Crit Verdict
Yes, worth playing.
It's free to play.
95%
Very Positive
24k player reviews
Buy it if you like
- Co-op: 61 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Multiplayer: 40 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 37 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
- Combat: 44 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Monetization: 20 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Crashes: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 24k player reviews · updated 3 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
42% of themes are praise25% are divided33% are caveats
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
Highly recommended for co-op fans - this is one of the better team games out there.
61 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
-Multiplayer: I did spend most of my time playing solo because it is quite hard to get players to play with you.
40 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
For a free game, it had a good presentation, nice gameplay and good graphics.
37 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Some things I wish Alien Swarm did better is to have more characters to choose from (even just 2 more), more weapons and gear to unlock, making rather-useless items more relevant and accessible (like the flashlight, flares, night vision, etc.), and slightly better marine bot AI and commands.
25 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
For a free game, it had a good presentation, nice gameplay and good graphics.
20 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Co-op61 reviews
Multiplayer40 reviews
Gameplay37 reviews
Story and characters25 reviews
Graphics20 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty27 reviews
89%
Performance9 reviews
100%
Servers and matchmaking8 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat44 reviews
98%
Monetization20 reviews
100%
Crashes6 reviews
67%
Interface6 reviews
33%
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.
The data behind the verdict
For the players who want the receipts.
Player review score
95%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
198
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yetWe’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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