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Alien Swarm

Alien Swarm cover art
Developer
Valve
Released
Jul 19, 2010
Steam reviews
95% of players recommend it, from 21,638 reviews — Steam calls that “Very Positive”
Tags
ActionFree To Play
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On Linux, Steam Deck and Steam Machine

Proton: GoldDeck PlayableSteam Machine: PlayableSteamOS Compatible

This game runs great under Proton after tweaks, per ProtonDB reports (37 reports). Valve rates it Playable on Steam Deck.

Valve rates it Playable on Steam Machine. Valve marks it SteamOS Compatible.

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About this game

The developer's description, from the game's Steam store page.

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.

  • Tactical, 4 player co-op action game with a top-down perspective
  • Complete game code and mod tools
  • Unlock persistent items by gaining levels
  • Over 40 weapons and equipment with countless loadout configurations
  • 4 unique classes and 8 unique characters
  • Matchmaking, Steam Cloud, Steam Stats
  • 64 achievements
  • Tile-based map generation tool
  • Powered by Source and Steam

System requirements

As Steam lists them.

Windows

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
Hard Drive
At least 2.5 GB of free space
Sound
DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card

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
Hard Drive
At least 2.5 GB of free space
Sound
DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card

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