Unique FPS and RTS hybrid
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“It's StarCraft meets Counter-Strike, except everyone is stressed, resources are scarce and a giant alien spider is sprinting towards you at Mach 3.”
Steam review · 103.4 h played ↗
Natural Selection 2
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 85%Very Positive · 85%Unknown Worlds Entertainment2012FPS · Strategy · Action
The verdict
A unique, deep FPS/RTS asymmetric team game with great marine-vs-alien design, but a tiny veteran-dominated, often toxic community and no more updates. Skip it if you're a solo newcomer without friends.
Great for
Players with a group of friends who want deep asymmetric team play mixing FPS and RTS commanding
Main risk
Few servers and a toxic veteran community make it hard for new players to join and learn
What players love
Asymmetric marines vs aliens
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Asymmetric masterpiece! Never has a shooter felt so great with these two factions.”
Steam review · 84.4 h played ↗
Teamwork and strategy matter
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“the situations and team play experience when everything clicks is something other games can only dream to achieve.”
Steam review · 1839.8 h played ↗
Wish for Natural Selection 3
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“MAKE NATURAL SELECTION 3 AND MY LIFE IS YOURS”
Steam review · 6 h played ↗
Great value and still playable with bots
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“for £4 if you can convince some of your friends to pick it up and do a "us vs bots" game, it can be alot of fun.”
Steam review · 89.3 h played ↗
Atmosphere and visuals hold up
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“The atmosphere is incredible and the game mechanics are great.”
Steam review · 54.3 h played ↗
What players complain about
Toxic, gatekeeping veteran community
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“expect to be berated on voice chat for failing to follow assumed, uncommunicated strategies.”
Steam review · 226.7 h played ↗
Dead playerbase, few servers
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“the game is good but THERE IS NO BODY PLAYING THIS GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Steam review · 3.2 h played ↗
Steep learning curve, weak tutorial
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“And the tutorial is absolutely useless, doesn't teach you anything at all.”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗
Abandoned by developers, no updates
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“the devs have officially announced that they would completely stop development on the game, and that they are abandoning it.”
Steam review · 129.9 h played ↗
Aliens overpowered, balance complaints
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“It's extremely one-sided with a strong bias towards the aliens.”
Steam review · 35.5 h played ↗
Cheating, backdoor and security concerns
Mentioned in ~1 in 30 negative reviews
“Game also has 0 anticheat, which is how this malicious code slips right into the normal flow for the game.”
Steam review · 2.8 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable13 GB
Minimum
OS7 64-Bit (SP1) or Windows 10 64-Bit
ProcessorDual-core processor 2.4 GHz (Intel Core 2 Duo, i3), 2.6 GHz (AMD Athlon or FX)
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 11 compatible dedicated video card with 2 GB VRAM
Storage13 GB HD space
Recommended
OS7 64-Bit (SP1) or Windows 10 64-Bit
ProcessorQuad-core processor 3.2 GHz (Intel i5, i7) or 3.6 GHz (AMD Ryzen, FX or Athlon)
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 11 compatible dedicated video card with 4GB VRAM
Storage13 GB HD space
OS7 64-Bit (SP1) or Windows 10 64-Bit
ProcessorDual-core processor 2.4 GHz (Intel Core 2 Duo, i3), 2.6 GHz (AMD Athlon or FX)
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 11 compatible dedicated video card with 2 GB VRAM
Storage13 GB HD space
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