Alien Swarm
Free on Steam. Decide if it is worth your time, not just your wallet.
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Free removes the risk. If the premise matches your mood, this is a great moment to test it.
GameFinder take
Easy try right now
Free removes the risk. If the premise matches your mood, this is a great moment to test it.
About This Game
The pitch
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.
Best for
Shooter fans • players into Action and Science fiction
Right now
Free on Steam.
Standout signal
Expect a mix of Action, Science fiction, Warfare.
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 of four distinct IAF Marine classes. Plan your attack using an unlockable arsenal of weapons with countless loadout configurations against a wide variety of aliens. Blaze your way through an overrun, off-world colony, eradicating the alien infestation in environments ranging from the icy planet's surface, to a subterranean lava-flooded mining facility. Along with the game get the complete code base for Alien Swarm that features updates to the Source engine as well as the SDK. Alien Swarm adds 3rd person camera, depth of field, improved dynamic shadows and a wide variety of gameplay additions to the Source engine.
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