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Alien Shooter

Sigma Team Inc. · 2009-05-27

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 31, 2009 (PlayStation 3), Jan 08, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Sep 14, 2003 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), 2009 (PlayStation Vita), 2009 (iOS), 2009 (Android)

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.

Alien Shooter is an Action, Indie, RPG title released in 2009 priced at $4.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (95% of 4765 reviews).

20
playing now
95%
positive of 4.8k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
IGDB user rating (72 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (84 downloads)
5h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 5.5h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$4.99
steam price (US)

20 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Alien Shooter is an isometric, top-down shooter video game developed and released by Sigma Team, a Russian game development studio. Released on May 18, 2003, it was initially available on Microsoft Windows. The game's conclusion was realized in two expansion packs, both consisting of five-levels and released in 2004: Fight for Life, released on June 14, and The Experiment, released on September 22.

Trailer

Alien Shooter trailer thumbnail

Alien Shooter 2: Legend. Official trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 20 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 281 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~35/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 191k–381k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,765 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.37 at GamersGate (2019-11-27) · bundled 12×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
19819820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

45102026-09-15 13:00 — 30 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 12 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 22 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 40 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 21 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 18 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 32 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 18 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 19 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 33 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 19 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 12 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 37 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 37 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 12 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 26 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 33 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 16 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 15 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 31 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 12 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 15 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 28 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 20 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
790Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2012 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2013 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2013 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2014 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2014 — avg 1 · peak 3Jan 2015 — avg 1 · peak 4Jun 2015 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2015 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Feb 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Jul 2017 — avg 3 · peak 20Dec 2017 — avg 3 · peak 15May 2018 — avg 2 · peak 11Oct 2018 — avg 4 · peak 26Mar 2019 — avg 6 · peak 19Aug 2019 — avg 6 · peak 16Jan 2020 — avg 9 · peak 27Jun 2020 — avg 8 · peak 24Nov 2020 — avg 17 · peak 71Apr 2021 — avg 16 · peak 47Sep 2021 — avg 21 · peak 50Feb 2022 — avg 40 · peak 526Jul 2022 — avg 31 · peak 73Dec 2022 — avg 79 · peak 326May 2023 — avg 25 · peak 58Oct 2023 — avg 26 · peak 78Mar 2024 — avg 30 · peak 85Aug 2024 — avg 24 · peak 54Jan 2025 — avg 28 · peak 72Jun 2025 — avg 27 · peak 97Nov 2025 — avg 22 · peak 64Apr 2026 — avg 24 · peak 59Aug 2026 — avg 23 · peak 52
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$0.372015-01-012026-07-202015-01-01 — best price $0.992015-02-12 — best price $4.502015-03-21 — best price $4.612015-04-20 — best price $4.952015-05-25 — best price $0.992015-07-23 — best price $4.002015-11-02 — best price $14.992016-03-16 — best price $3.432016-04-26 — best price $4.992016-06-23 — best price $2.492016-09-14 — best price $4.992016-11-18 — best price $4.992016-12-22 — best price $2.492017-03-21 — best price $5.992017-07-05 — best price $4.992017-11-01 — best price $4.992018-06-18 — best price $0.992018-11-19 — best price $4.992019-02-03 — best price $4.992019-04-22 — best price $4.992019-07-22 — best price $0.502019-11-27 — best price $0.372020-01-03 — best price $4.992020-05-12 — best price $4.492020-07-09 — best price $4.992020-12-22 — best price $0.372021-03-09 — best price $1.122021-10-28 — best price $0.742021-12-23 — best price $0.372022-07-07 — best price $4.992022-12-12 — best price $4.992023-01-25 — best price $1.122023-04-18 — best price $1.122023-11-02 — best price $4.992024-01-05 — best price $4.992024-11-04 — best price $4.992025-01-03 — best price $4.992025-11-03 — best price $4.992026-07-20 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

85222026-05-29 — 51 pageviews2026-06-02 — 39 pageviews2026-06-06 — 52 pageviews2026-06-10 — 43 pageviews2026-06-14 — 43 pageviews2026-06-18 — 61 pageviews2026-06-22 — 43 pageviews2026-06-26 — 36 pageviews2026-06-30 — 33 pageviews2026-07-04 — 48 pageviews2026-07-08 — 53 pageviews2026-07-12 — 41 pageviews2026-07-16 — 85 pageviews2026-07-20 — 53 pageviews2026-07-24 — 49 pageviews2026-07-28 — 49 pageviews2026-08-01 — 43 pageviews2026-08-05 — 26 pageviews2026-08-09 — 48 pageviews2026-08-13 — 43 pageviews2026-08-17 — 44 pageviews2026-08-21 — 40 pageviews2026-08-25 — 47 pageviews2026-08-29 — 60 pageviews2026-09-02 — 47 pageviews2026-09-06 — 54 pageviews2026-09-10 — 53 pageviews2026-09-14 — 52 pageviews2026-09-18 — 56 pageviews2026-09-22 — 48 pageviews2026-09-26 — 47 pageviews2026-09-30 — 33 pageviews2026-10-04 — 51 pageviews2026-10-08 — 42 pageviews2026-10-12 — 39 pageviews2026-10-14 — 22 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
65.4%
earned "Alien Killer - Beginner"
28.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing2 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2019-03-29, latest 2019-04-08 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,79417%17
PS4 (PlayStation)6693%12
PS Vita (PlayStation)50320%12
PS4 (PlayStation)3993%12
PS Vita (PlayStation)36823%12
PS3 (PlayStation)6721%12
PS3 (PlayStation)4326%12

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGGoreBloodActionAliensHorrorSci-fiShooterTop-DownIsometric

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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