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1954 Alcatraz
Developer Daedalic Entertainment, Irresponsible Games
1954: Alcatraz – The cash is out there. But who will get it?Joe's doing 40 years on Alcatraz for a heist on an armored truck. The loot is still hidden out there, but only Joe knows where it is. In the streets of San Francisco, Joe's ex-accomplices and his wife are eager to find the stolen money. Who will get their hands on the dough? From the Steam store page
180 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Sep 18, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
68
Fresh
119 positive · 57 negative
95% range 60–74%
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| Steam reviews | 119 | 57 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
4 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
1,427 of 1,957 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
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Reactions
60 of 180 · most liked first1954: Alcatraz is a truly outstanding adventure game that immerses players in the gritty world of Alcatraz prison in the 1950s. The game's story is both gripping and thought-provoking, following the journey of a man named Joe who is falsely imprisoned and must find a way to escape the island and clear his name. The attention to historical detail is impressive, making the game feel authentic and true to the time period. The puzzles in the game are well-crafted and challenging, but not so…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pros: ✅ Good atmosphere and setting. ✅ Multiple playable characters. ✅ Decent point and click adventure gameplay. ✅…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. ㅡ Matthew 6:21
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Here I will leave the cat, friends who pass by can pet it and give it a thumbs up ／＞ フ | _ _ l ／` ミ＿xノ / | / ヽ ﾉ │ | | | ／￣| | | | | (￣ヽ＿_ヽ_)__) ＼二つ
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →WARNING! Game will softlock you on multiple occasions! That alone is reason enough for down voting this game!!! Despite its 3D look, "1954 Alcatraz" is a very good point & click game with good writing and voice acting. It plays like an old movie and incorporates all the usual tropes of that setting and era. This game is fairly short and tries to be realistic, for that reason it lacks ridiculous moon logic for which German point & click games are famous for, especially Daedalic Entertainment…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tried to play this a few times but just couldn't get into it. Who knows I might even try again one day but for now this game wasn't for me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Achievements are not working, they used to work when I first tried the game, they not longer work when I decided to re-download it and finish the game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Review of 1954 Alcatraz 1954 Alcatraz is a captivating point-and-click adventure game that masterfully combines a noir aesthetic with a gripping story. Developed by Daedalic Entertainment, it offers a refreshing break from typical adventure games, diving deep into themes of love, trust, betrayal, and escape. The game's narrative is its strongest feature. It follows Joe, a convict plotting his escape from the infamous Alcatraz prison, and his wife, Christine, who must navigate San Francisco's…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good adventure, but there is a serious bug. Do not open the safe before giving the bird book to the recipient, if you do you cannot switch back and thus cannot finish the game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →4 hours to 100%. The achievements dont work by default, you gotta run in compatability mode windows vista SP 2 and THEN run as adminstator. Fun game, nice story, point and click, it was my jam.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm not much into point-and- clicks, but this one was fun and has a good story line. It's interesting and not so easy that you can figure it out without following the story or by simply clicking on all the options. You alternate between two character story lines which are different enough to keep you engaged. Plus who doesn't love a good 1950s mob story? The devs seemed to be going for a Bonnie and Clyde feel here. If you're going for 100% achievements, you'll need a guide. Some of them…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Got this game at 90% off for $1 and it is often on special so if you're a game collector might want to add it to you're wish list. As for the actual game cannot say I tried it yet but if I do I will be sure to update this review.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Had a wonderful time setting up a jail break in the classic point n click game 1954 Alcatraz! We sent the love over to @shinon-shn.bsky.social !! See you darlings tomarrow for some more 1000XResist!!!
unlabelledView post →Woke propaganda, trash ... 👎🏻
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →www.twitch.tv/taverntilly playing a underrated point n click adventure game about 1954 Alcatraz, lets bust out Darlings!! UwU
unlabelledView post →First playthrough review time. The art in this game is very detailed and looks nice. The music is very good and makes the world feel more alive, and the character voices sound real. You follow two different people as they deal with things like trust and escaping, which is a big part of the story. I have used the name Alcatraz in a few other multiplayer games before. The gameplay involves talking to characters and looking around to find the way forward. The choices made by both characters can…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[Range of Audiences] ☐ Kids ☐ Everyone ☑ Casual players ☐ Pro players ☐ Masochists [Graphic Quality] ☐ Worst ☐ Really bad ☐ Bad ☑ OK ☐ Good ☐ Beautiful ☐ Masterpiece ☐ Worth full price ☑ Wait for sale ☐ Average ☐ Refund it if you can ☐ Do not buy it ☐ It's Free [System Requirements] ☑ Potato ☑ Minimum ☐ Medium ☐ Fast ☐ High end ☐ NASA computer [Difficulty Level] ☐ My grandmother can play it ☑ Easy ☐ Easy to learn but Hard to master ☐ Hard (first few…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The literal first achievement of the game that's literally just for playing the game has a 38% achievement rate. So I think a lot of people get the game in bundles and literally never play it. Store page makes it look pretty boring but its actually pretty good. Timelines a bit confusing but the switching between characters is pretty nice beyond that.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You can spin the cat on the music recorder. Good enough. Nice story with decent multiple endings, fun puzzles and very good overall atmosphere. 100% boils down to doing a genocide run and seeing every ending, which is alright. However, changing the settings in any way will disable achievements until you restart your PC.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'd give this a neutral rating if I could, but since Steam limits ratings to "recommend" or "don't recommend"... I'm gonna have to go with don't. It's not that 1954 Alcatraz is a bad game, it might even be a good game, it just isn't a great game. By half way through the game it felt almost more like a chore to play through it, than an enjoyable game experience. I wanted to like it, I just didn't. The premise of the story is interesting, but the characters and their relationship are just…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you care about achievements, this isn't a game for you. There is a good chance you'll get a couple of them while playing and the rest won't unlock. For the game itself, it is a pretty easy P'n'C adventure, most of it comes down to finding an item and giving it to right person. Story is as you would expect, escape from prison. Unexpectedly, there are a couple of choices you have while playing. You can definitely feel the age of the game though, characters design and their walk especially…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →1954 Alcatraz is a tough point-and-click game that plays out like a slow noir film. Expect rough cigarettes, smiles that hide secrets, and choices that come back to haunt you. You play as Joe, a robber stuck in Alcatraz after a heist goes south, and Christine, his partner on the outside. They're just trying to survive, make plans, and maybe save their romance. The game goes back and forth between prison and the criminal world, which keeps things moving and fun. The gameplay is pretty…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hard pass. I like puzzles and like daedalic point and click, but this wasn't it. It's not super long (i think 2-3 hours), but i had to replay it multiple times for achievements. Not very challenging either, and not very interesting. Easy achievements though.