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Alien Swarm

by Valve

  • Released Jul 10, 2010
  • Free
  • 2 h to beat
  • PC (Microsoft Windows)

95%positive reviews

20,538 positive1,113 negative

What players say

Pros

  • Strong co-op top-down shooter

  • Free to play and fun with friends

Cons

  • Nobody plays it anymore

  • Needs at least two players

Mixed

  • Some call it Valve's best product, others say it is abandoned

Media

Trailer (YouTube)

DLC, expansions and more

Standalone expansions (1)

System requirements

Minimum:

OS *: Windows® 7 / Vista / Vista64 / XP

Processor: Pentium 4 3.0GHz

Memory: 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista

Graphics: DirectX 9 compatible video card with 128 MB, Shader model 2.0. ATI X800, NVidia 6600 or better

Hard Drive: At least 2.5 GB of free space

Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card

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Alien Swarm is a game and Source SDK release from a group of talented designers at Valve who were hired from the Mod community. Available free of charge, the game thrusts players into an epic bug hunt featuring a unique blend of co-op play and squad-level tactics. With your friends, form a squad…

Ratings

  • 70IGDB players67 ratings
  • 60Critics1 reviews
  • 65Overall68 scores

Time to beat

  • 2 hStory onlyto the credits
  • 3.9 hStory and extraswith side content
  • 4 hCompletionist100%

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Languages

LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
English

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