Alien Breed: Impact

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Mostly Positive · 79%Mostly Positive · 79%2010

$9.99

US Steam price, checked 1 h ago

The verdict

A cheap, atmospheric twin-stick Alien-style shooter with solid gunplay, but a repetitive fetch-and-backtrack loop, shaky camera and clunky controls. Skip it if you dislike backtracking or motion-sickness triggers.

Great for

Budget-minded fans of old-school top-down shooters and Aliens/Dead Space vibes, best with a controller

Main risk

Repetitive door/console backtracking and unavoidable screen shake wear thin or cause motion sickness

What players love

Atmospheric sci-fi ship setting

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“It’s like Dead Space meets Aliens. The music, sound design, aliens make scary noises constantly, it’s all great.”
Steam review · 19.4 h played ↗

“nice level design that adds to the overall tense atmosphere of being aboard a failing ship called the Leopold”
Steam review · 6.1 h played ↗

“in combination with the ray of light of the lamptorch, it heightens the tension.”
Steam review · 8.7 h played ↗

Cheap, especially on sale or in the trilogy

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“The Alied Breed Trilogy goes on sale frequently for 2€. You can't go wrong.”
Steam review · 14.7 h played ↗

“At this price, it's a cheap fun few hours of wiping out alien swarms with guns and grenades.”
Steam review · 13.6 h played ↗

“catch it on sale and it's definitely worth it.”
Steam review · 8.7 h played ↗

Great graphics for its age

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews

“It plays great and has aged amazingly well. It looks like a new game.”
Steam review · 26.7 h played ↗

“The graphics are also exceptional considering its a game that came out in the 2010.”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗

Fun, satisfying twin-stick shooting

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“The controls are tight and the shooting is very satisfying.”
Steam review · 14.7 h played ↗

“The gunplay feels really good because the aliens get knocked down and impacted by gunfire.”
Steam review · 7.3 h played ↗

“It doesn’t reinvent the genre, but it nails the fundamentals.”
Steam review · 4.9 h played ↗

Nostalgic Amiga remake done right

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews

“This is a really good evolution of the original Amiga games.”
Steam review · 7.7 h played ↗

“Played the originals to bits on the Amiga. These are a worthy modern day equivalent.”
Steam review · 11.3 h played ↗

Runs great on Steam Deck

Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews

“It runs awesome on Steam Deck hardware”
Steam review · 3.3 h played ↗

“Fun little game. Runs great on the Steamdeck once installed.”
Steam review · 6.2 h played ↗

What players complain about

Repetitive fetch-and-backtrack missions

Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews

“Walk identical corridors to finds identical doors that require you to walk to identical computers to open said doors. repeat until uninstalled.”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗

“10% shooting, 90% walking back and forth.”
Steam review · 8.7 h played ↗

“First you open a door, and then you open a door. For about five hours.”
Steam review · translated · 5.5 h played ↗

Awkward camera and clunky controls

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“You fight the camera more than you fight aliens.”
Steam review · 1.7 h played ↗

“The damn camera movement, shooting is nothing special”
Steam review · translated · 0.5 h played ↗

“Theoretically, you can aim by moving your character. Practically, it does not work well”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗

Constant explosions and unavoidable screen shake

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“No, you cannot turn off camera shake. Every time something explodes [u]the camera will shake.[/u]”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗

“So much screen shake which can't be turned off.”
Steam review · 9.2 h played ↗

“annoying camera shake from constant explosions around you”
Steam review · translated · 4.5 h played ↗

Bland, samey enemies and levels with weak weapons

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“The game is just copy&paste of shooting the same ~5 monsters over and over again as a "campaign".”
Steam review · 12.1 h played ↗

“The enemies are all the same. Literally. They only differ in size”
Steam review · translated · 0.2 h played ↗

Confusing navigation and poor map

Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews

“RAN AROUND THE WHOLE MAP 5 TIMES, THERE'S NO WAY TO PROGRESS.”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗

“Terrible map, already lost at 15 minutes in and the map just shows a ton of dead ends”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗

Won't run on modern systems (PhysX/crashes)

Mentioned in ~1 in 30 negative reviews

“You wont be able to play this game anymore or any of its DLC they all depend PHYSX driver”
Steam review · 7.6 h played ↗

“Game no longer working on modern systems.”
Steam review · 4.5 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Playable

Minimum

OSWindows&reg XP SP2 or later

Processor2.0+ GHZ Single Core Processor

Memory1GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA 6800+ or ATI Radeon X700+ Video Card

Storage1.5 GB

OSWindows&reg XP SP2 or later

Processor2.0+ GHZ Single Core Processor

Memory1GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA 6800+ or ATI Radeon X700+ Video Card

Storage1.5 GB

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