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EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN cover art

EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN

YUKE'S · D3PUBLISHER · 2019-10-15

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Action

Franchise: Earth Defense Force · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Oct 15, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 11, 2019 (PlayStation 4)

Save the world without hope. Year 2040. An action TPS where you will become one of the EDF soldiers and fight against the invaders from outer space which ruined the world. In the world settings which differs from the original "EARTH DEFENSE FORCE" series, more than 50 missions in five difficulties await for your challenge.

14
playing now
59%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$59.99
steam price (US)

14 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

In year 2028, earth was attacked by the outer space invader “Aggressor”. The huge levitation object called the “Hivecraft“ which is indeed 1km in total length, came flying suddenly from the outer space, and began to attack all parts of the world by dropping numerous insect looking huge creatures and murder weapons. It flew over United States to Russia, Asia, the Middle East, and Europe only in three days. Human beings established a ground defense force (called the EDF) ahead of the national fence and fought back against the invaders. However, the war situation was in bad condition and the beau(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 14 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 44 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (225 reviews).
  • · Top 29% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 38k–92k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,529 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$8.63-86%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.63-86%
GamersGate$9.60-84%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.09 at GameBillet (2025-01-28) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 83 of 102 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12912920192026Week of 2019-10-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1902026-08-11 19:00 — 11 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 6 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 12 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 13 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 12 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 16 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 19 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 10 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 16 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 13 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 12 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 9 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 8 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 11 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 9 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 11 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 8 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 8 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 9 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 6 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 7 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 14 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$6.722019-10-152026-08-252019-10-15 — best price $47.992020-03-12 — best price $23.992020-09-24 — best price $17.992021-02-15 — best price $59.992021-07-08 — best price $59.992021-10-28 — best price $14.992022-02-04 — best price $14.992022-07-15 — best price $14.992022-11-17 — best price $14.992023-03-16 — best price $14.992023-07-18 — best price $14.992023-11-17 — best price $14.992024-03-07 — best price $14.992024-06-04 — best price $59.992024-08-23 — best price $56.992024-10-09 — best price $59.992024-12-05 — best price $53.882025-01-25 — best price $9.002025-02-06 — best price $49.792025-03-14 — best price $48.812025-04-15 — best price $53.882025-05-28 — best price $59.992025-07-21 — best price $44.442025-08-16 — best price $53.882025-09-30 — best price $8.022025-10-19 — best price $53.882025-11-24 — best price $8.092025-12-19 — best price $9.602026-02-11 — best price $59.992026-03-12 — best price $9.592026-04-27 — best price $9.592026-05-22 — best price $59.992026-07-10 — best price $49.772026-08-21 — best price $9.302026-08-25 — best price $8.63
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
90.5%
earned "Doom from the Skies"
23.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller support35 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Traditional Chinese, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)7,5803%44
Steam (Steam)1,7171%44

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

Player tags

GoreCo-opMechsActionAliensSci-fiViolentDifficultClass-BasedLocal 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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