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Infested Planet
Command a team of 5 elite soldiers against an alien horde of 100,000. Surrounded on all sides, you must outmaneuver and outsmart the enemy.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Strategic tactical combat” (39 of 84 reviews) and “Escalating, flexible challenge” (12); the most common complaint is “Short campaigns and limited content” (7). What reviewers agree on ↓
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 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
39 of the 84 reviews raise this.
“hidden gem. very good and unique RTS”
12 of the 84 reviews raise this.
10 of the 84 reviews raise this.
“Fun and strategic, endless replayability”
7 of the 84 reviews raise this.
“If you have stumbled over this older gem and are reading the reviews your probably thinking about buying the game. ...I can tell you that it's well worth the money. I highly recommend it.”
“Ya know, as far as "little games" go, Infested Planet has provided me with a lot of entertainment over the years. I'm not typically one for top-down RTS type games but I have more than gotten my money's worth out of…”
5 of the 84 reviews raise this.
“Very fun and unique strategy game - most of the missions can be played in 15-20 minutes, so perfect for getting some action when you're short on time! The story is pretty good and the gameplay is fun for 1v1000 strategy…”
7 of the 84 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
4 of the 84 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Nice little game that reminds me of SC1, there's not much depth to it so it stales pretty quick. 7/10”
3 of the 84 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Nice little game that reminds me of SC1, there's not much depth to it so it stales pretty quick. 7/10”
3 of the 84 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
Counted across 84 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 93.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“A short but good game. Just purchased DLC, so we'll see if that adds some replayability. Reminds me of the golden age of flash games.”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played“It's a shame the devs only made one game.”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played“Amazing game, sat in my library far to long before I tried it. The game has an easy switch difficulty to give yourself a challenge or chill depending your mood, some stages are great for replayability as they're RNG. One of the better RTS Tower Defense games I've played. It…”
— a player, Steam review · 113 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 2026-10-21.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
New Weapons Update for Infested Planet
There's a new weapons patch out for Infested Planet, specifically improving the Planetary Campaign expansion. Since our players enjoyed the procedural campaign so much, I decided to add a few new toys
Expansion Released
The Planetary Campaign expansion for Infested Planet is finally out. Here's what's inside: Dynamic Campaign Mode - Fight the aliens on a new strategic layer 3 New Weapon Classes: Medic, Grenadier and
Expansion Released
The Planetary Campaign expansion for Infested Planet is finally out. Here's what's inside: Dynamic Campaign Mode - Fight the aliens on a new strategic layer 3 New Weapon Classes: Medic, Grenadier and
Expansion Release Date - October 10th
On October 10th, Infested Planet will be getting a massive update. The new "Planetary Campaign" DLC will add randomly generated campaigns to the game. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/
Expansion Release Date - October 10th
On October 10th, Infested Planet will be getting a massive update. The new "Planetary Campaign" DLC will add randomly generated campaigns to the game. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/
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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, Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Tower Defense · Action · RTS · Indie · Singleplayer · Top-Down · Sci-fi · Aliens · Tactical · 2D · Real-Time with Pause (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 36 |
| Official site | http://www.infestedplanet.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP or later Processor: 2.2 GHz Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 256MB OpenGL 2.1 Compartible Hard Drive: 300 MB HD space