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game literally soft locked for me in the first couple of minutes as it removed the interface when I was told to leave the cell and you couldn't do anything from that point onward because there is no interface... When I restarted I did manage to get further and basically found a game where you click everything until the game allows you to progress as there seems to only be 1 correct option at least until you come into the apartment with the second character, then the options do not actually…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A perfect little story for 3-4 hours of gameplay, where you must break out of Alcatraz in 1954 with the help of your wife, the story is so heart-warming and funny, don't be shy to be it, it;s worth it. 8/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Atmospheric game,
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't recommend. 1954 Alcatraz 1/10 Heisen
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It was fun playing it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →⭐ A Crime Story That Rewards Patience and Smart Choices 🇺🇸 Review (English) ⭐ A Noir Adventure That Keeps You Hooked Until the End 🎮 First Impressions 1954 Alcatraz immediately stands out thanks to its atmospheric setting. Set in a crime-filled version of 1950s San Francisco, the game introduces memorable characters with believable motivations, making the story engaging from the very first conversations. If you enjoy narrative-driven adventures, it's easy to get invested. 🔥 Gameplay…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Let's go to Mexico. In 1954 Alcatraz, you play as Joe, a robber convict in the infamous prison and as Christine, his wife also a robber but roaming around in the city of San Francisco. Both characters are playable for most of the game, each one with a specific big objective. Joe needs to find a way to escape while Christine needs to find the hidden loot of Joe's last robbery. Some puzzles also require passing information between them, as some characters will be present in both worlds. The…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What a shame. I played for 40 minutes - intriguing story, good characters and good animation. I took a short break, then returned only to find the game glitched out when I pressed F10 for a screenshot, as it brought me back to the last save. There’s no key mapping. Even after deleting all saves, the game still loads them. I could change the screenshot key, but I’m so used to F10 that with one wrong move, I lose all new progress and get sent back to the old save. There’s no registered key for…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So… They’re in love! Then boom! She has the option to cheat, and if you take it, she does. Right out of the gate. Next, you walk into a church, and the vibe is marriage is a prison, and confession? Not real. A nice little jab at religion. "Check" (as the character says at the end of one piece of dialogue) that box. And just when it couldn’t get more predictable, the story conveniently reveals that he cheated in the past too. Because of course we need a reason to excuse her toxic behaviour.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →locked me out of playing as christine as i obviously got the sequence wrong, very poor! also googled it and apparently a known bug, very poor! basically couldnt finish this game!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice visual style and voice acting, but a weak story full of cliches, frustrating and illogical puzzles, buggy achievements, and poor animation. The pacing of the story and the gameplay is not stable. Overall, disappointed.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A Missed Opportunity in History Game Name: 1954 Alcatraz Rating: 3/10 ⭐⭐⭐☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 🚔 My Experience I had high hopes for 1954 Alcatraz given its historical setting, but unfortunately, the game left me feeling disappointed. I expected a gripping narrative with an interesting twist on Alcatraz's history, but what I got was a lackluster and frustrating experience. The game’s mechanics and storytelling didn’t really pull me in, and I found myself losing interest pretty quickly. 🎮 Gameplay The…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A week ago I was diagnosed with MSD and the doctors have given me a year at best. I'm so glad I was able to play this before I go. I don't know how many people will see this; but I recommend to you to play this game if you do see it. Gameplay, atmosphere, graphics. everything is masterfully crafted. If you read it, thank you and good bye.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love it! ♥ Is this a crime? Get me to Alcatraz then! I enjoyed it over all, the duo rules well in this one, would this have been only about the guy in the prison wouldn't be that interesting in my view, it gives interesting perspective on the story. Love hand drawn backgrounds.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Indie Game: 1954 Alcatraz Indie game promo by Indiefold! indiefold.com/game/2184/19... #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev
unlabelledView post →achievements are a bit broken but a fun game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted to like this game, the style was cool and I liked the premise as well as the gameplay. The rest is all negative unfortunately, even what I liked I couldn't experience fully because of a bug that soft locked me from completing the game twice. The first time it happened, I thought I might be able to just restart the story, so I sped through the first half of the game, again, and was on track for getting all achievements in one run. But the bug was still there and stopped me dead…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The story's interesting and the voice acting is good, but the UI and controls are so clunky that it kind of spoils the game as a whole. Some of the puzzles are a bit weird, like they haven't been thought out properly. The game also crashed twice, and a couple of bugs meant I had to reload a save. However, I enjoyed it, and I'd certainly recommend.. at a discount. It's around 6-10 hours.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is just okay, it could pass the time if there's nothing else.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am 32 years old. My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and we adopted our son together. Both are now 4 years old. When we were going through our separation, I felt lost and unhappy. I was self-destructive. One day, I was so angry with everything spiraling out of control that I punched a concrete wall in a moment of overwhelming emotion. This resulted in breaking my fifth metacarpal in my right hand—the hand I worked with, played games with, and used to carry my children to bed—the hand…
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positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've expected worse after i've read negative reviews.
