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Cowbots and Aliens

Cowbots and Aliens

Cowbots and Aliens is a furious PvP Multiplayer VR brawl set in the Saloon-iverse! Free movement, laser precise gunplay, multiple competitive modes and a custom networked physics system that lets you use EVERYTHING as a weapon makes for an immensely satisfying VR ruckus!

Released Dec 24, 2023 Developer Wizard Games Inc, Chicken Waffle Publisher Chicken Waffle Platforms Windows · Linux MultiplayerFPSPvPCompetitiveShooter
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-05-14)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

82.8%positive99 reviews
Recommended · 9 found this helpful

“Cowbots & Aliens is a multiplayer saloon brawler set in an old-western town filled with Robots and Aliens. It's an absolute blast and does a lot of things beautifully that other VR games fail miserably at. If you like the Paintball mode in Rec Room, but are left wanting a lot…”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“A fun team shooter game where chairs are both decent weapons and impromtu shields. It's a great bar brawl, with lots of random items around for fun, frantic gameplay”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Not recommended · 15 found this helpful

“It's a cool game, but no one ever plays it, all you will be doing is playing deathmatch with AI.”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

20achievements
2.1%median completion
0.0%rarest: Royal Flush
11.8% of players 10.3% of players 8.4% of players 6.8% of players 6.3% of players 6.0% of players 5.9% of players 5.8% of players 2.9% of players 2.7% of players 2.1% of players 2.0% of players 1.6% of players 1.0% of players 0.5% of players 0.4% of players 0.1% of players 0.1% of players 0.0% of players 0.0% of players 11.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
11.8%WASTED — Lose a match, and end up in jail
10.3%Free-For-All — Play your first a Free-For-All match
8.4%Team Deathmatch — Play your first Team Deathmatch
Rarest badges of honor
0.0%Royal Flush — Kill 5 enemies with playing cards
0.0%Level 100! — Reach Level 100
0.1%Spittoon! — Kill an enemy with a spittoon

Latest official news

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

Sep 06, 2022
Join the Official Discord Server!

We are pleased to announce that Chicken Waffle has taken over development and publishing of Cowbots and Aliens, and launched a new Official Discord ! Here you can chat with the members of the communit

Jun 16, 2017
New Starting Area

In efforts to streamline player's on boarding experience we've introduced a new starting area that is smaller and simpler than the large town area. We hope it helps people get into games and and playi

Jun 16, 2017
New Starting Area

In efforts to streamline player's on boarding experience we've introduced a new starting area that is smaller and simpler than the large town area. We hope it helps people get into games and and playi

Feb 28, 2017
Update: New Weapon - The Rifle!

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26215558/986e03dbd714ac07482731d7f0ec339fe03e2b86.png Today we pushed out an update that introduces a new gun to the game. We als

Feb 28, 2017
Update: New Weapon - The Rifle!

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26215558/986e03dbd714ac07482731d7f0ec339fe03e2b86.png Today we pushed out an update that introduces a new gun to the game. We als

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresAction, Adventure, Casual, Indie
Player tagsMultiplayer · FPS · PvP · Competitive · Shooter · e-sports · Arcade · VR · First-Person · Character Customization · Online Co-Op · Action (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Tracked Controller Support
LanguagesEnglish * *
Achievements20
Official sitehttp://www.cowbotsandaliens.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 SP1 or newer Processor: Intel i5-4590 / AMD FX 8350 equivalent of greater Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 970 / AMD Radeon™ R9 290 equivalent or greater VR Support: SteamVR. Standing or Room Scale