{"id":883708,"date":"2025-12-21T16:04:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T16:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/alpha-protocol-is-finally-back-on-steam"},"modified":"2025-12-21T16:04:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T16:04:12","slug":"alpha-protocol-is-finally-back-on-steam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/alpha-protocol-is-finally-back-on-steam\/","title":{"rendered":"Alpha Protocol is finally back on Steam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/alpha-protocol-is-finally-back-on-steam.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>After half a decade in the wilderness, Alpha Protocol is back on Steam.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/34010\/Alpha_Protocol\/\">Sega pulled Alpha Protocol from sale way back in 2019<\/a> due to the expiry of music rights, and whilst it returned to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/obsidian-espionage-rpg-alpha-protocol-returns-to-pc-following-2019-licensing-drama\">GOG back in March<\/a>, Obsidian&#8217;s fan-favourite spy RPG was still curiously missing from Valve&#8217;s storefront. Until now, that is.<\/p>\n<p>Surprised? You&#8217;re probably not alone. There doesn&#8217;t seem to have been a formal announcement anywhere, and according to <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/34010\/history\/\">SteamDB<\/a>, Alpha Protocol&#8217;s Steam backend hadn&#8217;t been touched for months until a flurry of changes in June signalled something was afoot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/alpha-protocol-is-finally-back-on-steam\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/alpha-protocol-is-finally-back-on-steam\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After half a decade in the wilderness, Alpha Protocol is back on Steam. Sega pulled Alpha Protocol from sale way back in 2019 due to the expiry of music rights, and whilst it returned to GOG back in March, Obsidian&#8217;s fan-favourite spy RPG was still curiously missing from Valve&#8217;s storefront. Until now, that is. Surprised? You&#8217;re probably not alone. There doesn&#8217;t seem to have been a formal announcement anywhere, and according to SteamDB, Alpha Protocol&#8217;s Steam backend hadn&#8217;t been touched for months until a flurry of changes in June signalled something was afoot. 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