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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 · Perspectives: Third person

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.

EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN is an Action game released in 2019, priced at $59.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (59% of 1531 reviews).

1
playing now
59%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
8
Nexus mods (4.0k downloads)
3.66★
PlayStation Store rating (3,445 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$59.99
steam price (US)

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

Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain is a third-person shooter video game developed by Yuke's and published by D3 Publisher for the PlayStation 4. It is a spin-off of the Earth Defense Force series and, like the previous 2011 spin-off Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon, is geared more toward Western audiences, with a more serious tone compared to the main series by Sandlot. A Japanese release date was initially set for late 2018, but the game was delayed into 2019. It was released simultaneously worldwide on April 11, 2019, to mixed but generally positive reviews.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 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 12% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 38k–92k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,531 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 75 of 92 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

1912026-09-16 08:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 7 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 8 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 19 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 17 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 12 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 11 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 14 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 15 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 15 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 5 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1633Oct 2019Aug 2026Oct 2019 — avg 163 · peak 501Jan 2020 — avg 29 · peak 91Apr 2020 — avg 22 · peak 68Jul 2020 — avg 31 · peak 103Oct 2020 — avg 28 · peak 135Jan 2021 — avg 23 · peak 76Apr 2021 — avg 18 · peak 60Jul 2021 — avg 19 · peak 76Oct 2021 — avg 18 · peak 63Jan 2022 — avg 16 · peak 61Apr 2022 — avg 20 · peak 67Jul 2022 — avg 13 · peak 36Oct 2022 — avg 10 · peak 35Jan 2023 — avg 14 · peak 44Apr 2023 — avg 9 · peak 48Jul 2023 — avg 17 · peak 50Oct 2023 — avg 7 · peak 19Jan 2024 — avg 11 · peak 30Apr 2024 — avg 14 · peak 43Jul 2024 — avg 13 · peak 30Oct 2024 — avg 7 · peak 23Jan 2025 — avg 8 · peak 38Apr 2025 — avg 7 · peak 19Jul 2025 — avg 9 · peak 30Oct 2025 — avg 7 · peak 26Jan 2026 — avg 9 · peak 37Apr 2026 — avg 7 · peak 17Jul 2026 — avg 8 · peak 29Aug 2026 — avg 9 · peak 27
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$59.99$6.722019-10-152026-09-302019-10-15 — 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 $9.302026-09-29 — best price $8.612026-09-30 — best price $8.61
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

46152026-06-03 — 17 pageviews2026-06-07 — 18 pageviews2026-06-11 — 18 pageviews2026-06-15 — 20 pageviews2026-06-19 — 17 pageviews2026-06-23 — 30 pageviews2026-06-27 — 23 pageviews2026-07-01 — 22 pageviews2026-07-05 — 20 pageviews2026-07-09 — 17 pageviews2026-07-13 — 19 pageviews2026-07-17 — 28 pageviews2026-07-21 — 19 pageviews2026-07-25 — 30 pageviews2026-07-29 — 15 pageviews2026-08-02 — 19 pageviews2026-08-06 — 25 pageviews2026-08-10 — 29 pageviews2026-08-14 — 34 pageviews2026-08-18 — 20 pageviews2026-08-22 — 26 pageviews2026-08-26 — 35 pageviews2026-08-30 — 31 pageviews2026-09-03 — 20 pageviews2026-09-07 — 19 pageviews2026-09-11 — 20 pageviews2026-09-15 — 21 pageviews2026-09-19 — 25 pageviews2026-09-23 — 28 pageviews2026-09-27 — 33 pageviews2026-10-01 — 26 pageviews2026-10-05 — 46 pageviews2026-10-09 — 42 pageviews2026-10-12 — 28 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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

Post-launch support: 35 DLC released, first 2019-10-15, latest 2019-10-30 (Steam store data)

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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