Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop

Buy95%

Very Positive · 24k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth playing.

Reactive Drop Team · Twin Stick Shooter · Apr 20, 2017

Player review score
95%
Very Positive
Price
Free
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
198
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
14
Full audio1 of 14
Subtitles14 of 14

Should I buy Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop?

Buy it if you like
  • Co-op: 116 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 43 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Multiplayer: 37 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Performance: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 24k 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
66% of themes are praise17% are divided17% are complaints
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
116 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Highly recommended for co-op fans - this is one of the better team games out there.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
43 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
For a free game, it had a good presentation, nice gameplay and good graphics.
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
37 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Rather than simply serving as an update, it expands nearly every aspect of the original game with more missions, larger cooperative teams, additional weapons, fresh enemy types, competitive multiplayer modes, and extensive support for community-created content.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
35 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Overall I'm really enjoying the game, even after progressing enough to unlock all the weapons and gear.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
27 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
A word of advice for achievement hunters; the level of difficulty is a 10 out of 10 on the freak scale with a badass seal of approval.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Amongst other benefits, it tweaks the graphics somewhat and makes it easier to target enemies, boosts the polling rate to improve the responsiveness, and bumps up the FPS cap from the default 100fps.

+2 more players loved

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Co-op116 reviews
Gameplay43 reviews
Multiplayer37 reviews
Combat35 reviews
Difficulty27 reviews
Graphics17 reviews
Story14 reviews
Monetization12 reviews
Divided opinion
Characters
100% still recommend
Servers and matchmaking
100% still recommend
Players complain
Performance
100% still recommend
Interface
29% still recommend

What you get

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

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • LAN Co-op
  • LAN PvP
  • Multi-player
  • Online Co-op
  • Online PvP
  • PvP
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support
  • Steam Input API Support

Store features

  • Adjustable Difficulty
  • Camera Comfort
  • Captions available
  • Color Alternatives
  • Custom Volume Controls
  • Family Sharing
  • Includes Source SDK
  • Includes level editor

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

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