Stunning art direction and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“i absolutely love how they took alice in wonderland and turned it into something so dark, creepy and beautiful at the same time.”
Steam review · 94.9 h played ↗
Alice: Madness Returns
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 91%Very Positive · 91%Spicy Horse Games2011Horror · 3D Platformer · Hack and Slash
$9.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A gorgeous, dark Alice in Wonderland action-platformer with great story and art, held back by a rough PC port and repetitive combat. Skip it if you won't tinker with patches.
Great for
Fans of dark gothic art and story-driven platformers who don't mind installing community patches
Main risk
Broken PC port (crashes, umbrella bug, 30 FPS lock) may need community patches to be playable
What players love
Compelling dark story about trauma
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The story while tragic, is so beautiful.”
Steam review · 6 h played ↗
Creative weapons and fun platforming
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Swapping between the Vorpal Blade, Pepper Grinder, and Hobby Horse in floaty, precise aerial combat still feels fantastic”
Steam review · 43.8 h played ↗
Alice's outfits and chapter variety
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“i also absolutely love how alice gets a new dress in each part of wonderland.”
Steam review · 94.9 h played ↗
Great music and voice acting
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“the music slaps”
Steam review · 23.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Broken PC port with crashes and bugs
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 negative reviews
“You have a 1 in 4 chance of launching the game succesfully because it tends to crash either while loading or when you're in the main menu”
Steam review · 6.3 h played ↗
Bad lock-on camera and clunky controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“the lock-on/targeting system is insanely annoying to work with”
Steam review · 13 h played ↗
Repetitive combat and gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“the game is just a tedious, repetitive grind to get through. fight the same enemies again and again.”
Steam review · 25.1 h played ↗
Umbrella bug blocks progress
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“On PC you can’t open the umbrella, so you basically can’t do anything.”
Steam review · 10.5 h played ↗
30 FPS lock and needs file tweaking
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“It's locked to 31fps, there's no "proper" way to get the DLC content”
Steam review · 24.8 h played ↗
Overly long levels and padding
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“This game is the definition of tedium. It is so incredibly long”
Steam review · 35.8 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable8.5 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 SP1, Windows Vista with SP2, Windows XP with SP3
ProcessorIntel Core2 Duo (or equivalent) running at 1.60GHz or greater; AMD Athlon X2 (or equivalent) running at 1.60GHz or greater
Memory2048MB or greater
Graphics*NVIDIA GeForce 7600 256MB or ATI Radeon X1650 256MB or greater
Storage8.5 GB
OSWindows 7 SP1, Windows Vista with SP2, Windows XP with SP3
ProcessorIntel Core2 Duo (or equivalent) running at 1.60GHz or greater; AMD Athlon X2 (or equivalent) running at 1.60GHz or greater
Memory2048MB or greater
Graphics*NVIDIA GeForce 7600 256MB or ATI Radeon X1650 256MB or greater
Storage8.5 GB
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