Fun co-op with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“its definitely a good experience when playing with friends”
Steam review · 2.5 h played ↗
Alien Swarm
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 96%Very Positive · 96%Valve2010Shooter · Survival · Action
The verdict
A free, polished Valve co-op top-down shooter that shines with friends but has one short campaign and a nearly dead playerbase. Skip it if you play solo; Reactive Drop is the better pick.
Great for
Small groups of friends wanting a free, tactical co-op alien shooter for a few evenings
Main risk
Dead online community and co-op-only missions leave you unable to play without friends
What players love
Free and runs on almost anything
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“it runs perfectly even on my “potato” of a gaming laptop”
Steam review · 4.9 h played ↗
Free TF2 hat as a bonus
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Unironically a pretty good CO-OP game, even though i came for that TF2 hat.”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗
Teamwork and meaningful classes
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“The missions are short but intense, the classes actually matter, and when everyone plays their role the game feels incredibly satisfying.”
Steam review · 57.3 h played ↗
Polished Valve quality and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“Good co-op game, is from valve so everything is so polished”
Steam review · 4.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Dead playerbase, hard to find matches
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Would be fun if people actually played this game sadly no one plays anymore”
Steam review · 79.8 h played ↗
Reactive Drop is better
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“No reason to play it when Alien Swarm:Reactive Drop exists.”
Steam review · 23.3 h played ↗
Cannot play solo
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“If your alone, you only get to play the tutorial”
Steam review · 2.7 h played ↗
Very little content, one short campaign
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“The campaign only takes 2-3 hours to beat from start to finish”
Steam review · 13.5 h played ↗
Friendly fire and toxic kicks
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“FRIENDLY FIRE RUINS THE GAME.”
Steam review · 14.1 h played ↗
Repetitive and gets boring
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“Boring and repetitive”
Steam review · 19 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable2.5 GB
Minimum
OSWindows® 7 / Vista / Vista64 / XP
ProcessorPentium 4 3.0GHz
Memory1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista
GraphicsDirectX 9 compatible video card with 128 MB, Shader model 2.0. ATI X800, NVidia 6600 or better
StorageAt least 2.5 GB of free space
Recommended
OSWindows® 7 / Vista / Vista64 / XP
ProcessorIntel core 2 duo 2.4GHz
Memory1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista
GraphicsDirectX 9 compatible video card with Shader model 3.0. NVidia 7600, ATI X1600 or better
StorageAt least 2.5 GB of free space
OSWindows® 7 / Vista / Vista64 / XP
ProcessorPentium 4 3.0GHz
Memory1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista
GraphicsDirectX 9 compatible video card with 128 MB, Shader model 2.0. ATI X800, NVidia 6600 or better
StorageAt least 2.5 GB of free space
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