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Chicken Invaders Universe

InterAction studios · 2022-12-15

Steam

ActionCasualIndieMassively MultiplayerFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 16, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A deliciously addictive core of finger-blistering shooting action, surrounded by delectable morsels of galactic exploration, spacecraft customization, and community competitions.

Chicken Invaders Universe is a free-to-play Action, Casual, Indie, and Massively Multiplayer game released in 2022, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (91% of 3830 reviews).

59
playing now
91%
positive of 3.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

59 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Chicken Invaders Universe trailer thumbnail

Chicken Invaders Universe official trailer

≈190,119 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 59 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 222 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~28/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 27,740 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
49749720212026Week of 2021-04-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 401 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 497 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

98212026-09-15 14:00 — 90 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 48 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 38 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 84 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 64 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 42 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 66 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 81 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 54 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 66 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 94 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 30 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 51 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 73 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 38 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 44 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 61 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 33 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 48 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 80 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 28 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 32 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 59 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
22761Apr 2021Aug 2026Apr 2021 — avg 227 · peak 394Jun 2021 — avg 92 · peak 177Aug 2021 — avg 67 · peak 123Oct 2021 — avg 68 · peak 139Dec 2021 — avg 77 · peak 151Feb 2022 — avg 84 · peak 166Apr 2022 — avg 77 · peak 151Jun 2022 — avg 85 · peak 184Aug 2022 — avg 89 · peak 181Oct 2022 — avg 75 · peak 153Dec 2022 — avg 145 · peak 414Feb 2023 — avg 160 · peak 332Apr 2023 — avg 120 · peak 221Jun 2023 — avg 99 · peak 182Aug 2023 — avg 93 · peak 173Oct 2023 — avg 93 · peak 190Dec 2023 — avg 96 · peak 179Feb 2024 — avg 95 · peak 191Apr 2024 — avg 81 · peak 158Jun 2024 — avg 73 · peak 145Aug 2024 — avg 69 · peak 139Oct 2024 — avg 65 · peak 133Dec 2024 — avg 79 · peak 167Feb 2025 — avg 82 · peak 165Apr 2025 — avg 74 · peak 144Jun 2025 — avg 68 · peak 129Aug 2025 — avg 65 · peak 126Oct 2025 — avg 63 · peak 135Dec 2025 — avg 68 · peak 147Feb 2026 — avg 70 · peak 157Apr 2026 — avg 66 · peak 133Jun 2026 — avg 62 · peak 123Aug 2026 — avg 62 · peak 121
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Completion

38
achievements tracked
22.2%
earned "Medal of Annihilation"
2.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportMulti-playerMMOCo-opOnline Co-opFull controller supportIn-App PurchasesSteam CloudFamily Sharing

21 supported languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6081%38

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

2DCuteSpaceActionArcadeCasualComedyParody ShooterCartoony

Census log

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

Recent updates

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