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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 · Perspectives: Third person

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.

Aliens: Fireteam Elite is an Action, RPG game released in 2021, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (80% of 27,125 reviews).

66
playing now
80%
positive of 27k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
66/100
IGDB user rating (38 ratings)
131
Nexus mods (175k downloads)
4.02★
PlayStation Store rating (5,970 ratings)
68/100
opencritic · fair · 34% recommend · from 112 critics
9.5h
to beat · rushed 9h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

66 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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).

Trailer

Aliens: Fireteam Elite trailer thumbnail

Aliens: Fireteam Elite - Official Trailer

≈368,751 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 66 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 3% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 543k–1.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 27,125 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$5.99-80%
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 64 of 70 observed days · at its 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

316432026-09-15 12:00 — 208 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 312 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 162 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 182 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 316 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 174 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 54 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 188 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 145 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 119 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 121 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 128 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 43 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 103 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 227 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 88 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 113 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 117 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 95 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 149 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 208 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 88 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 66 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
10k120Aug 2021Aug 2026Aug 2021 — avg 10,048 · peak 15,550Oct 2021 — avg 655 · peak 1,972Dec 2021 — avg 481 · peak 1,089Feb 2022 — avg 207 · peak 522Apr 2022 — avg 357 · peak 1,260Jun 2022 — avg 334 · peak 1,050Aug 2022 — avg 886 · peak 2,284Oct 2022 — avg 482 · peak 1,093Dec 2022 — avg 397 · peak 998Feb 2023 — avg 401 · peak 1,112Apr 2023 — avg 706 · peak 2,941Jun 2023 — avg 465 · peak 1,005Aug 2023 — avg 320 · peak 755Oct 2023 — avg 284 · peak 799Dec 2023 — avg 490 · peak 1,103Feb 2024 — avg 269 · peak 577Apr 2024 — avg 267 · peak 1,405Jun 2024 — avg 260 · peak 595Aug 2024 — avg 295 · peak 676Oct 2024 — avg 271 · peak 758Dec 2024 — avg 292 · peak 642Feb 2025 — avg 170 · peak 441Apr 2025 — avg 295 · peak 1,986Jun 2025 — avg 317 · peak 791Aug 2025 — avg 256 · peak 565Oct 2025 — avg 224 · peak 581Dec 2025 — avg 152 · peak 384Feb 2026 — avg 156 · peak 388Apr 2026 — avg 160 · peak 465Jun 2026 — avg 246 · peak 547Aug 2026 — avg 213 · peak 466
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$5.992021-06-232026-10-122021-06-23 — 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 $29.992026-09-07 — best price $5.992026-10-10 — best price $5.992026-10-12 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

855742026-06-02 — 161 pageviews2026-06-06 — 287 pageviews2026-06-10 — 199 pageviews2026-06-14 — 189 pageviews2026-06-18 — 136 pageviews2026-06-22 — 145 pageviews2026-06-26 — 221 pageviews2026-06-30 — 127 pageviews2026-07-04 — 153 pageviews2026-07-08 — 137 pageviews2026-07-12 — 123 pageviews2026-07-16 — 150 pageviews2026-07-20 — 145 pageviews2026-07-24 — 208 pageviews2026-07-28 — 221 pageviews2026-08-01 — 151 pageviews2026-08-05 — 164 pageviews2026-08-09 — 251 pageviews2026-08-13 — 206 pageviews2026-08-17 — 220 pageviews2026-08-21 — 252 pageviews2026-08-25 — 855 pageviews2026-08-29 — 443 pageviews2026-09-02 — 248 pageviews2026-09-06 — 206 pageviews2026-09-10 — 171 pageviews2026-09-14 — 213 pageviews2026-09-18 — 139 pageviews2026-09-22 — 103 pageviews2026-09-26 — 130 pageviews2026-09-30 — 79 pageviews2026-10-04 — 108 pageviews2026-10-08 — 75 pageviews2026-10-12 — 74 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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

Post-launch support: 7 DLC released, first 2021-08-24, latest 2022-08-30 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGCo-opSpaceActionAliensHorrorSci-fiShooterSurvivalAtmospheric

Census log

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

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