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Alien Crusader

Zydrone · 2018-03-09

Steam

ActionFree To PlayIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 09, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Alien Crusader is an action packed, vertical scrolling, space shooter game, similar to classic coin-up arcade and shoot'em up games.

Alien Crusader is an Action, Free To Play and Indie game released in 2018, free-to-play, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (63% of 103 reviews).

0
playing now
63%
positive of 103 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 38% of 27,780 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820182026Week of 2018-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 00:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
60Feb 2018Jan 2024Feb 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Mar 2018 — avg 6 · peak 38Apr 2018 — avg 3 · peak 13May 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Jun 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Dec 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 6Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Feb 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Mar 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Apr 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Jun 2020 — avg 1 · peak 2Sep 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Dec 2022 — avg 1 · peak 3Apr 2023 — avg 1 · peak 3Jan 2024 — avg 1 · peak 2

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Jan 2024

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
24.2%
earned "Play Stage 1"
8.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

IndieRetroSpaceActionSci-fiDifficultBullet HellLocal Co-OpFree to PlayShoot 'Em Up

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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