# Alpha Polaris : A Horror Adventure Game

Summer DB entity ID: a655dcc3\-c200\-4464\-a6d5\-0a1d32faee24

Steam App ID: 405780

In the midst of the snowfields of Greenland lies Alpha Polaris, an American oil research station\. High above, the ion storm of the century is gathering, bringing about a strange intermixing of reality and night terrors\.\.\.    Alpha Polaris is an old\-school adventure game focusing on character\-driven horror and environmental themes\. Previously released worldwide in retail, the game features professional voice\-acted dialogues, hand\-drawn dialogue portraits and an original soundtrack\.    Alpha Polaris was developed by Turmoil Games, an indie game studio situated in Finnish Lapland, making the game an authentic Arctic production\. Developed during two long and dark Finnish winters, inspiration for the game was drawn from such sources as inuit legends, Cthulhu mythos and the very real blight polar bears face today\.     The Steam edition includes:  \* Expanded resolution support \(MINIMUM RESOLUTION 1280x768\)  \* Steam achievements & trading cards  \* Minor tweaks & bug fixes, tweaked dialogues  \* English voice acting, ingame texts available in English, Russian, German and Polish

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Turmoil Games

- Publisher: Turmoil Games

- Release date: Oct 21, 2015

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: true

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Adventure, Indie

- Categories: Single\-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/405780/ss\_f9dca49a26f41cdd77f4cd875f15eabee8ecceeb\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1578449945, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/405780/ss\_c8adcf01e5fa91380dc448b768f828f920531a81\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1578449945, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/405780/ss\_d7275fc766ec7b9eba261003a49c700fff360edd\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1578449945, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/405780/ss\_cfaad911a11f34568d10969b2617b64772d081e6\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1578449945, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/405780/ss\_7b91ad54eeedc13bb2c28de8c70508bd74d1b399\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1578449945, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/405780/ss\_3909928ef3d2229f0bfd6f81a54d458d8060cd56\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1578449945, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/405780/ss\_dfb28c1d3e08f88ff8d7c25f2f48dbdb35b8cf5b\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1578449945, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/405780/ss\_ed3778a06cc48306392cbffec0e3897811146b38\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1578449945

- Price: Not collected

- Price country: Not collected

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 1

- Steam review count: 617

- Steam positive reviews: 502

- Steam negative reviews: 115

- Steam positive percentage: 81.36142625607779%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

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## Player history

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Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-22T06:57:21\.072628\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-22T06:57:22\.46407\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-22T06:57:22\.088625\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

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