Nostalgic, faithful remake
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“This game is exactly what a remake should be. It's the exact same game we loved back in the day, but better optimized and much prettier to look at.”
Steam review · 15.4 h played ↗
Destroy All Humans!
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Very Positive · 93%Very Positive · 93%Black Forest Games, Pandemic Studios2020Third-Person Shooter · Action · Adventure
$29.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A short, silly, faithful remake of the PS2 alien-rampage classic with fun humor and chaos, held back by forced stealth, defense missions and a spiky final boss. Skip it if you want an open-world sandbox.
Great for
Nostalgic PS2 fans and players wanting short, silly, mindless chaos with 50s B-movie humor, ideally on sale
Main risk
Forced stealth and defense missions plus a brutal final boss in a short, repetitive game
What changed in the last 30 days
36 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews mostly say the game is too short and shallow for its price, with too many stealth/escort missions. No new bug or patch is evident, so confidence is moderate.
36 recent reviews
What players love
Funny 50s sci-fi satire
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The dialogue is genuinely hilarious, packed with sharp satire and over the top humor that actually lands.”
Steam review · 10.7 h played ↗
Fun power-fantasy chaos and weapons
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“If you just want to play round with probing out people's brains or tossing cows at tanks, this is the place to do it.”
Steam review · 10.1 h played ↗
Fun challenges and 100% completion
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The challenges in particular are so much fun.”
Steam review · 14.3 h played ↗
Runs well and looks great
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Runs nice and smooth on my linux mint 5600x, 6800xt, 16GB rig capped at 85fps at 1440p/Ultra.”
Steam review · 24.2 h played ↗
Cheap and good value on sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“But for $3, this isn’t a steal, it’s a straight up heist”
Steam review · 10 h played ↗
What players complain about
Short, repetitive and shallow
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Simply too short and too shallow to be worth it's price.”
Steam review · 20.1 h played ↗
Too much forced stealth
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“For a game called Destroy All Humans there's far too many sneaking and escort missions. Far, far too many.”
Steam review · 4.1 h played ↗
Brutal escort/defense missions and difficulty spikes
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Enjoy guarding a bomb that dies in three hits while hundreds of soldiers shoot at it.”
Steam review · 9.4 h played ↗
Worse than the original; censored and changed
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“Go buy a ps2 if you don't have one and play the original there.”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗
Unbalanced, frustrating final boss
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“And then along came the final boss, which is so hard it could have come from another title altogether.”
Steam review · 16 h played ↗
Overpriced at full price
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“£25 is a rip off for about 4-6 hours of mediocre story and worthwhile gameplay”
Steam review · 7.7 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support19 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 (64 bit)
ProcessorAMD / Intel CPU running at 3.0 GHz or higher: AMD Kaveri A10-7850K or Intel Pentium DualCore G3220 or newer is recommended / Ryzen 5 2400G (for systems using an integrated GPU)
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD/NVIDIA dedicated graphics card, with at least 4GB of dedicated VRAM and with at least DirectX 11.0 and Shader Model 5.1 support
Storage19 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 (64 bit)
ProcessorIAMD / Intel processor running at 3.5 GHz or higher (AMD Ryzen 3 1300x or Intel Core i3 8100 or newer is recommended)
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD/NVIDIA dedicated graphics card, with at least 4GB of dedicated VRAM and with at least DirectX 12.0 and Shader Model 6.0 support
Storage19 GB available space
OSWindows 10 (64 bit)
ProcessorAMD / Intel CPU running at 3.0 GHz or higher: AMD Kaveri A10-7850K or Intel Pentium DualCore G3220 or newer is recommended / Ryzen 5 2400G (for systems using an integrated GPU)
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD/NVIDIA dedicated graphics card, with at least 4GB of dedicated VRAM and with at least DirectX 11.0 and Shader Model 5.1 support
Storage19 GB available space
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