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Alice: Madness Returns

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Alice: Madness Returns

Alice: Madness Returns is a third-person, single-player, action adventure platformer. Visit the grim reality of Victorian London and travel to the beautiful yet ghastly Wonderland to uncover the root of Alice's madness.

Dark Fantasy Horror Female Protagonist 3D Platformer Hack and Slash
Last tracked players
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Eleven years ago a horrific fire took Alice’s family from her and left her mind horrifically scarred. Afterwards she was confined to Rutledge Asylum, where she struggled to confront her demons by slipping further into her fantasy world of Wonderland. Now, after ten years, she has finally secured her release—yet she still bears the heavy psychological burden of that tragic event.

With her mind in tatters, she is unable to resolve the fear prompted by her strange memories, dreams, and visions. Perhaps she’ll do better in Wonderland. She always has. She travels there, seeking what the “real” world can’t provide: security, knowledge, and the truth about the past. But in her absence, Wonderland too has suffered. Something has gone horribly wrong, and now a great evil is descending upon what once was her beautiful refuge. Can Alice save Wonderland—and herself—from the madness that consumes them both?

Key Features:

Intense 3rd person action:
  • Use multiple upgradeable melee weapons, including the explosive Teapot Cannon, the punishing Hobby Horse, and the classic Vorpal Blade.
Explore a dark and shattered Wonderland:
  • Encounter familiar but now strange characters, including the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, the Caterpillar and the Red Queen.
Magical abilities:
  • Obtain peculiar abilities in Wonderland such as floating with Alice’s dress, shrinking, or growing to towering sizes in order to crush enemies.
Interactive puzzles:
  • Intuitive and rewarding puzzles such as transforming obstacles, musical memories, chess, and picture blocks.

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The Alice: Madness Returns dev team 'made history,' American McGee says: It was 'the first team ever to tell EA *** and (kinda) get away with it' Alice creator American McGee says he was inspired by a Valve demo he saw while working on Quake 2 The sequel to one of my favorite 3D platformers always had a janky PC port, but a huge fanmade patch just dropped in hopes to fix it
System requirements Windows

Windows

Minimum

  • OS *: Windows 7 SP1, Windows Vista with SP2, Windows XP with SP3
  • Processor: Intel Core2 Duo (or equivalent) running at 1.60GHz or greater; AMD Athlon X2 (or equivalent) running at 1.60GHz or greater
  • Memory: 2048MB or greater
  • Hard Disk Space: 8.5 GB
  • Video Card: *NVIDIA GeForce 7600 256MB or ATI Radeon X1650 256MB or greater
  • Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible
  • DirectX®: 9.0c
  • *NVIDIA GeForce 8400, 9400, 210; ATI Radeon HD 2400, HD 3200, HD 4300 as well as integrated versions of supported chipsets are below minimum system requirements
Game details Languages, features & support
Publisher
Electronic Arts
USK rating
16
Controller support
partial
Metacritic
75
Features
Single-player, Partial Controller Support, Family Sharing
Languages
English*, French*, German*, Italian*, Japanese, Spanish - Spain*
*languages with full audio support
Compatibility & accessibility Steam Deck, controllers & access features

Can I Play This?

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Windows: unknown
macOS: unknown
Linux: unknown
Steam Deck
playable
Valve compatibility test
The on-screen keyboard may need to be opened manually.
Input
Controller support: unknown
Structured language support (6)
LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
EnglishYesYesYes
FrenchYesYesNo
GermanYesYesNo
ItalianYesYesYes
JapaneseYesNoYes
Spanish - SpainYesYesYes

Third-party requirements shown by Steam

Requires agreement to a 3rd-party EULA Alice: Madness Returns EULA
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Value Score

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Genre Benchmarks

Player Count Top 13%
Value Ratio Top 0%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Alice: Madness Returns worth buying right now?
Wait — $9.99. Wait for upcoming sale in ~13 days for potentially better pricing.
When does Alice: Madness Returns go on sale?
Wait for upcoming sale in ~13 days for potentially better pricing.
Is Alice: Madness Returns free to play?
Alice: Madness Returns costs $9.99 on Steam.
What genre is Alice: Madness Returns?
Alice: Madness Returns is a Action, Adventure game.
Who developed Alice: Madness Returns?
Alice: Madness Returns was developed by Spicy Horse Games and published by Electronic Arts.
What platforms does Alice: Madness Returns support?
Available on Steam for Windows.

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