Choice of Alexandria overview

Overview

Choice of Alexandria comes from Choice of Games and is published by Choice of Games. It arrived on Steam on Jun 10, 2016, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Captions available, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Choice of Alexandria's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 11:37:20 UTC, with a tracked peak near 2. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 96% positive across 77 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Choice of Alexandria is available in 1 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Choice of Alexandria has sold up to 5,467 units and has recommendation data pending. The estimated VGI revenue is $12,054. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Choice of Alexandria overview details

Choice of Alexandria combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Can your steam-powered inventions save the ancient Library of Alexandria? Will you sacrifice the library to protect the city? Or will you protect the future king Ptolemy IV instead? "Choice of Alexandria" is an interactive novella by Kevin Gold, author of "Choice of Robots." Your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based--90,000 words, without graphics or sound effects--and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. The year is 245 BCE; you’re a heroic polymath librarian, invited to Alexandria to tutor prince Ptolemy IV. Coach the prince in the Olympics--or help him ditch the Olympics to show his art and poetry there instead. Or disregard your tutelage to focus on inventions instead! With the help of Archimedes and Euclid, you can discover the steam engine, the germ theory of disease, or even robotic automata, thousands of years ahead of schedule. Will you deplete the libraries of other cities to enrich your own? Achieve popularity for your scientific inventions, or protect the legacy of the empire? Will Ptolemy IV grow up hedonistic and selfish, or wise and just? Will you be ransomed by the pirate queen Nefertari, or can you win her over with your silver tongue? Change the course of history in "Choice of Alexandria!" Play as a brilliant inventor, a gifted speaker, or a life-saving doctor Make great discoveries while protecting Prince Ptolemy IV from manipulators at court Save famed mathematicians Archimedes and Euclid from untimely deaths Based on the real life of Eratosthenes, ancient genius who calculated the size of the Earth Save the Gre…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Choice of Alexandria is listed as a game with $3.99. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Captions available, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Adventure, Indie, and RPG. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 11:37:20 UTC, a tracked peak of 2, and 96% positive reviews.

Overview tags

AdventureIndieRPGChoose Your Own AdventureText-BasedInteractive Fiction

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Support and legal notes

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