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Aliens: Fireteam Elite

Cold Iron Studios · 2021-08-23

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ActionRPG

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

Releases: Aug 23, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 26, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 24, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Aug 24, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Aug 24, 2021 (Xbox One), Aug 24, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S)

Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a cooperative third-person survival game set in the iconic Alien Universe. Battle through hordes of different types of Xenomorph, customize your character and gear, and level-up as you try to contain this ever-growing threat.

312
playing now
80%
positive of 27k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
7
twitch viewers (latest)
74/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
66/100
IGDB user rating (38 ratings)
9.5h
to beat · rushed 9h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

312 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a 2021 third-person shooter game developed and published by Cold Iron Studio. It takes place in the year 2202, 23 years after the events of the film Alien 3 (1992).

Health check

Cooling
  • · 312 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 931 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~116/week).
  • · Review velocity down 46% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (5,653 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 541k–1.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 27,044 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Humble Store (2025-04-16) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 59 of 66 observed days · $24.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.8k4.8k20212026Week of 2021-08-01: 4,822 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 831 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2,842 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 558 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 419 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 494 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 359 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 353 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 365 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 428 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 34 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3611092026-08-06 21:00 — 208 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 115 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 179 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 300 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 165 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 226 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 331 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 197 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 288 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 288 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 118 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 188 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 272 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 131 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 187 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 214 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 138 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 206 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 354 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 148 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 114 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 277 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 225 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 231 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 289 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 218 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 109 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 234 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 229 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 312 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$5.992021-06-232026-08-292021-06-23 — best price $33.992021-10-22 — best price $31.992021-12-02 — best price $39.992022-01-14 — best price $27.992022-02-14 — best price $25.992022-05-06 — best price $19.992022-07-20 — best price $15.992022-08-30 — best price $19.992022-10-24 — best price $19.492022-12-19 — best price $29.992023-02-26 — best price $29.992023-06-12 — best price $29.992023-09-18 — best price $29.992023-11-28 — best price $29.992024-01-04 — best price $29.992024-02-29 — best price $29.992024-04-25 — best price $8.992024-07-04 — best price $29.992024-09-16 — best price $29.992024-11-27 — best price $7.492025-01-24 — best price $39.992025-03-03 — best price $39.992025-04-28 — best price $8.892025-06-27 — best price $5.992025-08-14 — best price $5.992025-09-29 — best price $5.992025-10-27 — best price $5.992025-11-22 — best price $6.992026-01-19 — best price $9.992026-02-26 — best price $29.992026-03-27 — best price $39.992026-05-28 — best price $7.492026-07-30 — best price $29.992026-08-29 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

46
achievements tracked
72.4%
earned "Red Makes It Shoot Faster"
10.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing7 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)32,7511%46
Steam (Steam)18,3662%46
PS5 (PlayStation)17,4795%47
PS4 (PlayStation)10,4125%47
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

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

Player tags

RPGCo-opSpaceActionAliensHorrorSci-fiShooterSurvivalAtmospheric

Census log

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

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