Thomas Was Alone

Platformer· Side Scroller· Sci-fi· 2D Platformer

Released Nov 2012

Guide a group of rectangles through 120 levels, using their different skills together to overcome a series of obstacles in each environment. Discover the human-made story of the first sentient artificial intelligences with Danny Wallace’s BAFTA-winning narration.

93% positive · 9,374 reviews

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All announced content has been released

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Evaluation

Thomas Was Alone launched on November 12, 2012 as a complete, self-contained 2D platformer with 120 levels and a full narrative arc. The store description describes a finished game with a defined character roster, level count, and story — there is no mention of DLC, expansions, or ongoing content. No DLC has ever been listed for this game on the store. The developer news attached to this game's Steam page consists entirely of announcements for Bithell Games' subsequent titles — Volume (August 31, 2015), Subsurface Circular (August 18, 2017), Quarantine Circular (May 22, 2018), The Solitaire Conspiracy (October 8, 2020), and TRON: Identity (April 12, 2023). These posts were cross-posted to Thomas Was Alone's news feed as a way of reaching its existing audience, but they represent new games, not updates or expansions to Thomas Was Alone itself. There have been no patches, feature updates, or content additions to Thomas Was Alone posted since launch. The game launched as a finished product in 2012, has received no post-launch content cycle, and the developer has made no statements indicating future additions. It is a complete, standalone experience.

Evidence

Store description presents a fully defined, self-contained game: 120 levels, 10+ characters, complete narrative. No mention of DLC, expansions, or ongoing content.

store metadata · Nov 12, 2012 source content shipped

high

Latest news post is an announcement for TRON: Identity, a separate Bithell Games title — cross-posted to reach Thomas Was Alone's audience, not an update to the game itself.

news post · Apr 12, 2023 source ambiguous

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Media

Details

Developer

Bithell Games

Publisher

Bithell Games

Achievements

Platform

Windows, macOS

Controller

full support

Steam Deck

Unsupported

Players

Single-player

Platformer Side Scroller Sci-fi 2D Platformer Precision Platformer Puzzle Platformer 2D Atmospheric Story Rich Linear Philosophical Indie Casual Colorful Family Friendly

About this game

Thomas Was Alone. And then, well, he Wasn't.

Thomas Was Alone is an indie minimalist 2D platformer about friendship and jumping and floating and anti-gravity. Starting with Thomas, become acquainted with a group of rectangles-slash-sentient-AIs, learn their individual abilities, and navigate them through 120 levels of obstacles.

Listen to a critically acclaimed score by David Housden. Jump over blocks and barriers meticulously placed by Mike Bithell. Listen to a voiceover read wistfully, a bit amusingly, and BAFTA-winningly by Danny Wallace.

Thomas Was Alone tells the story of the world's first sentient artificial intelligences, and how they worked together to, well, not escape: Escape is a strong word. 'Emerge' might be better. 'Emerge' has an air of importance about it, while keeping the myriad plot twists and superhero origin stories you'll discover under wraps. We didn't even mention the bouncing. That'd be overkill.