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Alien Swarm
2010 · Shoot 'em up · PC · Valve
Alien Swarm holds position no. 1,263 in the world ranking on GameForever, with 1,555 ELO points and 61% of duels won out of 74 played. Hatred is the rival it has faced most: 3 duels, 2 wins and 1 losses. Where it fares best, it sits at no. 4 out of 67 (Shoot 'em up).
World rank
no. 1,263
ELO score
1,555
Wins
61%
Duels played
74
About Alien Swarm
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.
ELO progression
Score moved from 1,500 to 1,555 ELO points over the last 215 days.
Head-to-head
Direct record on the most played match-ups.
- against Hatred 67% 3 duels played · 74 points ahead
- against Mega Man ZX Advent 50% 2 duels played · 78 points ahead
- against Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions 50% 2 duels played · 112 points ahead
- against Crow Country 100% 2 duels played · 161 points ahead
- against Future Cop: LAPD 50% 2 duels played · 108 points ahead
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The standing
Where Alien Swarm ranks
The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Alien Swarm stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 4 out of 67 (Shoot 'em up).
| Ranking | Position | Games competing |
|---|---|---|
| World ranking | 1,263 | 5,110 |
| Shoot 'em up | 4 | 67 |
| 2010s | 533 | 2,044 |
| 2010 | 48 | 146 |
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