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Chicken Invaders 2 cover art

Chicken Invaders 2

InterAction studios · 2016-03-04

Steam

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: 2002 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), 2003 (Mac)

Just when you thought it was safe to eat chicken again, the chickens have returned with an organized invasion to take over the entire solar system! Journey to each planet and fight your way through to save the world (again)!

Chicken Invaders 2 is a 2016 Action, Casual and Indie game priced at $4.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 610 reviews).

10
playing now
96%
positive of 610 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 10 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 36 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 15k–37k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 610 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.59 at IndieGala Store (2026-07-14) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 28 of 30 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
212120172026Week of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-09-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 10 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
50Mar 2016Aug 2026Mar 2016 — avg 1 · peak 10Jul 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2017 — avg 1 · peak 3Jul 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Mar 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 18Nov 2018 — avg 1 · peak 51Mar 2019 — avg 2 · peak 51Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7Nov 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2020 — avg 3 · peak 9Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 10Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 11Jul 2021 — avg 3 · peak 8Nov 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Nov 2022 — avg 3 · peak 14Mar 2023 — avg 4 · peak 19Jul 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Nov 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2024 — avg 4 · peak 11Jul 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2025 — avg 5 · peak 23May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11Jun 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$16.49$0.002015-01-012026-08-172015-01-01 — best price $13.492015-05-18 — best price $16.492017-05-23 — best price $3.992018-02-21 — best price $1.992018-11-28 — best price $3.992019-04-24 — best price $3.992019-12-04 — best price $3.992020-04-08 — best price $1.992020-06-06 — best price $3.992020-07-09 — best price $3.992020-08-08 — best price $3.592020-09-01 — best price $3.592020-09-25 — best price $3.592020-10-24 — best price $3.592020-11-16 — best price $3.592020-12-13 — best price $3.592021-01-16 — best price $3.142021-02-09 — best price $3.992021-03-08 — best price $3.992021-04-02 — best price $3.592021-04-26 — best price $3.592021-05-20 — best price $3.992021-07-08 — best price $3.992021-10-07 — best price $3.992021-12-23 — best price $3.142022-03-08 — best price $3.592022-06-24 — best price $3.142022-10-06 — best price $3.592022-11-19 — best price $3.592023-01-15 — best price $3.592023-02-22 — best price $3.592023-04-09 — best price $3.592023-11-22 — best price $3.142024-02-26 — best price $3.142024-08-14 — best price $3.142024-11-27 — best price $1.992025-03-14 — best price $3.142026-04-19 — best price $3.142026-07-14 — best price $1.592026-08-17 — best price $3.20
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

4
achievements tracked
50.4%
earned "Mission Complete (Rookie)"
15.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam Leaderboards1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-03-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)63747%4

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

Player tags

IndieSpaceActionCasualShoot 'Em Up

Census log

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

Recent updates

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