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Aliens: Colonial Marines Collection

Gearbox Software · SEGA · 2012-05-01

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Action

Franchise: Alien · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

Releases: Feb 12, 2013 (PlayStation 3), Feb 12, 2013 (Xbox 360), Feb 12, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 05, 2013 (Wii U)

You & your friends are the deadliest killers in the galaxy – the US Colonial Marines. It’s up to you to not just survive, but wipe out the Xeno infestation.

107
playing now
62%
positive of 12k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
45/100
critic score (14 outlets, IGDB)
47/100
IGDB user rating (108 ratings)
8.5h
to beat · rushed 7h · completionist 12h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

107 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Aliens: Colonial Marines is a 2013 first-person shooter developed by Gearbox Software and published by Sega for PlayStation 3, Windows, and Xbox 360. Based on the Alien 20th Century Fox universe and set shortly after the 1986 film Aliens, the game follows a group of Colonial Marines, a fictional military unit, as they confront the Weyland-Yutani corporation in an effort to rescue survivors from the Sulaco spaceship. It features a campaign mode that supports both single-player and cooperative gameplay, and a multiplayer mode in which players compete in different scenarios.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 107 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 250 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~31/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 487k–974k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 12,170 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.96-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.69 at Fanatical (2018-07-11) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 30 of 70 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
747420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

11542026-08-06 22:00 — 25 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 15 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 20 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 42 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 21 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 24 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 36 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 17 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 22 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 42 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 38 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 18 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 10 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 26 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 23 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 15 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 20 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 39 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 28 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 50 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 89 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 88 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 81 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 105 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 73 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 43 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 115 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 107 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$2.962015-01-012026-08-212015-01-01 — best price $14.992016-02-12 — best price $14.992016-10-31 — best price $29.992017-01-26 — best price $7.492017-03-24 — best price $7.502017-07-03 — best price $29.992017-10-16 — best price $7.492018-01-01 — best price $29.992018-04-02 — best price $29.992018-09-17 — best price $29.992019-02-12 — best price $29.992019-10-28 — best price $5.992020-02-21 — best price $25.172020-06-01 — best price $26.882020-07-19 — best price $29.992020-08-23 — best price $26.882020-10-04 — best price $26.882020-11-16 — best price $29.992020-12-20 — best price $26.882021-02-06 — best price $29.992021-03-11 — best price $29.992021-04-10 — best price $29.992021-05-10 — best price $29.992021-06-14 — best price $5.992021-12-22 — best price $4.782022-07-07 — best price $23.692022-12-09 — best price $26.882023-06-29 — best price $5.442023-11-16 — best price $26.882024-03-07 — best price $7.492024-07-11 — best price $25.792024-09-19 — best price $6.672024-12-06 — best price $26.342025-03-20 — best price $6.792025-07-11 — best price $26.652025-11-04 — best price $25.792026-02-05 — best price $26.652026-04-27 — best price $26.992026-08-21 — best price $2.96
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2451102026-05-29 — 184 pageviews2026-06-01 — 181 pageviews2026-06-04 — 159 pageviews2026-06-07 — 178 pageviews2026-06-10 — 138 pageviews2026-06-13 — 146 pageviews2026-06-16 — 131 pageviews2026-06-19 — 124 pageviews2026-06-22 — 125 pageviews2026-06-25 — 146 pageviews2026-06-28 — 148 pageviews2026-07-01 — 150 pageviews2026-07-04 — 162 pageviews2026-07-07 — 142 pageviews2026-07-10 — 132 pageviews2026-07-13 — 132 pageviews2026-07-16 — 121 pageviews2026-07-19 — 160 pageviews2026-07-22 — 154 pageviews2026-07-25 — 163 pageviews2026-07-28 — 145 pageviews2026-07-31 — 138 pageviews2026-08-03 — 164 pageviews2026-08-06 — 139 pageviews2026-08-09 — 159 pageviews2026-08-12 — 138 pageviews2026-08-15 — 151 pageviews2026-08-18 — 188 pageviews2026-08-21 — 171 pageviews2026-08-24 — 187 pageviews2026-08-26 — 212 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
83.2%
earned "Eat This!"
14.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing9 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

FPSGoreCo-opSpaceActionAliensHorrorSci-fiShooterSurvival

Census log

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

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