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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.

Alice: Madness Returns is a horror, female protagonist and dark fantasy game developed by Spicy Horse Games and published by Electronic Arts.
Released on June 17th 2011 is available only on Windows in 6 languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 24,087 reviews of which 21,729 were positive and 2,358 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 2.49€ on Steam with a 75% discount.

The Steam community has classified Alice: Madness Returns into these genres:

Horror Female Protagonist Dark Fantasy 3D Platformer Hack and Slash Gothic Action-Adventure Singleplayer Story Rich Psychological Platformer Surreal Third Person Fantasy Action Atmospheric Noir Based On A Novel Adventure Supernatural

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Windows

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

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Dec. 2025

Please install Madness Patch by Wemino, it fixes a lot of issues with the PC port while unlocking all the DLC outfits and weapons. If you have a higher resolution, you may experience letterboxing like I did on my first playthrough. Alice: Madness Returns is the sequel to American McGee's Alice which is a more darker and mature retelling of the original story, the biggest strength this game has is the overall presentation with atmospheric levels, music and creatively made characters that fits into the tone. The gameplay offers a mix of combat, puzzles and platforming, the platforming is the weakest part of the game as it can get fairly frustrating in the early chapters. I highly suggest playing this and American McGee's Alice, both are amazing games with an incredible story and art style. It is a shame that we'll most likely never see another installment due to EA refusing to sell or even touch the IP.

Oct. 2025

You can't save your game like you could in the original Alice game and I'm 77 years old so my arthritic fingers don't work so well anymore. That's a huge downer for me but I still love the game, I hope I can get through it, the graphics are so wonderful. It's really a beautiful game.

June 2025

Lovely game. I wish EA would stop keeping Alice Asylum kidnapped and release it

June 2025

Literally my favourite all time game EVER! I LOVE everything about it. The graphics are beautiful (especially for when it was released), the gameplay is so fun and I have replayed it so many times. RIP Alice Asylum FCK EA

Jan. 2025

{{PLEASE READ BELOW ABOUT PC VERSION ISSUES}} ***To get this running really well with the frame rate, you need to go to the game’s files. Navigate to the folder as follows. Either: Documents\My Games\Alice Madness Returns\AliceGame\Config Or SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Alice Madness Returns/AliceGame/Config/DefaultEngine.ini From here, access the AliceEngine.inl, where there will be a page of the game code. Scroll down to the “MaxSmoothedFrameRate” line where there should be a “31.” Change this to a “60.” FPS is now at 60 when accessing the game. This change alone makes the game feel essentially “Deck Verified,” if you’re one in the camp. ***Chapter 1 has a major potential soft-lock if you access the “Cranking Up and Pressing Down” SECOND. You must go through this area FIRST before the other side to avoid a bug where an unkillable/despawned Teapot enemy is, preventing progress. ***Chapter 5 may have an instance or two of a bugged Doll Girl, invisible, which is still hittable but not killable. Exit out the game completely, then return to it and the checkpoint should fix itself to where the enemy properly spawns and can be killed. These are only the primary couple issues that I ran into. Anything else incredibly minor may just require a simple checkpoint reset. Since its release, this game has not really received any updates whatsoever to fix the bugs at play, so purchase at your potential risk of having to deal with a few irksome hairs. If you get the 60FPS unlocked, the game runs beautifully, the best performance of all versions available for it. The increased frames help a lot especially with combat sequences. The biggest issue with the game itself is the pacing. The runtime itself is not bad, actually quite decent for an action platformer, but the levels are too long, at feature length a piece (except the final, only a boss fight) potentially clocking in up to two hours each. Either this game needed to be half its length or it needed twice as many levels to break it up. The environments and the art style are all a treat, but you better enjoy them enough to endure the sluggish pacing getting through each of them. All the core mechanics featured are basically introduced within the first chapter; the platforming and combat scenarios, while solid, don’t have too much variety, apart from a few of the bigger badder enemy types. Each level is aesthetically different in setting, but the things you do to progress through them don’t really change up too much, including the plethora of collectibles per level; albeit, it is still entertaining thanks to the richly macabre style and novelty of the fact that this is a very deranged Alice interpretation. The story hits a reveal you wouldn’t expect for an Alice romp and is just one of the things that make this version stand out. It’s unfortunate that this release didn’t include the original Alice game from 2000, but that’s why you should get either the PS3 or Xbox 360 (which is compatible on Xbox One/Series) copy, where the original game is available as a free DLC download. It’s reportedly possible to obtain the original on PC via an additional game code hack, which I tried, but the original game wouldn’t open up. The option for playing it appeared on the main menu for Madness Returns, but just closed out the game. There’s likely more to the process but is likely tedious for most. Overall, not without flaws, ESPECIALLY this version, but if you get it working right, this is an entertaining blast from the past and is the smoothest way to play, bugs aside.

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Alice: Madness Returns is currently priced at 2.49€ on Steam.

Alice: Madness Returns is currently available at a 75% discount. You can purchase it for 2.49€ on Steam.

Alice: Madness Returns received 21,729 positive votes out of a total of 24,087 achieving a rating of 8.83.

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Alice: Madness Returns was developed by Spicy Horse Games and published by Electronic Arts.

Alice: Madness Returns is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Alice: Madness Returns is not playable on MacOS.

Alice: Madness Returns is not playable on Linux.

Alice: Madness Returns is a single-player game.

Alice: Madness Returns does not currently offer any DLC.

Alice: Madness Returns does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Alice: Madness Returns does not support Steam Remote Play.

Alice: Madness Returns is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Alice: Madness Returns.

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Spicy Horse Games

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Electronic Arts

Release 17 Jun 2011

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