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Chicken Invaders Universe

Chicken Invaders Universe

A deliciously addictive core of finger-blistering shooting action, surrounded by delectable morsels of galactic exploration, spacecraft customization, and community competitions.

Released Dec 15, 2022 Developer InterAction studios Platforms Windows ShooterShoot 'Em UpTop-Down ShooterActionFamily Friendly
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

91.1%positive3,490 reviews
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“I remember when I was 4 and my dad was playing this series on his Windows XP computer. I think it was The Next Wave. Good times and pure nostalgia for sure.”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Best game ever. A master Piece that when i was 11 or 12 i used to play it a lot on my Lenovo Tablet and i had fun. First time that i understood that we have this game on PC with All the versions and DLCs It brought back memories i had 10 years ago.”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Good old classical Chicken Invader game I used to play this game when I was a kid it was fun back than and it is still fun now. I am actually happy and stoaked that I lived long enough to be able to play it again lmfao I thought it was forever unlisted and I will never be able…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:42 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

92playing at last check
9624-hour peak
414all-time peak
0 250 500 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 227 avg · Apr 2021

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

38achievements
2.9%median completion
0.3%rarest: Busy Bee Accolade
21.5% of players 21.1% of players 20.4% of players 14.7% of players 14.3% of players 13.7% of players 12.2% of players 11.7% of players 11.6% of players 10.6% of players 10.0% of players 8.7% of players 8.3% of players 6.9% of players 6.8% of players 5.9% of players 4.9% of players 3.8% of players 3.7% of players 2.9% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.7% of players 0.8% of players 0.6% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 21.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
21.5%Medal of Annihilation — Awarded for performing a multi-kill of 40 or more enemies
21.1%Chicken Hunter Medal of Excellence — Awarded for 90% kill ratio in a single stage
20.4%Medal of Great Appetite Achievement — Awarded for 90% food collection in a single wave
Rarest badges of honor
0.3%Busy Bee Accolade — Awarded weekly to the most active squadron
0.3%Weekly Hard Worker — Awarded weekly to the pilot with the most waves flown
0.3%Daily Hard Worker — Awarded daily to the pilot with the most waves flown

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
Freelowest since tracking began2026-07-11

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

May 15, 2026
Game version 159

This is a minor maintenance release. Several changes are related to enhanced keyboard/gamepad navigation. More information about this update can be found here: https://forum.chickeninvaders.com/t/ciu-

Dec 15, 2025
Game version 158

A lot of wave tweaks (again). More information about this update can be found here: https://forum.chickeninvaders.com/t/ciu-version-158/38238

Sep 10, 2025
Game version 157

A lot of wave tweaks. Also, added Accessibility settings ("Screen shakes", "Screen flashes", "Starfield scrolling") in Options -> Gameplay . Due to this change, all your Options settings will regretta

Jul 22, 2025
Game version 156

A lot of wave tweaks. Important: Slob behaviour has changed in this version. Slobs will now speed up towards the edges of the screen to avoid falling too far behind and disappearing while they are sti

May 25, 2025
Emergency update 155.5

This fixes a bug with Slob chickens which was introduced in v155.4 yesterday.

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Casual, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play
Player tagsShooter · Shoot 'Em Up · Top-Down Shooter · Action · Family Friendly · Old School · Casual · Space · Arcade · 2D · Parody · Cartoony (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesMulti-player · MMO · Co-op · Online Co-op · Full controller support · In-App Purchases · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Hebrew, Serbian, Slovak
ControllerFull support
Achievements38
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://chickeninvaders.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7/8/8.1/10/11 Memory: 1 GB RAM DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 700 MB available space