Great fun in co-op with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“If you can find a couple of friends this game will consume a LOT of your time in the best way.”
Steam review · 172.6 h played ↗
Aliens: Fireteam Elite
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 81%Very Positive · 81%Cold Iron Studios2021Shooter · Third-Person Shooter · Action
$29.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A solid, cheap Aliens-themed co-op horde shooter with good atmosphere, classes and builds, but short, repetitive and hard to enjoy without friends. Skip it if you play solo or need lots of content.
Great for
Aliens fans with two friends who want a Left 4 Dead-style co-op shooter on sale
Main risk
Dead matchmaking, bad bots and short repetitive content leave you with little to do alone
What players love
Authentic Aliens atmosphere and sound
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“If you are a fan of the movies you will love the game. Very faithful down to even the weapons sound exactly like they did in the movie.”
Steam review · 7.3 h played ↗
Deep classes, perks and weapon builds
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“lots of weapon/build variations”
Steam review · 51.6 h played ↗
Cheap and good value on sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Fun game to buy discounted during a massive sale.”
Steam review · 30.5 h played ↗
Playable solo with bots on lower difficulties
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“thank god the AI bots are solid enough to play by yourself”
Steam review · 6.8 h played ↗
Challenge cards add variety
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“the card system adds some genuine fun and/or changes to missions you might otherwise know well”
Steam review · 172.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Repetitive, linear missions
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Its just: 1. Push forward to next objective 2. Defend against the horde 3. Reload on ammo repeat”
Steam review · 2.9 h played ↗
Dead player base and poor matchmaking
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Dead game so you have to wait for ages to get a group, and when you do you lose connection to host 60% of matches and the is no host migration so you just loose 10-20 mins of your time.”
Steam review · 23.3 h played ↗
Connection drops and P2P desync
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“"Lost connection to host" literally every single match I get into.”
Steam review · 13.1 h played ↗
Bugs, crashes and save loss
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Aliens get stuck in places you can't kill them causing you to have to quit the whole mission, sometimes 30+ minutes in.”
Steam review · 59.5 h played ↗
Terrible AI bots
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“The "friendly" AI will seemingly go out of their way to shoot you in the back.”
Steam review · 22.4 h played ↗
Too short, little content
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“you can beat the whole game (including DLC) in under 8 hours, and the rest of Fireteam Elite is just replaying old missions to farm XP and currency.”
Steam review · 9.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support30 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorAMD Athlon X4 950 / Intel i5-2500K
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD R9 285 4GB / Nvidia GTX 760 4GB
Storage30 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
ProcessorAMD Ryzen 5 1600AF / Intel i5-7400
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD RX 480 8GB / Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB
Storage30 GB available space
OSWindows 10
ProcessorAMD Athlon X4 950 / Intel i5-2500K
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD R9 285 4GB / Nvidia GTX 760 4GB
Storage30 GB available space
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