Steam app 1510460 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 19:33 UTC
A deliciously addictive core of finger-blistering shooting action, surrounded by delectable morsels of galactic exploration, spacecraft customization, and community competitions.
718 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
66 months, April 2021 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 437 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 281 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
Chicken Invaders Universe was released on 15 Dec, 2022.
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38 achievements in total.
50 developer announcements, Jun 2022 to Sep 2026 · times in UTC
This is a minor maintenance release. A lot of technical changes under the hood to bring Universe in line with the latest changes in Episodes and Collection. More information about this update can be found here…
Patch notesThis is a minor maintenance release. Several changes are related to enhanced keyboard/gamepad navigation. More information about this update can be found here: https://forum.chickeninvaders.com/t/ciu-version-159/38884
Patch notesA lot of wave tweaks (again). More information about this update can be found here: https://forum.chickeninvaders.com/t/ciu-version-158/38238
Patch notesA lot of wave tweaks. Also, added Accessibility settings ("Screen shakes", "Screen flashes", "Starfield scrolling") in Options -> Gameplay . Due to this change, all your Options settings will regrettably be reset during this update. More…
Patch notesA lot of wave tweaks. Important: Slob behaviour has changed in this version. Slobs will now speed up towards the edges of the screen to avoid falling too far behind and disappearing while they are still visible. More information about this…
Patch notesThis fixes a bug with Slob chickens which was introduced in v155.4 yesterday.
Patch notesMore new waves! As with the v.154 update, bear in mind that some of these waves are quite hard, and they won't appear on easy difficulties. Also, as usual, the new additions will unavoidably shuffle the wave ordering of existing missions…
Patch notesNew waves! Bear in mind that some of these waves are quite hard, and they won't appear on easy difficulties. Also, as usual, the new additions will unavoidably shuffle the wave ordering of exisiting missions, so you might find that your…
Patch notesThis is a maintenance release which fixes a crash when flying CI1 DLC. Next week there will be another small update, which will enable purchasing of DLC within the game. More information about this update can be found here…
Patch notesDLC is now available for purchase in-game! Chicken Invaders Episodes 2-3-4-5 are available right now, Episode 1 is coming in the next update. If you already own the individual Episodes on Steam, then you can export your purchases to…
Patch notesBoot Camp mission is here! Head to your nearest Heroes Academy to try it out! More information about this update can be found here: https://forum.chickeninvaders.com/t/ciu-version-150/35022
Patch notesEpisodic DLC is here! Well, almost. DLC content is already present in the game, however it cannot be purchased just yet. You will only be able to export existing Chicken Invaders 2-3-4-5 purchases from Steam or the InterAction studios…
Patch notesA lot of behind-the-scenes clean-up, refactoring, and unification with the Episodes. Customizable scratches have been added to paintjobs. Also, check out the new "copy existing paintjob" and "randomize paintjob" features. There are also…
Patch notesThere aren’t many player-facing changes in this update. Nevertheless, a large part of the game has been reworked. As part of these reworks, all your saved Mission Config presets have been reset, so you’ll need to save them again. Summer…
Patch notesSummer content! :sunglasses: ... and that's pretty much it. Enjoy! Summer content is automatically activated during 1-30 June. You can manually turn it on or off from the main menu by selecting Options → Seasonal Content . More information…
Patch notesThis is a minor maintenance release, however it does include a noteworthy quality-of-life feature: Upon first startup, your system language will be detected, and if there is a complete or near-complete game translation available for that…
Patch notesThis is a minor maintenance release, without any significant player-facing changes. More information about this update can be found here: https://forum.chickeninvaders.com/t/ciu-version-144/32393
Patch notesOn the face of it, this is a minor maintenance release. Behind the scenes, however, this version includes preliminary groundwork for the (tentatively-named) “Galactic Entertainment Network” (GEN), a way to collect and organize recordings of…
Patch notesThis update removes “The Next Wave” episode from CIU. It might return (together with the rest of the episodes) at some point in the future. In the meantime, the CI2 “Mother-Hen Ship” boss has been added to regular Invasion and Boss Rush…
Patch notesThis update replaces the “Revenge of the Yolk” episode with the full “The Next Wave” episode in CIU, directly playable from your Profile screen. This is a temporary and experimental feature, so enjoy it while you can, and report bugs here.…
Patch notesThis update replaces the “Ultimate Omelette” episode with the full “Revenge of the Yolk” episode in CIU, directly playable from your Profile screen. This is a temporary and experimental feature, so enjoy it while you can, and report bugs…
Patch notesThis update replaces the “Cluck of the Dark Side” episode with the full “Ultimate Omelette” episode in CIU, directly playable from your Profile screen. This is a temporary and experimental feature, so enjoy it while you can, and report bugs…
Patch notesYet more increased download size! This update adds the full “Cluck of the Dark Side” episode to CIU, directly playable from your Profile screen. This is a temporary and experimental feature, so enjoy it while you can, and report bugs here.…
