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Alien Swarm

Original title: Alien Swarm - July 19, 2010
Alien Swarm
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Studio:Valve
Stars:Alex Wentz, Hidden Wolfe, Luis Guillermo Álvarez Félix - Full View
Soundtrack:Alien Swarm Official Soundtrack — 17 tracks, released free alongside the game
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Game Details
DeveloperIGDB
Valve
PublisherIGDB
Valve
Studio
Valve
GenresIGDB
Shooter
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Release Date
July 19, 2010
Metacritic ScoreMetacritic
77
Game Engine
Source

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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Data aggregated from 3 sources: IGDB, Steam, Metacritic
Last updated: 15.07.2026
Business
Budget
Not disclosed
RevenueReported
Free
released at no cost on Steam; Valve never charged for the game or disclosed any budget/revenue
store.steampowered.com

Alien Swarm was released completely free on Steam in 2010; there is no price, and no budget or revenue figure was ever disclosed by Valve.

Time to Beat
Main Story2h
Main + Extras4h
Completionist4h

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Language Support
Language
AudioSubUI
English
Content Rating
Violence
Bad Language
In-Game Purchases
Realistic Blood and Gore
Realistic Violence
Language
PEGI 16
ESRB M
System Requirements
Minimum
OS:Windows 7 / Vista / Vista64 / XP
CPU:Pentium 4 3.0GHz
RAM:1 GB (XP) / 2 GB (Vista)
GPU:DirectX 9 compatible, 128 MB, Shader Model 2.0 (ATI X800, NVIDIA 6600 or better)
Storage:2.5 GB
Sound:DirectX 9.0c compatible
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Community & Media
Data aggregated from 3 sources: IGDB, Steam, Metacritic
Last updated: 15.07.2026