
Shooter
by Valve
Score
Ratings
Published
66
2010
IGDB critic rating
Information
Consoles
PC (Microsoft Windows)
How Long to Beat
Developer
Valve
Publisher
ValveGame Modes
Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Release Date
Jul 10, 2010
Age Rating
Your Rating & Status
Consoles
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Developer
Valve
Publisher
ValveGame Modes
Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Release Date
Jul 10, 2010
Age Rating
2h
Rushed
4h
Main story
4h
Completionist
Synopsis:
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.
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