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EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: WORLD BROTHERS cover art

EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: WORLD BROTHERS

YUKE'S · D3PUBLISHER · 2021-05-27

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Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: May 27, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), May 27, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 24, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

A new EDF adventure begins! Only this time, the action unfolds in a parallel world where the Earth is made of digital blocks. This world has befallen into chaos, as the once peaceful square Earth has been shattered into pieces. Shape aside, it is an Earth nonetheless which needs to be defended.

7
playing now
81%
positive of 805 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
64h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

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

Can no one live on a disjointed Earth? Yeah, you know the answer to that. The promise of the world of EDF is that the strongest people are always the general public. The broken Earth is alive in each area that has become parts, and all civilians are waiting for our help. Cities around the world and those famous landmarks become stages, floating in outer space. Because the areas are disjointed, there exist broken Earth boundary line (a huge cliff) at the end of each stage.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (247 reviews).
  • · Top 38% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 16k–36k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 805 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$10.79-73%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.38 at GameBillet (2025-11-21) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 65 of 101 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
20720720212026Week of 2021-05-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2222026-08-11 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 13 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 22 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 10 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 11 players2026-08-16 13:00 — 22 players2026-08-17 05:00 — 6 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 19 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 13 players2026-08-21 04:00 — 7 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 11:00 — 10 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 6 players2026-08-23 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 02:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 9 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$7.382021-05-272026-08-242021-05-27 — best price $47.992021-08-20 — best price $44.992021-11-01 — best price $59.992022-01-27 — best price $35.992022-04-29 — best price $26.392022-09-14 — best price $23.992022-11-29 — best price $39.992023-03-16 — best price $23.992023-06-29 — best price $21.992023-09-18 — best price $19.992023-12-11 — best price $39.992024-03-07 — best price $17.992024-05-21 — best price $39.992024-07-18 — best price $39.992024-09-23 — best price $14.792024-10-11 — best price $35.892024-12-05 — best price $35.892025-01-23 — best price $9.162025-02-02 — best price $10.162025-02-19 — best price $32.532025-03-21 — best price $35.892025-04-15 — best price $35.892025-05-15 — best price $32.392025-07-05 — best price $35.892025-07-22 — best price $33.122025-08-14 — best price $9.992025-09-04 — best price $36.802025-10-06 — best price $9.802025-10-24 — best price $36.802025-11-21 — best price $7.382025-12-01 — best price $31.992025-12-17 — best price $36.092026-01-13 — best price $35.892026-02-23 — best price $39.992026-03-31 — best price $39.992026-05-01 — best price $8.402026-05-26 — best price $32.692026-07-09 — best price $32.392026-08-21 — best price $11.802026-08-24 — best price $10.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

55
achievements tracked
95.9%
earned "Ready to Save the Earth"
14%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing19 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)2,9159%55
PS4 (PlayStation)2,3373%55
Steam (Steam)1,5271%55
Switch (Nintendo)270%0
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

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

Player tags

3DCuteCo-opVoxelActionAliensSci-fiShooterMultiplayerOnline 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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