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It came from space and ate our brains

Triangle Studios · 2015-03-19

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Mar 19, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 28, 2020 (Xbox One), Jan 27, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 19, 2015 (Mac), Mar 02, 2021 (Google Stadia), Jan 28, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

It came from space and ate our brains is a unique Arcade top-down shooter. Looking for addicting gameplay, four-player co-op mode, and tons of aliens to send into oblivion? You’ve come to the right place!

0
playing now
80%
positive of 518 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 45% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 13k–31k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 518 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.01 at Humble Widgets (2014-02-28) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 0 of 1 observed days · $14.98 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-06 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.012015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $0.012015-06-11 — best price $4.992015-07-21 — best price $4.992015-08-24 — best price $9.992015-09-11 — best price $4.992015-11-25 — best price $4.992016-01-15 — best price $4.992016-02-10 — best price $9.992016-03-17 — best price $5.312016-03-31 — best price $4.992016-05-23 — best price $4.992016-07-07 — best price $2.402016-09-02 — best price $4.992016-10-10 — best price $9.992016-11-29 — best price $9.992017-01-02 — best price $9.992017-03-06 — best price $4.992017-05-18 — best price $3.992017-07-18 — best price $3.392017-09-05 — best price $4.992017-11-16 — best price $4.992018-01-06 — best price $9.992018-07-05 — best price $9.992019-04-02 — best price $0.202020-02-07 — best price $9.992020-04-17 — best price $9.992020-05-30 — best price $9.992020-06-17 — best price $9.992020-08-26 — best price $14.992020-10-04 — best price $9.992020-11-25 — best price $8.992021-06-24 — best price $7.492021-11-24 — best price $6.742022-01-27 — best price $3.742022-07-07 — best price $14.992025-02-10 — best price $1.992026-08-30 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play Together1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,1451%57
Xbox One (Xbox)1893%57
PS4 (PlayStation)803%58
PS4 (PlayStation)753%58
Switch (Nintendo)120%0

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

Player tags

RetroAliensArcadeShooterSurvivalTop-DownMinimalistTeam-BasedAtmosphericLocal 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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