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About the Game
A story-driven survival adventure where you lead a crew of your own alternate selves across a radioactive planet.
The Alters is a single-player adventure that blends survival with a story-driven, sci-fi premise. Your expedition ship has crash-landed on a radioactive planet, and a scorching sun is closing in, so your mobile base can never stop moving. The base is too complex for one person to run alone, so you turn to a risky solution: creating alters, different versions of yourself built from other paths your life could have taken.
The core loop revolves around keeping that base alive while the sun chases you. You manage resources, research advanced technology, maintain life-support equipment, and produce supplies so the crew can stay fed, warm, and running. Every trip to the surface is a gamble: you must venture into zones full of anomalies and radiation to mine important resources, and you have to get back before the sun catches up.
The alters are where the game's personal side comes in. Each one has its own personality, memories, and regrets, and they can disagree about how to carry out missions. You are responsible for managing the relationships between them, mediating conflicts, and keeping them sane and united, because unchecked self-conflict can cost you the only chance to return to Earth.
What stands out is the mix of tone: a tense survival clock, a story about confronting past choices light-years from home, and a base-building layer meant to grow into a self-sufficient stronghold. It lets you enjoy narrative weight and careful planning without relying on fast reflexes.
Feature Highlights
- The game is single-player and offers full controller support, including DualSense controller support for players who prefer a gamepad.
- Adjustable difficulty and gameplay that does not require quick reactions let you focus on planning rather than split-second timing.
- Accessibility-minded options include adjustable text size, camera comfort settings, subtitle options, and custom volume controls.
- Steam achievements, Steam trading cards, Steam Cloud saves, and Family Sharing are all supported on your Steam account.
- Audio support includes stereo and surround sound, so you can choose the output that suits your setup.
- The game supports multiple languages, with English and Ukrainian listed as having full audio support.
Who It Is (and Is Not) For
Recommended For
Players who enjoy narrative-driven survival games will likely appreciate how the story and the survival clock push each other forward. It also suits people who enjoy managing relationships and dealing with internal conflict, since the alters constantly test your decisions. Gamers who prefer controller play and want adjustable difficulty and comfort options will find plenty of room to set the game up their way.
Not Recommended For
Players who want fast, action-heavy combat or constant reflex-based challenges will probably find the pace too deliberate. Readers who need Traditional Chinese text should look elsewhere, since the game does not support it. People who are sensitive to mature themes should review the store page first, because Steam flags the game for adult content.
What the Steam Reviews Say
The Steam label for The Alters is Very Positive (極度好評), with 90% of reviews recommending it and tens of thousands of reviews in total. A positive percentage this high, paired with a volume this large, is a strong signal that a clear majority of players who finished the game or spent significant time with it were pleased with the experience.
Steam review labels combine the positive percentage with the number of reviews, so a Very Positive label backed by tens of thousands of reviews is more dependable than the same score from a small sample. When the count is smaller, a few strong opinions can move the score a lot. Here, the volume gives the rating real weight, though it still reflects general sentiment rather than a guarantee that the game suits your personal taste.
Price History & Historical Low
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| Date | Price | Discount |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-30 | NT$583 | — |
| 2026-07-28 | NT$583 | — |
| 2026-07-14 | NT$291 | -50% |
On the Taiwan Steam store, prices are in NT$, and The Alters currently costs NT$ 583 with no discount active. That matches its regular price and is also the highest price we have recorded for the game.
Our lowest recorded price is NT$ 291, a 50% discount that we logged on 2026-07-14. The game has been discounted often in our record, so waiting for a sale has a reasonable chance of paying off. It has not been free to keep on any day we have tracked.
Our price record is still short, so this verdict is tentative. If you want the game now, the current NT$ 583 is the full price, and it is not a bargain by our record. If you can wait, adding it to your wishlist and watching for the next sale is the more economical choice.
Analysis written 10/27/2026 from our recorded prices; the chart above is live. Taiwan-region Steam prices.
How to Buy
- Sign in to your Steam account on the Steam client or the Steam website.
- Open The Alters store page on Steam and confirm the current Taiwan price of NT$ 583 before you decide.
- Click 'Add to Cart' to buy it now, or click 'Add to Wishlist' if you would rather wait for a lower price.
- Turn on sale notifications for your wishlist in Steam so you hear about discounts as soon as they begin.
- Check back on this site from time to time for the price trend, since our record is still building.
Things to Know
The Alters supports English, Simplified Chinese, and several other languages, but it does not support Traditional Chinese, so check the language list before buying. Steam flags the game for adult content, so review the store page for details if mature themes are a concern. All prices here are Taiwan-region Steam prices in NT$ and may differ in other regions or stores. Free and discount promotions can end at any time, so check the official Steam page before you buy.
