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The endless darkness and the somber, long passages of a military complex have become the abode of evil, thousands of blood-thirsty creatures fill its offices, storehouses and mysterious laboratories. About 1,000 monsters on each map, showing up to 100 monsters simultaneously on one playing screen.

Release DateMay 27, 2009
Price$ 4.99
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)95.6% (overwhelmingly positive) Top 10% / 94.9%  Top 10%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)91.5% Top 2% / 91.1%  Top 2%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)3K  Top 10% / 3.7K  Top 10%
Curators41 reviews  Top 15%
Median Play Time4.4 hours
Play Time per Dollar53 minutes  Top 30%
Followers4.8K  Top 15%
Owners± 454.9K  Top 10%
Copies Sold± 110.9K  Top 10%
Gross Revenue ($)± 522.7K  Top 10%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Alien Shooter steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Alien Shooter's Steam rating and reviews between November 2010 and December 2023. Steam's rating is in a range going from 86.6% (August 2014) to 95% (June 2023).

The 3.7K reviews Top 10% suggest that Alien Shooter is an AAA level success. Peaks in the chart suggest that major updates or discounts happened.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Alien Shooter and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut chart displays the languages of Alien Shooter's reviewers. The most popular language is Russian (39%), followed by English (22%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 24 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game has 2 translations (English and Russian). More translations could have boosted the game's popularity.

Time Played

Chart displaying Alien Shooter percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in Alien Shooter, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. The time in game is acceptable, with 9 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 1.6 times lower than the positive reviews median play time.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Fun top-down shooter gameplay
  • Responsive controls
  • Varied and interesting weapons and enemies
  • Rock solid framerate
  • Visually looks good for its age
  • Detailed environment
  • Hundreds of enemies on screen at once
  • Good sound and music effects
  • Rewards system to upgrade armor and weapons
  • Can be acquired for free or cheap
  • Buggy with some enemy types and missions
  • Need to set to run in compitable mode
  • Highest resolution is 1024x768
  • No steam overlay support which affects gameplay experience
  • No proper feedback for getting hit
  • Short length gameplay (only 10 maps)
  • No proper story
  • Often glitches out with player character's movements
  • No official way to unlock achievements
  • Only 10 levels in the Steam version, requiring manual purchase of expansions

These advantages and disadvantages are not meant to provide a fair assessment of the game, but to help developers identify potential improvements. The game's rating of 95.6%  Top 10% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of Alien Shooter's review data that Steam provides. Moreover, be aware that problems aren't always meant to be solved. Communicating clearly and managing the player's expectations is important too!

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