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Alien Shooter cover art

Alien Shooter

Sigma Team Inc. · 2009-05-27

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

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.

21
playing now
95%
positive of 4.8k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
IGDB user rating (72 ratings)
5h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 5.5h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

21 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 21 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 16% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 190k–380k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,750 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 5 of 10 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

42102026-08-06 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 24 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 28 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 30 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 39 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 24 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 35 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 18 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 31 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 14 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 23 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 41 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 16 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 18 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 27 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 12 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 22 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 31 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 12 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 15 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 39 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 25 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 19 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 30 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 22 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 21 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

85262026-05-29 — 51 pageviews2026-06-01 — 59 pageviews2026-06-04 — 80 pageviews2026-06-07 — 58 pageviews2026-06-10 — 43 pageviews2026-06-13 — 30 pageviews2026-06-16 — 42 pageviews2026-06-19 — 55 pageviews2026-06-22 — 43 pageviews2026-06-25 — 42 pageviews2026-06-28 — 37 pageviews2026-07-01 — 43 pageviews2026-07-04 — 48 pageviews2026-07-07 — 42 pageviews2026-07-10 — 47 pageviews2026-07-13 — 37 pageviews2026-07-16 — 85 pageviews2026-07-19 — 40 pageviews2026-07-22 — 45 pageviews2026-07-25 — 38 pageviews2026-07-28 — 49 pageviews2026-07-31 — 46 pageviews2026-08-03 — 33 pageviews2026-08-06 — 34 pageviews2026-08-09 — 48 pageviews2026-08-12 — 55 pageviews2026-08-15 — 50 pageviews2026-08-18 — 48 pageviews2026-08-21 — 40 pageviews2026-08-24 — 45 pageviews2026-08-25 — 47 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

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.

Player tags

RPGGoreBloodActionAliensHorrorSci-fiShooterTop-DownIsometric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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