The Game Census
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 WINGDIVER THE SHOOTER cover art

EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 WINGDIVER THE SHOOTER

Clouds · D3PUBLISHER · 2018-04-25

SteamPlayStation Store

Action

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 25, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 22, 2017 (PlayStation 4)

The story from behind the scenes of EDF 4.1 unravels here. The EDF series is back with new feelings of despair and bug-slaying satisfaction as you fight your way through never-ending swarms of giant insects in a vertical scrolling shoot 'em up!

66%
positive of 261 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 54% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 55% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.5k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 261 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.79-91%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.23 at GameBillet (2025-10-09) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 71 of 103 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520182026Week of 2018-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$1.232018-04-262026-08-242018-04-26 — best price $13.992018-09-17 — best price $9.992019-02-04 — best price $9.992019-08-12 — best price $3.992020-01-02 — best price $19.992020-05-21 — best price $19.992020-11-28 — best price $1.992021-06-24 — best price $1.992021-10-04 — best price $19.992022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-07-07 — best price $19.992022-11-04 — best price $19.992023-02-07 — best price $19.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-11-06 — best price $19.992024-03-07 — best price $3.792024-06-04 — best price $19.992024-08-23 — best price $18.992024-10-09 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $3.792025-01-29 — best price $3.182025-02-18 — best price $3.792025-04-14 — best price $13.942025-05-28 — best price $19.992025-07-30 — best price $16.212025-09-10 — best price $18.012025-10-09 — best price $1.232025-11-10 — best price $18.012025-11-28 — best price $1.582025-12-19 — best price $2.002026-02-11 — best price $19.992026-03-12 — best price $1.992026-04-27 — best price $1.992026-05-22 — best price $19.992026-07-10 — best price $16.572026-08-24 — best price $1.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
41.4%
earned "Training Wings - Easy"
5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7569%50

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

Player tags

AnimeActionShooterViolentBullet HellMultiplayerShoot 'Em UpFemale ProtagonistThird-Person Shooter

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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