Alien Shooter: Revisited

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Mixed · 64%Mixed · 64%2009

$4.99

US Steam price, checked 3 h ago

The verdict

A short, simple isometric horde shooter: the first Alien Shooter on the sequel's engine. Many players find it harder and buggier than the original, so skip it if you can play that instead.

Great for

Fans of cheap, mindless old-school isometric horde shooting and nostalgia, played in short sessions

Main risk

Camera, balance and technical problems make it feel like a worse version of the original

What players love

Nostalgic classic with updated graphics

Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews

“Classic Alien Shooter with better visuals and effects”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗

“I must say that revisited is by far the superior and preferred version.”
Steam review · 2.1 h played ↗

“Everything is improved: models, textures, the feel of shooting.”
Steam review · translated · 2.3 h played ↗

Simple, satisfying horde shooting

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“Lots of satisfying shooting at hoardes of aliens! Great mindless and satisfying fun!”
Steam review · 3.7 h played ↗

“It's simple and arcadey in a way few games are these days.”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗

“The gameplay is simple and brilliant: walk into a room, turn "Nirvana" up to max and shoot everything that moves.”
Steam review · translated · 8.3 h played ↗

Good weapon variety and upgrades

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“Different weapons ARE different, and you have to be careful with reload times.”
Steam review · 2.4 h played ↗

“you gain xp, level up and distribute your attribute points pretty much rpg-like as you see fit.”
Steam review · 6.2 h played ↗

New characters, modes and difficulties

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews

“you can REPLAY any level that you beat before”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗

“new characters with different stats were added”
Steam review · translated · 4.4 h played ↗

Great soundtrack and atmosphere

Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews

“Dark atmosphere, chilling music, dozens of weapons and piles of aliens torn to shreds.”
Steam review · translated · 8.3 h played ↗

Runs on very weak hardware, cheap in bundles

Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews

“It runs on a toaster, so it's perfect for those (like me) that have ancient hardware around.”
Steam review · 2.4 h played ↗

“+Runs on weak hardware; +Affordable price;”
Steam review · translated · 10.6 h played ↗

What players complain about

Worse than the original

Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews

“i mean just play the normal version of alien shooter it's better in every way”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗

“Alien Shooter: Revisited feels like an unnecessary downgrade from the original.”
Steam review · 2.9 h played ↗

Broken balance and brutal late levels

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“the difficulty has been quadrupled (you'll be lucky to finish the game on normal difficulty without cheats)”
Steam review · 8.6 h played ↗

“The game was fun and challenging until the 8th level. Then it was ridiculous.”
Steam review · 13.9 h played ↗

“Level 8 is just hell, it's practically impossible to get further.”
Steam review · translated · 8.8 h played ↗

Camera doesn't follow the character

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“Your charachter just runs to the edge of screen and remains there. As a result you are unable to see what's going on in front of you”
Steam review · 3.6 h played ↗

“Fix the camera already. Sick of running along the edge of the screen.”
Steam review · translated · 6.7 h played ↗

Lag, stutter and crashes on modern PCs

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“It's laggy and choppy, even when frame counter shows stable 60fps (on i5 and gtx970, mind you).”
Steam review · 0.9 h played ↗

“The game is 15 years old and still manages to freeze and crash on modern hardware (1660S), amazing.”
Steam review · translated · 0.1 h played ↗

Low resolution, no widescreen

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews

“Need I mention that there's no way to set a resolution better than 4:3?”
Steam review · translated · 10.8 h played ↗

Getting stuck in walls and bugs

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“the protagonist can get stuck in obstacles very easily”
Steam review · 2.8 h played ↗

“On 1st map got stuck twice in the wall.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Unsupported

Minimum

OSWindows 2000 / XP / Vista

Processor1.7 GHz

Memory512 MB

GraphicsnVidia GeForce2 / ATI Radeon 8500 or better video card with 128 MB video memory

Storage250 MB Free Space

OSWindows 2000 / XP / Vista

Processor1.7 GHz

Memory512 MB

GraphicsnVidia GeForce2 / ATI Radeon 8500 or better video card with 128 MB video memory

Storage250 MB Free Space

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