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Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers
UFOs! Aliens! Aircrafts! Resistance! SHOOT 'EM UP! Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers is a spaceship shooter with 2D gameplay and 3D environment. Enjoy a smart combination of a fast-paced shooting experience and the 1950's sci-fi movies aesthetic, with live-action cutscenes.
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 2026-05-14.
“Truly amazing hidden gem. Unfortunately, it is a bit short, but it is right size for a single player shoot em up. The 50 style movie cutscene are amazing, real B movie quality. Original audio is PT-BR, a nice surprise to me. For the price asked, you have no reason to skip this…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“I played this game co-op with a friend of mine, and we just did the Story mode. Its basically what its advertised as. My friend and I both appreciated the system where, before each mission and upon every death, you can change your equipment/enhancement loadout. At first you can…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Squad 51 is featured in Twin Sails Interactive's Heroic Sale!
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Update Notes 1.13
Small update for new players: fixed the wrong language being selected by default when playing the game for the first time.
Squad 51 Comes to Nintendo Switch on March 16th!
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s… an alien spacecraft?! Squad 51 vs. The Flying Saucers, a cinematic 2D shoot ‘em up, is soaring onto the Nintendo Switch on March 16th . Band together with a group of r
Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers is featured in Friendship Games Week 2023!
Don't play alone on Valentine's Day - We are thrilled to join many outstanding indie gems, gathered in the Friendship Games Week 2023 , thanks to our dear friends Frogsong Studios , who are presenting
Update Notes 1.11
Small update that fixes the stretched images on displays with aspect ratio different than 16x9.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, Racing |
| Player tags | Shoot 'Em Up · FMV · Side Scroller · Arcade · Space · Cinematic · Retro · Singleplayer · Adventure · Local Co-Op · Old School · Multiplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Simplified Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Traditional Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 15 |
| Official site | https://www.squadron51.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Core i5 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660