The Alters

The Alters

11 bit studios · June 13, 2025 · Survival, Base Building, Management, Sci-fi, Exploration

Buy the The Alters key for Steam from Loaded at $10.19 — the cheapest of 26 stores we compare.

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Game Pass Very Positive90% · 19,92085Metacritic746playing now
Best price 73 Great deal
$10.19-65%
$41.79lowest tracked $9.83
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GameBillet
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Standard Edition · Steam
-65%
$12.20
$34.99
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Fanatical
Standard Edition · Steam
-65%
$12.24
$34.99
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GreenManGaming
Standard Edition · Steam
-61%
$13.55
$34.99
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GamersGate
GamersGate
Standard Edition · Steam
-62%
$13.39
$34.99
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Newegg
Newegg
Standard Edition · Steam
-60%
$13.99
$34.99
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PlanetPlay
PlanetPlay
Standard Edition · Steam
-59%
$14.18
$34.99
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WinGameStore
WinGameStore
Standard Edition · Steam
-57%
$14.99
$34.99
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Steam
Steam
Standard Edition · Steam
-55%
$15.74
$34.99
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Humble Store
Humble Store
Standard Edition · Steam
-55%
$15.74
$34.99
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AllYouPlay
AllYouPlay
Standard Edition · Ubisoft Connect
-55%
$15.75
$34.99
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GOG
GOG
Standard Edition · DRM-Free
-55%
$15.75
$34.99
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JoyBuggy
JoyBuggy
Standard Edition · Steam
-55%
$15.75
$34.99
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Gamesplanet
Standard Edition · Steam
-15%
$29.74
$34.99
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Gamesload
Gamesload
Standard Edition · Steam
$34.99
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Epic Game Store
Epic Game Store
Standard Edition · Epic Games
$34.99
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Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Standard Edition · Microsoft Store
$34.99
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Cheapest The Alters keys — keyshops

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Loaded
Standard Edition · Steam
-76%
$10.19
$41.79
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Driffle INC
Standard Edition · Steam
$11.76
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Eneba
Standard Edition · Steam
$11.66
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GAMIVO
Standard Edition · Steam
$12.10
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Keycense
Standard Edition · Steam
-70%
$12.20
$40.28
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Gameseal
Standard Edition · Steam
$12.41
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CJS CD Keys
CJS CD Keys
Standard Edition · Steam
$12.91
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Playsum
Playsum
Standard Edition · Steam
-59%
$14.18
$34.99
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Kinguin
Standard Edition · Steam
$16.58
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YUPLAY
Standard Edition · Steam
-52%
$18.54
$38.77
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The Alters price by region

The Alters costs $7.87 in Georgia (USD), £8.10 in the United Kingdom, €9.59 in Europe (EUR), $10.19 in the United States, CA$15.74 in Canada, A$17.62 in Australia, NZ$19.34 in New Zealand, R$41.31 in Brazil and zł46.82 in Poland right now.

Cheapest The Alters offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
Georgia (USD) $7.87 −65% $7.87 $10.19 24
United Kingdom £8.10 −65% £10.32 £8.10 22
Europe (EUR) €9.59 −65% €12.24 €9.59 26
United Statesyour region $10.19 −65% $12.20 $10.19 26
Canada CA$15.74 −65% CA$15.74 CA$18.23 22
Australia A$17.62 −65% A$17.83 A$17.62 19
New Zealand NZ$19.34 −65% NZ$19.35 NZ$19.34 17
Brazil R$41.31 −62% R$41.31 R$66.46 17
Poland zł46.82 −62% zł46.83 zł46.82 21

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About The Alters

The Alters is an ambitious sci-fi survival game with a unique twist. You play as Jan Dolski, the lone survivor of a crash-landed expedition on a hostile planet. To survive, you must form a new crew for your mobile base. Using a substance called Rapidium, you create alternative versions of Jan - THE ALTERS - each one shaped by a different crucial decision from the protagonist’s past.As you navigate through survival and moral dilemmas, you will explore a branching narrative filled with captivating character dynamics and challenging decisions. 
At the same time, you’re challenged to reflect on one of life’s fundamental questions – do we shape our destiny or does it shape us? This makes your bid for survival a deeply personal experience. Use the quantum computer onboard your base to simulate alternate outcomes of your past choices and uncover Jan’s different life paths. Each Alter brought to life thanks to the remarkable properties of Rapidium comes with unique skills and emotional depths. These variations offer both opportunities and challenges as you navigate personal struggles and manage the fragile dynamics of your crew. To operate the mobile base, you’ll need to explore the planet’s surface in search of precious resources, like metals and organics. Yet venturing outside the safe haven comes with the risk of exposing you and your Alters to various deadly anomalies as well as the ever-present radiation of the sun. That’s why you must pay attention to the in-game day and night cycle and plan your daily activities wisely!Navigate a narrative rich with moral dilemmas and branching paths. Your choices will shape Jan’s relations with his Alters which then will impact their journey and lead you to multiple outcomes and endings.Gathered resources can be used in different ways – create necessary items or develop your base with additional modules like Research Lab or Social Room. Sometimes you will have to choose between creating items specially for your Alters and ones that could push the mission forward, like Anomaly Detectors or Radiation Filters. The burden of every decision lies solely on your shoulders as you will never be able to satisfy everyone’s needs.The planet features unique biomes and secrets waiting to be found, but deadly anomalies stand in your way. Levitating rocks and eerie distortions of reality attract attention immediately, while other singularities remain invisible to the naked eye and require special tools to uncover. In all cases, you must be extra careful - or face the risk of instant death, radiation-induced injuries, and even disintegration of time and space. Also, you may want to avoid exploring the planet during hours when intense radioactivity can eat right through your suit. Happy travels!Jan Dolski is about to face the answers to the essential “what if?” question in the form of alternative versions of himself. This makes the predicament he is in even more daunting as you slowly discover the impact every choice has on Jan’s survival.
The Alters poses you with life’s most nagging questions

