Alpha Prime
Sci-fi first-person shooter with hackable robots and slowed-time combat
Black Element · Published by Bohemia Interactive · Released Nov 7, 2007
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 56% of 1,526
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 2
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- Unknown
- no patch notes on Steam
Metacritic: 59/100 (critic reviews)
What is Alpha Prime?
Alpha Prime is a single-player first-person shooter set at an asteroid mining base, where you try to rescue miners after something goes wrong. Across ten levels, you fight soldiers, robots, and hostile miners, hack security devices, and briefly slow time during combat.
For you if...
- +you enjoy demanding, old-school sci-fi shooters
- +you like hacking security devices during firefights
- +you prefer a level-based single-player game
Not for you if...
- −you want a relaxed shooter with forgiving combat
- −you prefer nonlinear exploration to a sequence of levels
What players say
56% of 1,526 reviews are positive
Players praise the challenging firefights and old-school sci-fi feel. Their most common complaint is that enemies shoot too accurately while ammunition and healing are scarce. Some also criticize stiff movement, voice acting, and technical problems on modern PCs.
Screenshots and trailer
Alpha Prime system requirements
Minimum: DirectX compatible 128 MB, 0.5 GB RAM, 3 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Alpha Prime?
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- Processor
- 2.0 GHz Processor
- Graphics
- DirectX compatible 128 MB graphics card
- Memory
- 512 MB RAM
- Storage
- 3 GB Hard Drive space
- DirectX
- DirectX® 9.0c
Does Alpha Prime have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Alpha Prime run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Age rating
- 17+
- Languages
- Text only: English.
Does Alpha Prime use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
