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EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair
It's a fight for the future of the planet between the Ravagers, a merciless swarm of alien invaders, and the Earth Defense Force (EDF) in this third-person shooter.Play as four different classes in over 80 missions with a range of 800 weapons at your disposal.Co-op play supported.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
65 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“This game has a Tarantino level of story telling. You start out shooting very large ants and spiders, then you fight extremely large robots, and then all of a sudden, the game turns into Pacific Rim because you have to…”
“Really fun game, it's like Helldivers but better. Weapon drops are a bit confusing but keep playing the missions on different difficulties and eventually you'll get something you like.”
“This is definitely my game of 2026 so far. I just really like that I can pick it up, spend 10 minutes on a mission, get my action fix and leave or come back for more. I'm at mission 40 something out of 80 something and…”
14 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“If you have ever wanted to both hit a spider with a hammer and beat not Godzilla to death with a not gundam in the same game all while being very overwelmed than this is the game for you! There is also a story but to be…”
“My son and I play this game co-op regularly, and the splitscreen mode is perfect for just blasting aliens and bugs for a few hours. I honestly don't have a preference on which EDF game we play, but 4.1 is a sweet spot…”
“Absolute peak multiplayer experience, the chaos, the difficulty, semi goofy story, all near perfect, i played ranger for the multiplayer campaign me and my friends did of the whole game and its a really good class but i…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“This is definitely my game of 2026 so far. I just really like that I can pick it up, spend 10 minutes on a mission, get my action fix and leave or come back for more. I'm at mission 40 something out of 80 something and…”
“My son and I play this game co-op regularly, and the splitscreen mode is perfect for just blasting aliens and bugs for a few hours. I honestly don't have a preference on which EDF game we play, but 4.1 is a sweet spot…”
“A good game with a lot of content. Higher difficulties can become really not fun though.”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“This game has a Tarantino level of story telling. You start out shooting very large ants and spiders, then you fight extremely large robots, and then all of a sudden, the game turns into Pacific Rim because you have to…”
“Absolute peak multiplayer experience, the chaos, the difficulty, semi goofy story, all near perfect, i played ranger for the multiplayer campaign me and my friends did of the whole game and its a really good class but i…”
“Genuinely hilarious and never takes itself too seriously”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Absolute peak multiplayer experience, the chaos, the difficulty, semi goofy story, all near perfect, i played ranger for the multiplayer campaign me and my friends did of the whole game and its a really good class but i…”
“I've had purchased this game years ago on my ps4 & now on steam so here's my verdict: Pro: 1. Much better than the ps4 version because its moddable on pc. 2. For a remaster its much better than the Xbox 360 & ps3…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“A good game with a lot of content. Higher difficulties can become really not fun though.”
“Bugs and Robots are Reasonable enough.... But why do they gotta bring out the dragons 😭”
“Do not play this game on Inferno difficulty.”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Absolute peak multiplayer experience, the chaos, the difficulty, semi goofy story, all near perfect, i played ranger for the multiplayer campaign me and my friends did of the whole game and its a really good class but i…”
“I've had purchased this game years ago on my ps4 & now on steam so here's my verdict: Pro: 1. Much better than the ps4 version because its moddable on pc. 2. For a remaster its much better than the Xbox 360 & ps3…”
“Maybe there's a fun game in here somewhere, but I don't see it. I bought this game because I love squad-based shooters, and I thought this might be like Helldivers. While fun on a pure lizard-brain level, it gets old…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Really fun game, it's like Helldivers but better. Weapon drops are a bit confusing but keep playing the missions on different difficulties and eventually you'll get something you like.”
“very super senti hell divers. need to grind allot for harder levels but good repetive fun”
“I've had purchased this game years ago on my ps4 & now on steam so here's my verdict: Pro: 1. Much better than the ps4 version because its moddable on pc. 2. For a remaster its much better than the Xbox 360 & ps3…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 95.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Top 10 best coop experiences I ever had in my life. People think Helldivers 2 is good because they've never played EDF. Don't get me wrong: Helldivers is super fun. But EDF is divine.”
— a player, Steam review · 59 hrs played“great father son game. my boy loves it. splitscreen 2p co op”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played“Don't let the graphics fool you, this is one of the greatest games of all time”
— a player, Steam review · 48 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | Action · Third-Person Shooter · Co-op · Online Co-Op · Aliens · Mechs · Sci-fi · Local Co-Op · Anime · Split Screen · Funny · Multiplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English * , Japanese * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 51 |
| Official site | http://www.d3p.co.jp/edf4.1_pc/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 64bit, Windows 8.1 64bit Windows 10 64bit Processor: 3 GHz 2 Core Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7870 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 （2GB Model or higher） DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 8 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 11 sound device Additional Notes: XInput Controller