EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5

Buy94%

Very Positive · 12k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

SANDLOT · Action · Jul 11, 2019

Player review score
94%
Very Positive
Price
$59.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
39
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
4
Full audio4 of 4
Subtitles4 of 4

Should I buy EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5?

Buy it if you like
  • Combat: 72 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 68 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Co-op: 53 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Graphics: 32 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Multiplayer: 23 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 12k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
58% of themes are praise17% are divided25% are complaints
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
72 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It's also satisfying for monsters to be dismembered upon death with certain weapons.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
68 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The game was perfect with two players on Hard and had the perfect difficulty curve of needing to strategize loadouts especially when a certain amount of picked up item/armor boxes are kept when failing which depends on the difficulty.
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
53 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Whether you are a fan of co-op or solo play, you'll be playing this one for months.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
42 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The story itself is sound and is solid, however it's the same story as all the previous installments and is a story that has been done many times before.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
27 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
However if you enjoyed the base game I would recommend picking up the 2 mission pack expansions which add a ton of weapons, vehicles, equipment, and higher difficulty missions for Veteran players.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
22 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
You are given quite a few options for combat: A plethora of vehicles and weapons, a class for aerial combat, a class for aggro and heavy weapons, a class for air support and assisting teammates and a balanced, middle ground character.

+1 more players loved

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Combat72 reviews
Gameplay68 reviews
Co-op53 reviews
Story42 reviews
Difficulty27 reviews
Characters22 reviews
Audio20 reviews
Divided opinion
Interface
50% still recommend
Bugs
100% still recommend
Players complain
Graphics
81% still recommend
Multiplayer
83% still recommend
Performance
86% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Multi-player
  • Online Co-op
  • Online PvP
  • PvP
  • Shared/Split Screen
  • Shared/Split Screen Co-op
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play Together
  • Remote Play on Phone
  • Remote Play on TV
  • Remote Play on Tablet
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$59.99

The lowest we've tracked is $24.59.

12 months agotoday · $59.99

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