Alien Swarm is a game and Source SDK release from a group of talented designers at Valve who were hired from the Mod community.
Available free of charge, the game thrusts players into an epic bug hunt featuring a unique blend of co-op play and squad-level tactics. With your friends, form a squad of four distinct IAF Marine classes. Plan your attack using an unlockable arsenal of weapons with countless loadout configurations against a wide variety of aliens. Blaze your way through an overrun, off-world colony, eradicating the alien infestation in environments ranging from the icy planet's surface, to a subterranean lava-flooded mining facility.
Along with the game get the complete code base for Alien Swarm that features updates to the Source engine as well as the SDK. Alien Swarm adds 3rd person camera, depth of field, improved dynamic shadows and a wide variety of gameplay additions to the Source engine.
Alien Swarm needs at least DirectX 9 compatible video card with 128 MB, Shader model 2.0. ATI X800, NVidia 6600 or better and 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista RAM.
Minimum
OS
Windows® 7 / Vista / Vista64 / XP
Processor
Pentium 4 3.0GHz
Memory
1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista
Graphics
DirectX 9 compatible video card with 128 MB, Shader model 2.0. ATI X800, NVidia 6600 or better
Recommended
OS
Windows® 7 / Vista / Vista64 / XP
Processor
Intel core 2 duo 2.4GHz
Memory
1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista
Graphics
DirectX 9 compatible video card with Shader model 3.0. NVidia 7600, ATI X1600 or better
Is Alien Swarm worth buying?
Steam
94.85% positive
'Very Positive', 21,274 reviews
Metacritic
77
Critics (IGDB)
60/100
1 critic
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What is Alien Swarm about?
Alien Swarm is a game and Source SDK release from a group of talented designers at Valve who were hired from the Mod community.
Available free of charge, the game thrusts players into an epic bug hunt featuring a unique blend of co-op play and squad-level tactics. With your friends, form a squad of four distinct IAF Marine classes. Plan your attack using an unlockable arsenal of weapons with countless loadout configurations against a wide variety of aliens. Blaze your way through an overrun, off-world colony, eradicating the alien infestation in environments ranging from the icy planet's surface, to a subterranean lava-flooded mining facility.
Along with the game get the complete code base for Alien Swarm that features updates to the Source engine as well as the SDK. Alien Swarm adds 3rd person camera, depth of field, improved dynamic shadows and a wide variety of gameplay additions to the Source engine.
Free to PlayCo-opActionMultiplayerOnline Co-OpAliensShooterSci-fi
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Quick answers
Is Alien Swarm worth buying?
95% of 21,274 Steam user reviews for Alien Swarm are positive ("Very Positive"). It also holds a Metacritic score of 77.
Can my PC run Alien Swarm?
The minimum system requirements for Alien Swarm are — OS: Windows® 7 / Vista / Vista64 / XP; CPU: Pentium 4 3.0GHz; GPU: DirectX 9 compatible video card with 128 MB, Shader model 2.0. ATI X800, NVidia 6600 or better; RAM: 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista. See the full minimum and recommended specs in the system requirements section on this page.
When was Alien Swarm released?
Alien Swarm released on July 10, 2010, developed by Valve and published by Valve.
What platforms is Alien Swarm available on?
Alien Swarm is available on PC (Microsoft Windows). It supports single player, multiplayer, co-operative.