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Aliens: Dark Descent

Tindalos Interactive · Focus Entertainment · 2023-06-19

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ActionStrategy

Franchise: Alien · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jun 20, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 20, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Jun 20, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Jun 20, 2023 (Xbox One), Jun 20, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

Drop into the gripping journey of Aliens: Dark Descent, a squad-based, single-player action game in the iconic Alien franchise. Lead your soldiers in real-time to stop a new and terrifying kind of Xenomorph outbreak on Planet Lethe.

Aliens: Dark Descent is an Action, Strategy game released in 2023, priced at $39.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 18844 reviews).

114
playing now
88%
positive of 19k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (22 ratings)
75
Nexus mods (192k downloads)
3.66★
PlayStation Store rating (9,225 ratings)
75/100
opencritic · strong · 62% recommend · from 100 critics
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

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

Aliens: Dark Descent is a real-time tactics video game developed by Tindalos Interactive in collaboration with 20th Century Games and published by Focus Entertainment. Set in the Alien universe, the game was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on June 20, 2023. It received generally positive reviews from critics.

Trailer

Aliens: Dark Descent trailer thumbnail

Aliens: Dark Descent - Launch Trailer

≈456,628 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 114 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,025 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~128/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (3,123 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 28,012 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 378k–851k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 18,916 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $11.99 at GamesPlanet US (2026-06-12) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 84 of 134 observed days · $28.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.7k2.7k20232026Week of 2023-06-01: 2,744 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 379 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,976 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 281 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 757 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 470 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 325 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 672 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 473 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 402 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 351 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 24 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

352922026-09-16 05:00 — 169 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 237 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 329 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 191 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 169 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 266 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 139 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 136 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 282 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 152 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 103 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 171 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 119 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 138 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 321 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 177 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 92 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 177 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 202 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 150 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 169 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 199 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 114 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5.0k165Jun 2023Aug 2026Jun 2023 — avg 4,956 · peak 8,893Jul 2023 — avg 1,957 · peak 5,799Aug 2023 — avg 716 · peak 1,811Sep 2023 — avg 532 · peak 1,357Oct 2023 — avg 395 · peak 1,203Nov 2023 — avg 474 · peak 1,048Dec 2023 — avg 551 · peak 1,088Jan 2024 — avg 478 · peak 1,179Feb 2024 — avg 259 · peak 685Mar 2024 — avg 330 · peak 637Apr 2024 — avg 268 · peak 602May 2024 — avg 227 · peak 479Jun 2024 — avg 299 · peak 692Jul 2024 — avg 395 · peak 789Aug 2024 — avg 335 · peak 683Sep 2024 — avg 481 · peak 1,261Oct 2024 — avg 256 · peak 657Nov 2024 — avg 261 · peak 655Dec 2024 — avg 453 · peak 1,186Jan 2025 — avg 373 · peak 715Feb 2025 — avg 205 · peak 504Mar 2025 — avg 235 · peak 478Apr 2025 — avg 503 · peak 1,265May 2025 — avg 375 · peak 1,012Jun 2025 — avg 308 · peak 641Jul 2025 — avg 263 · peak 582Aug 2025 — avg 306 · peak 584Sep 2025 — avg 376 · peak 942Oct 2025 — avg 247 · peak 587Nov 2025 — avg 223 · peak 470Dec 2025 — avg 165 · peak 359Jan 2026 — avg 225 · peak 440Feb 2026 — avg 188 · peak 455Mar 2026 — avg 172 · peak 406Apr 2026 — avg 187 · peak 410May 2026 — avg 197 · peak 400Jun 2026 — avg 278 · peak 588Jul 2026 — avg 348 · peak 678Aug 2026 — avg 233 · peak 551
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$11.992023-04-262026-10-152023-04-26 — best price $39.992023-06-14 — best price $32.792023-09-07 — best price $29.992023-10-09 — best price $29.992023-11-22 — best price $24.792024-01-10 — best price $39.992024-02-14 — best price $35.992024-03-24 — best price $22.992024-04-22 — best price $20.492024-05-23 — best price $35.092024-06-17 — best price $27.592024-07-24 — best price $35.092024-08-12 — best price $31.492024-09-16 — best price $39.992024-10-18 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $17.992024-12-22 — best price $17.492025-01-20 — best price $14.872025-02-10 — best price $39.992025-03-11 — best price $15.992025-04-14 — best price $16.002025-05-06 — best price $35.992025-06-19 — best price $35.092025-07-18 — best price $33.172025-08-14 — best price $15.992025-09-08 — best price $16.562025-10-07 — best price $15.992025-11-02 — best price $36.992025-11-24 — best price $13.782025-12-25 — best price $16.562026-01-20 — best price $15.742026-02-16 — best price $13.552026-03-16 — best price $31.492026-04-20 — best price $31.492026-05-26 — best price $35.092026-06-26 — best price $13.892026-07-30 — best price $39.992026-09-17 — best price $11.992026-10-15 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2961132026-05-29 — 128 pageviews2026-06-02 — 140 pageviews2026-06-06 — 239 pageviews2026-06-10 — 228 pageviews2026-06-14 — 296 pageviews2026-06-18 — 234 pageviews2026-06-22 — 226 pageviews2026-06-26 — 157 pageviews2026-06-30 — 169 pageviews2026-07-04 — 205 pageviews2026-07-08 — 187 pageviews2026-07-12 — 189 pageviews2026-07-16 — 155 pageviews2026-07-20 — 163 pageviews2026-07-24 — 147 pageviews2026-07-28 — 144 pageviews2026-08-01 — 134 pageviews2026-08-05 — 144 pageviews2026-08-09 — 149 pageviews2026-08-13 — 135 pageviews2026-08-17 — 145 pageviews2026-08-21 — 154 pageviews2026-08-25 — 205 pageviews2026-08-29 — 226 pageviews2026-09-02 — 193 pageviews2026-09-06 — 193 pageviews2026-09-10 — 152 pageviews2026-09-14 — 155 pageviews2026-09-18 — 171 pageviews2026-09-22 — 121 pageviews2026-09-26 — 113 pageviews2026-09-30 — 133 pageviews2026-10-04 — 142 pageviews2026-10-08 — 129 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
81.4%
earned "This Is Hayes, Pioneer Station, Signing Off"
27%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputSave Anytime1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-06-19 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,9493%45
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)5,9122%45
PS5 (PlayStation)5,8838%46
PS4 (PlayStation)1,45311%46

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

3DRTSDarkSpaceActionAliensHorrorSci-fiStrategySurvival

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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