Turmoil Games, is a traditional point-and-click experience that builds its identity around isolation, psychological tension, and a creeping sense of the unknown. Set in a remote Arctic research station in Greenland, the game places players in the role of Rune Knudsen, a biologist whose routine work is gradually disrupted by strange discoveries...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
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The environmental art is nice to look at. The characters are unmemorable but at least tolerable. So far so good. While hauling and then vaccinating the polar bear, things start to go downhill. What am I supposed to do here? The puzzles, aargh! After a few other similar incidents of perfect puzzlement, I figured that I can't figure them out. Whatever the puzzle designer was thinking, I couldn't follow that thinking...
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Cite this score
Alpha Polaris : A Horror Adventure Game scores 56/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/405780/alpha-polaris-a-horror-adventure-gameReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.