⚜ SteamCozy

Home / Games / Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon

Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon

Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon

Thousands of giant insects and aliens once again ravage the earth, and only the Earth Defense Force can stop them.

Released Dec 14, 2011 Developer Vicious Cycle Software, Inc. Publisher D3PUBLISHER Platforms Windows ActionThird-Person ShooterCo-opRobotsOnline Co-Op
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-10-20)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.

87.5%positive1,156 reviews
Recommended · 101 found this helpful

“This game has no right to be this fun. I watched my wife play it and shook my head, wondering, "How can she stand this? I'm tolerant of poor graphics and plain gameplay, but this is straight-up dumb." With great reluctance, I bought it on a sale and gave it a go. ...I don't…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Recommended · 72 found this helpful

“If this game is considered one of the weaker Earth Defense Force games, I can't wait to play the other ones because I absolutely love this game. It feels kindof like Starship Troopers. The missions are quite long and feel like mini-movies. Kill the space ants!”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
Recommended · 35 found this helpful

“IN A WORD: MAYBE IN SHORT: WHAT TO EXPECT: Third-person shooter. Japanese disaster movie setting. Titanic battles vs arachnid style aliens. Starship Troopers feel. Limited campaign with short missions. Survival and dynamic campaign+ extend play. Dated but passable graphics.…”

— a player, Steam review · 260 hrs played
Read more reviews ↗

Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

142all-time peak
0 25 50 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 38 avg · Feb 2013

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-20.

50achievements
8.9%median completion
0.9%rarest: Social Dead Butterfly
91.7% of players 67.2% of players 65.3% of players 60.9% of players 57.6% of players 57.4% of players 55.2% of players 53.0% of players 52.7% of players 50.2% of players 49.9% of players 45.6% of players 44.7% of players 39.4% of players 37.1% of players 35.0% of players 30.8% of players 30.6% of players 24.9% of players 23.0% of players 21.4% of players 18.6% of players 18.5% of players 18.5% of players 9.3% of players 8.9% of players 8.3% of players 7.3% of players 7.1% of players 6.6% of players 5.9% of players 5.3% of players 5.0% of players 4.8% of players 4.2% of players 3.7% of players 2.5% of players 2.3% of players 2.2% of players 1.9% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 91.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
91.7%Amateur AntKiller — Kill 100 Ants
67.2%Campaigner — Unlock all armors
65.3%Helping Hand Award — Revive a teammate
Rarest badges of honor
0.9%Social Dead Butterfly — Get 10000 kills in Survival mode
0.9%Survive-o-Rama — Survive 500 (total) waves in Survival mode
1.0%Daddy WarBugs — Purchase all weapons for all armors

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$9.99current · sampled 2026-10-20 11:41 UTC
$6.99lowest since tracking began2026-08-10
US9.99 USD
EU9.99 EUR
UK6.99 GBP
Australia14.50 AUD
Canada10.99 CAD
Japan980 JPY
Brazil19.99 BRL
China36.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$4.0 China Japan Canada UK US Australia EU≈$11

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-20). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-25 08-10 08-28 09-14 10-01 10-20

Games like Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon

From our knowledge graph — ranked by shared traits, not a black box. Each card says why it's here.

EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair 95.6% · 8,089 reviews shares Mechs, Robots, Aliens, Third Person Shooter Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition 80.1% · 1,075 reviews shares Mechs, Robots, Aliens, Third Person Shooter EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5 EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5 95.8% · 7,116 reviews shares Mechs, Aliens, Third Person Shooter, Online Co Op Iron Brigade Iron Brigade 86.1% · 948 reviews shares Mechs, Robots, Third Person Shooter, Online Co Op DAEMON X MACHINA DAEMON X MACHINA 80.4% · 2,576 reviews shares Mechs, Robots, Third Person Shooter, Co Op ORION: Prelude ORION: Prelude 75.9% · 16,930 reviews shares Mechs, Third Person Shooter, Online Co Op, Co Op Alien Swarm Alien Swarm 94.7% · 10,263 reviews shares Aliens, Third Person Shooter, Online Co Op, Co Op Alien Breed: Impact Alien Breed: Impact 70.7% · 944 reviews shares Aliens, Third Person Shooter, Online Co Op, Co Op

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresAction
Player tagsAction · Third-Person Shooter · Co-op · Robots · Online Co-Op · Sci-fi · Singleplayer · Aliens · Third Person · Shooter · Multiplayer · Mechs (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Stats · Remote Play on TV
LanguagesEnglish * *
ControllerFull support
Achievements50
Official sitehttp://www.edfia.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP1, Windows 7 Processor: 2.0Ghz Dual core CPU (any Core 2 Duo or AMD X2 or better) Memory: 1GB (XP), 2GB (Vista), 2GB (Windows 7) Hard Disk Space: 6 GB space free Video Card: 512MB Video Card using Shader Model 3 or higher (Performance equivalent to an AMD Radeon 4350 or NVIDIA GeForce 7900) DirectX®: 9.0c