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Aliens: Dark Descent

Tindalos Interactive · Focus Entertainment · 2023-06-19

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ActionStrategy

Franchise: Alien · Modes: Single player

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.

188
playing now
88%
positive of 19k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (22 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

188 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 188 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 8% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 374k–842k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 18,719 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.00-65%
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 92 of 144 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

3781052026-08-06 22:00 — 206 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 146 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 299 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 245 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 230 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 375 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 285 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 239 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 374 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 284 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 155 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 291 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 220 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 150 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 254 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 191 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 125 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 281 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 251 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 124 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 203 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 196 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 181 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 240 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 271 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 149 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 181 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 259 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 188 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$11.992023-04-262026-08-272023-04-26 — 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 $39.992026-08-27 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2961042026-05-29 — 128 pageviews2026-06-01 — 142 pageviews2026-06-04 — 116 pageviews2026-06-07 — 188 pageviews2026-06-10 — 228 pageviews2026-06-13 — 230 pageviews2026-06-16 — 215 pageviews2026-06-19 — 190 pageviews2026-06-22 — 226 pageviews2026-06-25 — 196 pageviews2026-06-28 — 199 pageviews2026-07-01 — 165 pageviews2026-07-04 — 205 pageviews2026-07-07 — 181 pageviews2026-07-10 — 178 pageviews2026-07-13 — 164 pageviews2026-07-16 — 155 pageviews2026-07-19 — 184 pageviews2026-07-22 — 146 pageviews2026-07-25 — 148 pageviews2026-07-28 — 144 pageviews2026-07-31 — 113 pageviews2026-08-03 — 140 pageviews2026-08-06 — 104 pageviews2026-08-09 — 149 pageviews2026-08-12 — 115 pageviews2026-08-15 — 153 pageviews2026-08-18 — 181 pageviews2026-08-21 — 154 pageviews2026-08-24 — 157 pageviews2026-08-26 — 232 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1202026-08-27 21:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

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

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.

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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