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Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon

Vicious Cycle Software, Inc. · D3PUBLISHER · 2011-12-14

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Action

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

Releases: Jul 21, 2011 (PlayStation 3), Dec 14, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 05, 2011 (Xbox One), Jul 22, 2011 (Xbox 360)

Thousands of giant insects and aliens once again ravage the earth, and only the Earth Defense Force can stop them.

Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon is an Action game released in 2011, priced at $9.99, with Very Positive (87% of 1155 reviews) and an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners.

0
playing now
87%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon is a 2011 third-person shooter developed by Vicious Cycle Software, and published by D3 Publisher, for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Windows. It is a spin-off entry in the Japanese Earth Defense Force series, and is essentially an American take on the premise, following the titular Earth Defense Force as they deploy to fight an invasion of aliens and giant insects in the United States. Insect Armageddon has no story or setting connection to the numbered Earth Defense Force series.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 29 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 45% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 46k–92k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,155 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.75 at GamersGate (2019-10-17) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
191920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 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: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
382Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 21 · peak 45Nov 2012 — avg 8 · peak 25Mar 2013 — avg 28 · peak 111Jul 2013 — avg 17 · peak 54Nov 2013 — avg 7 · peak 37Mar 2014 — avg 10 · peak 28Jul 2014 — avg 9 · peak 31Nov 2014 — avg 6 · peak 23Mar 2015 — avg 6 · peak 24Jul 2015 — avg 12 · peak 41Nov 2015 — avg 6 · peak 22Mar 2016 — avg 7 · peak 20Jul 2016 — avg 11 · peak 35Nov 2016 — avg 4 · peak 16Mar 2017 — avg 4 · peak 12Jul 2017 — avg 3 · peak 11Nov 2017 — avg 9 · peak 38Mar 2018 — avg 5 · peak 19Jul 2018 — avg 5 · peak 15Nov 2018 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2019 — avg 3 · peak 14Jul 2019 — avg 4 · peak 16Nov 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2020 — avg 2 · peak 11Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2021 — avg 3 · peak 12Jul 2021 — avg 3 · peak 12Nov 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 12Nov 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Mar 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6May 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Sep 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Jan 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.752015-01-012026-08-172015-01-01 — best price $9.952015-06-11 — best price $3.392015-06-22 — best price $9.992017-10-26 — best price $4.992017-11-01 — best price $9.992017-11-22 — best price $2.992017-11-28 — best price $9.992017-12-21 — best price $0.992018-01-04 — best price $9.992019-10-17 — best price $0.752019-10-21 — best price $9.992020-01-16 — best price $0.752020-01-20 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $4.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-02-11 — best price $4.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-12-22 — best price $6.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-01-27 — best price $6.992022-02-03 — best price $9.992026-06-08 — best price $6.992026-06-15 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $6.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-08-10 — best price $6.992026-08-17 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

56162026-06-02 — 32 pageviews2026-06-06 — 28 pageviews2026-06-10 — 56 pageviews2026-06-14 — 40 pageviews2026-06-18 — 31 pageviews2026-06-22 — 30 pageviews2026-06-26 — 24 pageviews2026-06-30 — 26 pageviews2026-07-04 — 40 pageviews2026-07-08 — 34 pageviews2026-07-12 — 28 pageviews2026-07-16 — 30 pageviews2026-07-20 — 21 pageviews2026-07-24 — 37 pageviews2026-07-28 — 28 pageviews2026-08-01 — 33 pageviews2026-08-05 — 27 pageviews2026-08-09 — 35 pageviews2026-08-13 — 30 pageviews2026-08-17 — 42 pageviews2026-08-21 — 37 pageviews2026-08-25 — 53 pageviews2026-08-29 — 25 pageviews2026-09-02 — 21 pageviews2026-09-06 — 28 pageviews2026-09-10 — 17 pageviews2026-09-14 — 31 pageviews2026-09-18 — 36 pageviews2026-09-22 — 41 pageviews2026-09-26 — 28 pageviews2026-09-30 — 33 pageviews2026-10-04 — 37 pageviews2026-10-08 — 36 pageviews2026-10-12 — 28 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
91.7%
earned "Amateur AntKiller"
8.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudStatsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing4 DLC

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2011-12-21 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS3 (PlayStation)7,49114%51
Steam (Steam)5,1581%50

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

Player tags

Co-opMechsActionAliensRobotsSci-fiShooterMultiplayerOnline Co-OpSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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