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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

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.

923
playing now
70%
positive of 7.2k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
9
twitch viewers (latest)
78/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$59.99
steam price (US)

923 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 923 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 13% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 144k–324k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,204 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$23.75-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 58 of 81 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

1.4k2632026-08-07 00:00 — 303 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 347 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 564 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 395 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 709 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 750 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 442 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 748 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 538 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 388 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 498 players2026-08-10 17:00 — 572 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 549 players2026-08-11 09:00 — 812 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 566 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 540 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 816 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 1,333 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 470 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 495 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 1,109 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 313 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 904 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 1,384 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 321 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 445 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 886 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 602 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 923 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

35302026-08-26 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 10 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 226 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 48 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 167 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 43 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 26 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 228 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 56 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 8 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 9 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

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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