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EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: WORLD BROTHERS 2 cover art

EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: WORLD BROTHERS 2

YUKE'S · D3PUBLISHER · 2024-09-26

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Action

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

Releases: Sep 26, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 26, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Sep 26, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Sep 26, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Earth is in pieces...again! We've gotta do more to save the planet!

EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: WORLD BROTHERS 2 is an Action game released in 2024, priced at $49.99, with an estimated 0 .. 20,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 233 reviews).

89%
positive of 237 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
1
Nexus mods (17 downloads)
4.68★
PlayStation Store rating (589 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$49.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 23 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 188% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 28% of 27,671 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.7k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 237 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $11.95 at GameBillet (2026-06-25) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 56 of 85 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
333320242026Week of 2024-09-26: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-09-26: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-03: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-10: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-24: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-31: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-28: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-05: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-20: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-20: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-20: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$49.99$9.992024-09-262026-09-302024-09-26 — best price $44.992024-11-19 — best price $49.992024-12-04 — best price $49.992025-01-06 — best price $47.492025-01-25 — best price $29.492025-02-04 — best price $26.992025-02-16 — best price $49.992025-03-20 — best price $49.992025-05-05 — best price $49.992025-05-28 — best price $49.992025-07-14 — best price $41.422025-07-30 — best price $41.422025-08-25 — best price $19.992025-09-10 — best price $46.022025-09-30 — best price $17.992025-10-09 — best price $15.172025-10-26 — best price $46.022025-11-03 — best price $19.992025-11-21 — best price $14.822025-11-26 — best price $16.412025-12-03 — best price $49.992025-12-12 — best price $41.992025-12-31 — best price $20.002026-01-12 — best price $49.992026-02-14 — best price $16.792026-02-25 — best price $49.992026-03-26 — best price $49.992026-04-27 — best price $17.492026-05-07 — best price $19.992026-05-22 — best price $49.992026-06-26 — best price $13.292026-08-11 — best price $13.992026-08-21 — best price $13.752026-09-30 — best price $13.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
96.4%
earned "Welcome to the EDF"
11.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing25 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 25 DLC released, first 2024-09-26, latest 2024-11-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)49914%40
Steam (Steam)2960%40
PS4 (PlayStation)14334%40
Switch (Nintendo)60%0
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

Player tags

3DPvECuteCo-opVoxelActionAliensSci-fiParody Shooter

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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