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Alien Swarm
2010 · Shoot 'em up · PC · Valve
Alien Swarm is ranked no. 730 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,615 and 59% of duels won.
World rank
no. 730
ELO score
1,615
Wins
59%
Duels played
37
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 1,615 ELO points over the last 123 days.
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Direct record on the most played match-ups.
- against Metal Slug 4 50% 2 duels played · 103 points ahead
- against Hatred 50% 2 duels played · 185 points ahead
- against Alan Wake Remastered 0% One duel played · 11 points ahead
- against Mega Man ZX Advent 100% One duel played · 140 points ahead
- against Jungle Strike 0% One duel played · 175 points ahead
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