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positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The story is interesting and your actions can unlock an ending or two. You also have the option to play it in black and white mode instead of colored for better immersion and it does give it a more grim, old-school vibe feeling. Had some issues on my old PC with getting achievements, which I didn't encounter coming back to get the rest when I got a new one. And if you don't get them try launching the game from it's folder, disabling steam overlay, launching as admin, playing windowed, and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →pretty short, and great.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Rating - 3 stars out of 5 Why does Dale walk like that? Anyways - I am not super into point and click type of games but I have played a couple now, this one is kind of... meh. I enjoy the fact that you have an option to help identify which pieces on your screen are able to be searched but other than that it was just meh haha. Oh I guess the fact that you can have a couple different options on how the story line progresses based off of your actions/what you say is pretty nice. Achievement…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Got locked out of the ending because of a bug at the end where gas pipe follows you while you escape and fights you after climbing down the rope.. This does not trigger, instead, right before that happens it switches automatically to Christine and you cannot switch back to Joe. I don't know when the bug occured or what triggered, but last 2 hours of saved games did not send me back anywhere. Had to see the ending on youtube, sad.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →1954 Alcatraz – A Stylish Crime Adventure Held Back by Bugs and a Rushed Finale I have been gaming since the 1980s, have played thousands of games across PC and consoles, and have written close to 500 Steam Curator reviews. I usually care most about story, characters, atmosphere and whether choices have meaningful consequences. After 4.6 hours with 1954 Alcatraz, I think it is worthwhile for point-and-click fans, but only with clear warnings about its technical problems and short length. A…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is for one. Achievements only drop with compatibility with older versions of Windows, for example, 7. 4/10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not a bad game. I really liked the characters. Lots of interesting dialogues. The voice acting was pretty good. The game itself is generally normal, although sometimes there were some glitches and inconsistencies. A few times the game froze, but luckily I saved often. The plot was excellent. I'd say it's worth a try, so go for it if you like point-and-click games.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Знаешь что делают в тюрячке?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the game play was cool, the plot of the story was ok but i will warn you the achievements are very buggy had to play a few times over to get all achievements...To save you some trouble, make sure you run the game in Admin mode, the achievements seem to work flawlessly then..... I still have 1 achievement left that seems to not want to unlock. so i went played story again up till cafe when i got the bobby pin out of Bernadette's purse this game thru i didn't use any bobby pins like i did earlier…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A nice little game. Unfortunately, it ends far too quickly and is too short overall. They could have done more with it. I think the German and English voice acting is well done. Nice graphics... Steam achievements can be unlocked if you play the game in English (audio) in compatibility mode for "Windows Vista Service Pack 2"... as administrator and in windowed mode...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game #66 1954 Alcatraz Pros - The overall story is pretty nice (organizing a jailbreak) - I enjoyed figuring out the next steps Cons - You can get a soft lock where you can't progress - Had UI issues where it'd just disappear or entire menus didn't pop up
unlabelledView post →A classic adventure that I didn't really like, but doesn't mean it isn't good probably.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A Unique, Gripping Escape from Alcatraz 1954 Alcatraz is one of those games that completely pulls you in with its setting and story. The whole vibe is straight out of a classic prison break film, with you playing as a convict trying to escape from the infamous Alcatraz prison. The historical setting adds a cool layer of depth, and it really feels like you’re in the 1950s with the gritty, noir-inspired atmosphere. What I loved most about this game was the mix of puzzles and choices. You’ve got…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have played this game on and off for years, and just haven't been able to BEAT it. I enjoy the game for the most part, but I think this one has sailed it's ship for me. If you like point and click adventure games, puzzle games, and detective games, then this is for you.
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