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Alpha Runner

Alpha Runner

Alpha Runner is a challenging endless platform game, Make your way through different obstacles and mini games that get more difficult the further you get. Show off to your friends by getting the highest score on the leaderboard. Or even play with them and see who can survive the longest.

Released Sep 2, 2015 Developer LightsoutGames Publisher Lightsoutgames Platforms Windows IndieCasualAdventurePlatformerRunner
View on Steam ↗ $0.99 (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.

76.9%positive441 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Alpha Runner is a no-frills arcade platformer that embraces the core philosophy of endless runners: simple to understand, difficult to master, and built around the pursuit of improvement through repetition. Developed and published by LightsoutGames, it strips the genre down to…”

— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Jumping on procedually created platforms that also disappear if you ain't fast enough. Dots that create new platform are so close to lethal spikes that game is precision platforming. Dying seems to be objective of the game considering several achievements are about how many…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2022-08 via SteamCharts.

1,811all-time peak
0 50 100 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 65 avg · Sep 2017

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.

20achievements
11.7%median completion
7.7%rarest: It's a raining day!
31.0% of players 26.6% of players 26.6% of players 24.3% of players 24.2% of players 24.0% of players 16.4% of players 15.5% of players 12.4% of players 11.7% of players 11.7% of players 11.4% of players 10.4% of players 9.7% of players 9.6% of players 9.5% of players 8.6% of players 8.1% of players 7.9% of players 7.7% of players 31.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
31.0%YOU DID NOTHING AWARD — Hidden achievement
26.6%Getting Started — Earn your first point.
26.6%You tried — Die for the first time.
Rarest badges of honor
7.7%It's a raining day! — Experienced the rain mini game 100 times.
7.9%Is this real life? — Hidden achievement
8.1%I was alive once — Died over 1000 Times.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$0.99current · sampled 2026-09-25 21:36 UTC
$0.99lowest since tracking began2026-08-12
US0.99 USD
EU0.99 EUR
UK0.79 GBP
Canada1.09 CAD
Japan98 JPY
Brazil2.19 BRL
China6.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$0.4 Japan Canada China US UK EU≈$1.1

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $1 $2 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-16 09-25

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 16, 2024
Alpha runner 2

Hi everyone, Alpha runner 2 is coming out on steam Oktober first, if you enjoyed Alpha Runner 1, check out the sequel as it has alot of new minigames and gamemodes that have been suggested by you! Wis

Sep 02, 2017
Beta Runner

Hello Everyone, Some weeks ago we have released our other runner game called Beta Runner, it is on steam right now. So if you are enjoying Alpha Runner check out Beta Runner! http://store.steampowered

Sep 02, 2017
Beta Runner

Hello Everyone, Some weeks ago we have released our other runner game called Beta Runner, it is on steam right now. So if you are enjoying Alpha Runner check out Beta Runner! http://store.steampowered

Dec 30, 2016
Alpha Fighters

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/98349963206252185/79778AE23EA5007219A3906CAFCB7B06517B5A70/ Hello everyone! We just launched the greenlight of our next game called alpha fighters! Please

Dec 30, 2016
Alpha Fighters

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/98349963206252185/79778AE23EA5007219A3906CAFCB7B06517B5A70/ Hello everyone! We just launched the greenlight of our next game called alpha fighters! Please

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.

GenresAdventure, Casual, Indie
Player tagsIndie · Casual · Adventure · Platformer · Runner (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Stats · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements20
Official sitehttp://www.lightsoutgames.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Microsoft® Windows® XP / Vista / 7 Processor: 1.2GHz processor Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: DirectX 8-compatible graphics card with at least 32MB of video memory Storage: 150 MB available space