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Thomas Was Alone

Original title: Thomas Was Alone - July 24, 2012
Thomas Was Alone
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AdventurePuzzlePlatformIndie
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Director:Mike Bithell
Studio:Bithell Games
Stars:Danny Wallace
Soundtrack:Thomas Was Alone Original Soundtrack (David Housden — his breakout score, BAFTA-nominated)
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BAFTA
Game
Performance (Danny Wallace as the Narrator)
Winner
2013
BAFTA
Game
Story
Nominee
2013
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Game Details
Developer
Bithell Games
Publisher
Bithell Games
Studio
Bithell Games
Genres
Adventure, Puzzle, Platform, Indie
Platforms
PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Mac, Nintendo Switch, Linux, Android, iOS, Wii U, PlayStation Vita
Release Date
July 24, 2012
Metacritic ScoreMetacritic
80
Game Engine
Unity
Story

Thomas Was Alone is an indie minimalist 2D platformer about friendship and jumping and floating and anti-gravity. Guide a group of rectangles through a series of obstacles, using their different skills together to get to the end of each environment.

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Crew & Contributors 4
David Housden
David Housden
Audio & Music • Composer
Danny Wallace
Danny Wallace
Performance • Narrator
Mike Bithell
Mike Bithell
Writing & Narrative • Writer
Mike Bithell
Mike Bithell
Direction • Game Director

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Thomas Was Alone DLC, Expansions & Add-Ons

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Awards3
BAFTA
Game
Performance (Danny Wallace as the Narrator)
British Academy Games Awards (BAFTA)
Winner
2013
BAFTA
Game
Story
British Academy Games Awards (BAFTA)
Nominee
2013
BAFTA
Game
Original Music
British Academy Games Awards (BAFTA)
Nominee
2013
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Data aggregated from 3 sources: IGDB, RAWG, Metacritic
Last updated: 15.07.2026
Business
BudgetReported
~£5,000 development cost
plus ~£2,000 raised on Indiegogo to pay narrator Danny Wallace (developer-stated)
en.wikipedia.org
RevenueReported
1M+ copies sold by April 2014
excluding free PlayStation Plus downloads (developer-reported)
en.wikipedia.org

Bithell's own figures — a ~£7k total outlay returning over a million sales.

Time to Beat
Main Story4h
Main + Extras3h
Completionist4h
Language Support
Language
AudioSubUI
English
✔—✔
German
——✔
Spanish (Spain)
——✔
French
——✔
Italian
——✔
Content Rating
Mild Fantasy Violence
Mild Language
Bad Language
ESRB E
PEGI 12
GRAC ALL
ACB G
System Requirements
Minimum
OS:Windows XP
CPU:500 Mhz
RAM:1 GB RAM DirectX®:7.0 Hard Drive:400 MB HD space
Available On
PlayStation Store
Nintendo eShop
Steam$9.99US
App Store
Xbox Store
Google Play
Official Website
Community & Media
Data aggregated from 3 sources: IGDB, RAWG, Metacritic
Last updated: 15.07.2026