EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: WORLD BROTHERS

EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: WORLD BROTHERS

Steam Deck Playable

YUKE'S · Action · May 27, 2021

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $39.99. It has been as low as $11.99.

81%
Very Positive
804 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 65 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 50 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Multiplayer: 31 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 88 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 804 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

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
59% of themes are praise33% are divided8% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
It’s classic EDF gameplay, and I mean that in the best way.
65 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
- Cute, bouncy and pretty visuals and aesthetic
50 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
Regarding the team being 'Lives': Losing all your health on the active soldier knocks that team member out, and it works like classic EDF multiplayer - you need health to revive them.
31 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Monetization
Players who bring up Monetization mostly praise it.
~DLC is actually useful AND reasonably priced if you buy the "season pass" (previous EDF games sold level 1 weapon skins you would use never, World Brothers has actual characters that level up)
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
However do make sure you have a gamepad to play with, the mouse support is really bad.
9 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
Didn't experience any lag but did disconnect a few times.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+1 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love7 themes
Gameplay65 reviews
Graphics50 reviews
Multiplayer31 reviews
Monetization10 reviews
Controls9 reviews
Performance8 reviews
Interface7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters139 reviews
83%
Difficulty28 reviews
71%
Co-op27 reviews
52%
Audio16 reviews
69%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat88 reviews
78%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $39.99. The lowest we've tracked is $11.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $39.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
81%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
55
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.