The Alters — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Verified
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Not recommended Sep 29, 2026
yeah no .. just not fun .. and i do love these types of games, more so , its sci fy . base building of sort, try to survie , despite dont have to eat self.. crew has to .. and there is so many small stuff to make it frustrating to try sit here and enjoy 1 big example, you need to often go up a 2 meter tall clif , you cant .. even if it seams somewhat climable .. no you can repel down it , infinit rope pulled out ..but going up. you need to craft hook gun , grapling gun .-no problem , able to .. yet it uses energy to use .. - okay i guess ? BUT , WHY the heck cant i just make a simple ladder and climb it .. its 1,5-2 meters up .. its vary basic .. nop use grappling gun , exust energy , instead of simple death stranding ladder .. despite all the tech they have. , there is many other small nit picks.. - hell the story of you making clones of your self from a difrent time line , okay interesting i gues.. i prefered a random team you unfrezze , have to live on this wheel station , , survive .. get off the planet some how ? also, there is a timer thing that often makes things seams rushed or pushed forward.. dont like.. more so there is a HIDDEN kill timer ,, take to many days, …
Recommended Sep 29, 2026
"Fun survival-crafting gameplay in an interesting sci-fi setting, but doesn't quite stick the landing" 8/10 Pros: -Fun survival-crafting gameplay in an interesting sci-fi setting -A lot of fun characters, with conflicts that change and grow over time -BIG WHEEL. I only wish we got to roll along more -The plot really works, especially during act transitions. With the branching cast options, it must have been tough to account for every which way you Alter yourself, but it worked pretty well -Music slaps. The song you help write is a ja, and the sound direction is great from where I sit. -Beer Pong Minigame is fun, and the results of playing the full game are worth it! -Very replayable! Different Alters come with different stories and different lessons to learn! Cons: -Fairly buggy. I only lost once, but had to roll back saves more than 3 times during a 36 hour playthrough. -Ending is meh. Maybe there are different, better endings, but consequences that had been hyped up as big, dreadful ends for us feel kinda... Brushed under the rug? Maybe I just got a good ending, who knows. I'll try the DLC next, see if that helps. -The Gamers Den game is not well explained at all.…
Recommended Sep 29, 2026
Obra maestra, como suelen ser los lanzamientos de 11 bit studios y todo el equipo que hay detrás. Me fascina el concepto, la idea de explorar los "Y sí...", para luego enseñarnos que a veces simplemente hay que seguir con los errores, que hay que dejar de preguntarnos por nuestras posibilidades alternas y simplemente aceptar las decisiones que tomamos. Además, este juego me representó mucho en la etapa y las sensaciones que tengo actualmente, y con una historia con algunas similitudes a mi vida, por lo que me pareció apasionante y emocionante coincidir con la visión que Jan adquiere a lo largo de la historia.
Not recommended Sep 28, 2026
Doesn't seem to work on Linux. Has this bizarre issue where boxes of flickering screen-tear appear and disappear based on the position of the cursor, which makes any part with menus basically unplayable. The only advice I found online was to update my GPU drivers, which I did and it didn't solve the issue. The only reason I didn't refund it is because I didn't try it for a while after purchase which put it past the automatic refund window, and I didn't get a response back when I put in a request for a refund explaining the issues. I'm on Linux so it might work fine on Windows, and I've heard good things about the actual game. If you do get it, I highly recommend booting it up quickly to see if the menus look normal before the refund window passes.
Not recommended Sep 28, 2026
Found this quite dull. While yes I was hoping for a nice chill single player experience. It felt boring and draining trying to keep whining clones happy. Running around doing the same thing setting up pylons and resource collectors while your clones are pissy you haven't build some thing they want to keep themselves happy which doesn't even do that. Rinse repeat. About 15 hours of my 33 play time were me pushing myself to keep going as maybe something would click. It didn't. Not my cup of tea but hey, might be yours.
Recommended Sep 28, 2026
Instant classic. Emotional, deep, and thoughtful. This is an extraordinarily easy game to get into, isn't over-complicated, and yet has such rich texture. I just finished the game and I immediately want to play it over again. I loved This War Of Mine and this game is an amazing follow-up to it. This game should appeal to just about any player as it covers such a wide range of game types--resource management, choices matter, action/adventure, it's got it all and give you the ability to lean into one of these types and away from the others if you want.

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