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EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 6 cover art

EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 6

SANDLOT · D3PUBLISHER · 2024-07-25

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Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Aug 25, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Jul 25, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Jul 25, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Q4 2026 (Nintendo Switch 2)

Live the future of despair.The year is 2024 AD. The survivors fought against the remaining threats while trying their best to continue their recovery.Three years passed in the year 2027. In a new world without hope, the time has come to once again resist the fate of the Earth.

EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 6 is an Action game released in 2024, priced at $59.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (70% of 7245 reviews).

972
playing now
70%
positive of 7.3k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
78/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
332
Nexus mods (429k downloads)
4.45★
PlayStation Store rating (5,220 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$59.99
steam price (US)

972 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 6 trailer thumbnail

Earth Defense Force 6 - Announcement Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games

≈440,894 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 972 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 379 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~47/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (3,434 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 27,802 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 146k–328k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,297 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $20.19 at GameBillet (2025-11-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 50 of 71 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.8k1.8k20242026Week of 2024-07-01: 1,775 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,659 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 746 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 367 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.6k2602026-09-15 13:00 — 1,093 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 299 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 376 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 1,261 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 459 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 662 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 1,141 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 387 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 857 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 1,208 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 569 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 404 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 516 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 1,080 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 577 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 488 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 918 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 327 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 399 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 1,603 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 397 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 418 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 972 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5.0k452Aug 2024Aug 2026Aug 2024 — avg 4,975 · peak 14,693Sep 2024 — avg 2,021 · peak 5,954Oct 2024 — avg 1,437 · peak 4,587Nov 2024 — avg 883 · peak 2,667Dec 2024 — avg 840 · peak 2,176Jan 2025 — avg 838 · peak 2,283Feb 2025 — avg 707 · peak 1,963Mar 2025 — avg 620 · peak 1,418Apr 2025 — avg 470 · peak 1,148May 2025 — avg 634 · peak 1,667Jun 2025 — avg 452 · peak 1,256Jul 2025 — avg 642 · peak 1,635Aug 2025 — avg 572 · peak 1,741Sep 2025 — avg 592 · peak 1,686Oct 2025 — avg 504 · peak 1,406Nov 2025 — avg 556 · peak 1,517Dec 2025 — avg 467 · peak 1,170Jan 2026 — avg 647 · peak 1,616Feb 2026 — avg 502 · peak 1,322Mar 2026 — avg 506 · peak 1,408Apr 2026 — avg 510 · peak 1,294May 2026 — avg 652 · peak 1,676Jun 2026 — avg 649 · peak 1,888Jul 2026 — avg 643 · peak 1,992Aug 2026 — avg 644 · peak 1,886
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
442026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 1 new positive2026-09-23: 4 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new positive2026-09-25: 3 new negative2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 3 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 1 new positive2026-10-03: 3 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new positive2026-10-05: 3 new positive2026-10-06: 3 new positive2026-10-07: 3 new positive2026-10-08: 4 new positive2026-10-08: 2 new negative2026-10-09: 2 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 3 new positive2026-10-13: 4 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$59.99$17.992024-06-252026-08-242024-06-25 — best price $53.992024-08-10 — best price $53.992024-09-26 — best price $47.992024-10-24 — best price $47.992024-12-02 — best price $59.992025-01-10 — best price $59.992025-02-18 — best price $35.992025-03-13 — best price $35.992025-03-20 — best price $59.992025-04-04 — best price $28.492025-04-09 — best price $59.992025-04-18 — best price $59.992025-05-05 — best price $27.302025-05-28 — best price $59.992025-06-25 — best price $59.992025-08-25 — best price $29.992025-09-30 — best price $30.002025-10-09 — best price $22.942025-11-02 — best price $51.092025-11-19 — best price $59.992025-11-23 — best price $22.382025-12-02 — best price $49.772025-12-09 — best price $53.272025-12-23 — best price $22.172026-01-07 — best price $49.772026-02-12 — best price $19.572026-02-20 — best price $59.992026-02-27 — best price $49.772026-03-31 — best price $24.602026-04-27 — best price $26.392026-05-04 — best price $59.992026-05-14 — best price $44.992026-06-08 — best price $26.392026-07-09 — best price $44.992026-08-10 — best price $26.392026-08-21 — best price $26.102026-08-24 — best price $23.75
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

35402026-10-01 04:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-01 13:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-01 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 07:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-02 16:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-03 01:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-03 10:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-03 19:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-04 04:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-04 13:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-04 22:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-05 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 16:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-06 01:35 — 4 viewers2026-10-06 10:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-06 19:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-07 04:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-07 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-07 22:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-08 07:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-08 16:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-09 01:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-09 10:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-09 19:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-10 04:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-10 13:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-10 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 07:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-11 16:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-12 01:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-12 10:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-12 19:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-13 04:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-13 13:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-14 12:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-15 03:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

39
achievements tracked
66.3%
earned "Conquest5"
5.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportSteam Cloud14 DLC

4 supported languages: English, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean

Post-launch support: 14 DLC released, first 2024-07-25, latest 2024-10-17 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,6052%39
PS5 (PlayStation)1,23011%40
PS4 (PlayStation)31830%40

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

3DPvEGoreCo-opMechsActionSci-fiShooterViolentLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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