Faithful Aliens atmosphere
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“It is as loyal to the source material as it can get. Setting, visuals, sounds, music, everything is a pure bliss for Aliens fan.”
Steam review · 30.1 h played ↗
Aliens: Dark Descent
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 88%Very Positive · 88%Tindalos Interactive2023RTS · Strategy · Action
$39.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 3 h ago
The verdict
A tense, atmospheric real-time squad tactics game that nails the Aliens feel, but it's punishing, stealth-heavy and still has progression-breaking bugs. Skip it if you want action.
Great for
Aliens fans who like tense, unforgiving real-time tactics, stealth and resource management
Main risk
Game-breaking bugs and no manual saves can soft-lock or wipe hours of progress
What players love
Tense, challenging squad tactics
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“It presents a brutal, unforgiving challenge, but always in the best way possible.”
Steam review · 66.7 h played ↗
Marine progression, stress and resource management
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The devs did a good job making the different talents and items matter on both a team and individual level”
Steam review · 35.9 h played ↗
Good story and cutscenes (for many)
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Wonderful cutscenes, beautiful and rich. Characters you believe and trust.”
Steam review · translated · 36.5 h played ↗
Unique squad-as-one control and slow-mo/pause
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“You control a cohesive squad as a unit. It’s a brilliant mix of RTS elements and squad tactics.”
Steam review · 18.9 h played ↗
Great visuals, sound and level design
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“The levels were obviously designed with care and attention to detail, which the player can appreciate all the more due to the beautiful graphics.”
Steam review · 24 h played ↗
What players complain about
Game-breaking bugs and soft-locks
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“28 hours into my campaign and I ran into a game breaking script bug ending my entire campaign, unable to progress.”
Steam review · 28.6 h played ↗
Punishing stress system, timers and endless respawns
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“A timer starts. You go through a few missions, you get the hang of it, then you're told you have X days before it's game over.”
Steam review · 43.9 h played ↗
Forced stealth and weak combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The game feels like it’s 60% stealth and only 40% raw combat.”
Steam review · 11.3 h played ↗
Poor save system, no manual saves
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“No. Because of no practical save function. Autosave is almost non existent”
Steam review · 11.4 h played ↗
Weak story and disappointing ending
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“The writing in this game is so bad.”
Steam review · 39.6 h played ↗
Cannot control individual marines
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“You literally strip any creativity from the player of playing the game, all the while making it needlessly frustrating. Move around as a clump.”
Steam review · 33.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support60 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 or 11
ProcessorAMD FX-6300 / Intel Core i3-6100
Memory8 GB RAM
Graphics3 GB VRAM, AMD Radeon R9 380 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Storage60 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 or 11
ProcessorAMD Ryzen 7 1800X / Intel Core i7-9700K
Memory16 GB RAM
Graphics6 GB VRAM, AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT / NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
Storage60 GB available space
OSWindows 10 or 11
ProcessorAMD FX-6300 / Intel Core i3-6100
Memory8 GB RAM
Graphics3 GB VRAM, AMD Radeon R9 380 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Storage60 GB available space
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