Campy B-movie charm and humor
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“EDF 5 feels like a cheesy, low quality anime dub from the early 2000s but in all the best ways.”
Steam review · 41.6 h played ↗
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 94%Very Positive · 94%SANDLOT2019Third-Person Shooter · Shooter · Action
$59.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A huge, goofy B-movie horde shooter with 110 missions, four classes and a mountain of weapons, best with friends. Skip it if you play solo, hate grinding, or already own 4.1.
Great for
Co-op players who want dumb, campy, explosive fun with friends and enjoy looting and grinding
Main risk
Repetitive grind and dated, janky design, especially solo or if you've played EDF 4.1
What players love
Chaotic explosive horde combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Just shoot everything in sight : insects, frogs, aliens, A SH1T LOAD OF ENEMES at a time, its VERY chaotic.”
Steam review · 18.9 h played ↗
Best with friends in co-op
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“It sucks alone. Do not play it alone. Get some friends, have some drinks, and you'll have a great time.”
Steam review · 264.6 h played ↗
Distinct classes and big weapon variety
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“every class has something new esspecailly when coming from EDF 4.1”
Steam review · 263.3 h played ↗
Huge amount of content
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“base game alone gets you 111 missions, along with 4 classes, each of whom play completely differently and have several dozen weapons”
Steam review · 158.6 h played ↗
Addictive loot and progression loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“Perfect gameplaylop, heartunding rounds and loordrops that upgrade your play.”
Steam review · 164.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Crashes, freezes and white screens
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“It hard-crashes all the time in the middle of missions, forcing a reset.”
Steam review · 2 h played ↗
Dated, janky graphics, UI and controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Game released in 2019 and has worse interface/graphics then games on the ps2.”
Steam review · 2.6 h played ↗
Repetitive grind and loot box hunting
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“It's fun right up until you get done with normal, then the grind begins and this is almost more a grind than Warframe”
Steam review · 49.8 h played ↗
Basically a reskin of EDF 4.1
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“this game feels like a copy and paste of EDF 4.1 but with a couple of new mobs”
Steam review · 23.7 h played ↗
Weak and frustrating when playing solo
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“Solo, difficulty scales very steeply.”
Steam review · 205.8 h played ↗
Public lobbies broken by mods and dead multiplayer
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 negative reviews
“i haven't been able to join a public lobby for over a year now. the game force-closes because map packs that don't exist are brought in.”
Steam review · 615.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support30 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 64bit, Windows 8.1 64bit Windows 10 64bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz/AMD A10-7850K 3.70GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2GB/AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB
Storage30 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7 64bit, Windows 8.1 64bit Windows 10 64bit
ProcessorIntel Core i7-4770 3.40GHz/AMD Ryzen5 1400 3.20GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB/AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB
Storage30 GB available space
OSWindows 7 64bit, Windows 8.1 64bit Windows 10 64bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz/AMD A10-7850K 3.70GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2GB/AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB
Storage30 GB available space
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