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EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 6
Live the future of despair.The year is 2024 AD. The survivors fought against the remaining threats while trying their best to continue their recovery.Three years passed in the year 2027. In a new world without hope, the time has come to once again resist the fate of the Earth.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
32 of the 85 reviews raise this.
“I like it. It's EDF 5 but slightly better. Is that enough for some people? Maybe not, but it is for me.”
“Absolutely insane, makes no sense and cheesier than Gamera movies. just the way I love it”
“This game is the perfect "I just wanna turn off my brain and have a blast". Best game for customization, destruction, and multiplayer. Its slow at first but man its so rewarding starting with 200 health and shooting…”
4 of the 85 reviews raise this.
“A fantastic co-op game to play with friend, randoms, and even on your own. There is a lot of content to experience and a ton of replayability. The game is much better enjoyed with the context of having played EDF5 as it…”
“fun with friends, desync is horrible, depth perception is really bad. the edf deploys”
“Play with your friends, plan together, and die together. You have not truly protected mother Earth until you've played this game.”
15 of the 85 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Loved EDF 4.1, loving 5, but not loving 6. Severe multiplayer desynchronization results in unintended deaths, ghost enemies, and other weirdness. And though I'm only 10% through the story so far, it's just about the…”
“The Earth Defense Force series fills a void in the gaming industry by letting us fight as a soldier in large battles against a unique roster of enemies. Unfortunately, the series also has a running problem of having us…”
“Its bad. and very fun, you should definitely play it, but it's very bad.”
5 of the 85 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“There's a LOT of things to adjust to coming from EDF 5 to 6 but this has got to be the most over the top EDF game I've played yet. Cleared the whole game on hard as fencer and going back through on inferno, the only…”
“REALLY REALLY GOOD Kind of slow start, sadly as is traditional for the series Go play 5 first though, its not required to understand the plot of 6, but it makes several moments hit WAY harder, nothing before 5 is…”
“Pros: 1.) It's a game I guess Cons: 1.) ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ the game gives you the most useless weapons to start off with. Even on the easiest setting it takes 3-5 business days to kill one ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ enemy. I don't need retarded…”
4 of the 85 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“They said the Siren sleeps for several days and the most they seen it sleep is 46 hours. Correct me if I am wrong but that is not several days. It is not even 2 days so that tics me off.”
“Best storytelling I've ever witnessed. It'd make Shakespeare weep. Voice acting is so good that I'd want them to narrate my life in real time. This is what I buy games for. 10/10 no notes.”
“Still not sure what the story is about but it was lots of fun!”
3 of the 85 reviews raise this.
“This game is broken online. Persistent desyncs with friends in different places and aiming in the wrong directions. Crashes. And they have not fixed any issues since launch. Do not get if you plan on playing with…”
“The greatest grind game to play with friends, with the worst netcode. After they blindsided fans an Epic related fiasco at launch, they then pouted and let folk have a choice on who to have constantly steal all their…”
“Horrific levels of desync in multiplayer”
Counted across 85 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 69.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Epic is no longer required to play solo or online even if the steam page say otherwise”
— a player, Steam review · 43 hrs played“This game has terrible voice acting, a goofy story, and I love it. It's like playing a B movie.”
— a player, Steam review · 93 hrs played“Firstly i'd like to clarify as there are a lot of negative reviews saying the online is broken and uses epic. IT IS NOT BROKEN, they ceased using epic in a recent update and it's working fine now. So why the negative review? The actual story and content of this one i felt…”
— a player, Steam review · 49 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 · Shooter · Online Co-Op · 3D · Sci-fi · PvE · Singleplayer · Multiplayer · Co-op · Local Co-Op · Local Multiplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support |
| Languages | English * , Traditional Chinese * , Japanese * , Korean * , Simplified Chinese * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 39 |
| Official site | https://www.d3p.co.jp/edf6/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i7 3770, AMD Ryzen 3 1200 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, AMD Radeon RX 580 DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 45 GB available space Additional Notes: This application supports online cross-play. To use online cross-play features such as Epic Games Store player friend registration and invitations, you must sign in to your Epic Games account.