Alice: Madness Returns
Released Jun 2011
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.
90% positive · 31K reviews
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Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Steam $9.99
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Evaluation
Alice: Madness Returns launched on June 17, 2011 as a complete, standalone action-adventure game. The store description presents a finished product with no mention of DLC, expansions, or post-launch content. There is no DLC listed for the game on the store.
The only post-launch developer communications (from December 2017 through July 2018) are not about updates to Madness Returns itself — they concern a separate, prospective third game in the series tentatively titled "Alice: Asylum," which was being explored as an independent project requiring a new license from EA. These posts are promotional outreach for a potential future game, not announcements of content for this game. There have been no developer communications of any kind since July 11, 2018, and the "Alice: Asylum" project never materialized into a released product.
Alice: Madness Returns shipped as a complete game in 2011 and has received no post-launch content updates. It is a finished product.
Evidence
Store description presents the game as a complete, standalone action-adventure with no mention of DLC, expansions, or post-launch content plans.
Developer shares pre-production art and merchandise concepts (Chaos Coin) for Alice: Asylum. Last official communication from the developer. No content for Madness Returns announced.
Media
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Developer
Publisher
Electronic Arts
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
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.
- Encounter familiar but now strange characters, including the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, the Caterpillar and the Red Queen.
- Obtain peculiar abilities in Wonderland such as floating with Alice’s dress, shrinking, or growing to towering sizes in order to crush enemies.
- Intuitive and rewarding puzzles such as transforming obstacles, musical memories, chess, and picture blocks.
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Last evaluated Jun 20, 2026
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