Patch notesA lot of internal changes in this update, but also a couple of player-facing ones. PC only (not smartphones): You might notice that the download size is significantly larger than normal. This is because starting with this version, all…
Patch notesA new boss! This update certainly took a while, but the new boss Burgermeister™ 3000 boss presented several design challenges and took a lot longer than expected. In terms of implementation, it’s the most complex boss to date, requiring…
Patch notesIt certainly has been quite an adventure, but the Android version has been officially released! Well, it’s still in the “open testing” (or “Early Access”) phase, but it will be moved to “production” within the next few days. You can…
Patch notesEaster content! But really, this is otherwise a very minor update necessitated by some technical changes in the iOS version. Speaking of the iOS version, the first official build will be submitted to Apple later today. If everything goes…
Patch notesThis is a minor update (with some anti-cheat improvements – that’s an unavoidable fact of life, of course). The game will now enter feature freeze in anticipation of the iOS release, which means no more updates until the iOS version has…
Patch notesYet more anti-cheat. Enough said. Note: Due to a serious issue in v.131, it has now been superseded by v.132 More information about this update can be found here: https://forum.chickeninvaders.com/t/ciu-version-132/27473
Patch notesMore anti-Cheat. Cheating. It’s the gift that keeps on giving. More cheaters, more countermeasures, more days of work wasted, more delays for the iOS and Android versions of the game and for further productive development. Perhaps…
Patch notes{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39760645/fe4acd8b74f44b596886239532a24444f30717a2.png The Chicken Invaders Soundtrack has been released! Get it now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2248460/Chicken_Invaders_Soundtrack -25% for the first week! You've…
InterAction studiosAnti-Cheat. Sigh. Well, that’s another 10 days of work wasted trying to stop cheaters, while productive development is on hold. :warning: The anti-cheat system is now in “strict” mode. The new policy (which recently came info force) is…
Patch notesMAIN CHANGES Anti-Cheat. There are hardly any player-facing changes in this update. Instead, ‘proper’ development has been suspended – I’ve instead spent the last two weeks improving the anti-cheating measures in the game. It was sadly not…
Patch notesCredits! If you have helped the game anytime in the last four years, either by submitting ideas, reported bugs, or performed translations, then you are included in the game credits (accessible on the main menu). The credits list will be…
Patch notes{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39760645/a032dc028f3f858953639afb3d0f4cbbc66017ba.png MAIN CHANGES END OF EARLY ACCESS! Unbelievable. And it only took four years and 126 versions. Looking back at version 1, it’s hard to believe that this is still the…
InterAction studiosChristmas Edition! 'Tis the season to be jolly! This update has been released earlier than planned in light of recent abusive behaviour by certain players. To this end, automatic countermeasures are now in place and you may also report…
Patch notesParty like it’s 2002! “Chicken Invaders: The Next Wave” (a.k.a. Chicken Invaders 2) was released on 22 December 2002.To commemorate the 20th anniversary of that occasion, CIU supports a special mode which simulates an (approximately)…
Patch notesThanksgiving Edition! Well, as close to it as I can get, at least. I tried to port as much content from CI4 Thanksgiving as possible, but there were time and technical constraints (specifically, it was not possible to turn the basic chicken…
Patch notesA maintenance release with lots of bug fixes and improvements related mainly to the new Android version. Speaking of which, you can find the Android version here: Android (experimental preview) . Carefully read through the notes, because…
Patch notesMAIN CHANGES Halloween edition! You know what this means! Be afraid, be very afraid! :zombie: In contrast to other CIU seasonal editions so far, new re-skin content has been created specifically for this one. Enjoy it while you can. Also, a…
Patch notesNot much to say about this one, just a maintenance update with a lot of tweaks and bug fixes. More information about this update can be found here: https://forum.chickeninvaders.com/t/early-access-version-120/24448
Patch notesFor those of you that missed it, 2dB ( 2dbmusic.com ) graciously shared a few videos about his new music compositions (which were very recently added to the game). Enjoy! Chicken Invaders Universe: behind the music (step 1/3)…
InterAction studiosMAIN CHANGES Due to changes in the scoring rules, this update had to be delayed waiting for the Galactic Cup to end. Quests have been introduced in this update. Quests are sets of goals that you gradually fulfil as you play the game.…
Patch notesYet another another unexpected update (so I guess this makes it an expected unexpected update?). The main addition are Budget Constraint missions. These are daily challenge missions where everyone flies with the same minimal loadout. For…
Patch notesYet another unexpected update. The main addition are Pot Luck missions. These are daily challenge missions where everyone flies with the same spacecraft and equipment. For the next 3 days, daily challenges will be Pot Luck. Afterwards, Pot…
Patch notesYes, yes, I know. This is an unexpected update, but there were some fairly significant bugs that required fixing. Plus, you get to hear the new music from 2dB earlier, so why not? There are 3 wave tracks in total, plus one boss wave track.…
Patch notesYou can now select multiple cuisines/backgrounds/music at the Mission Config screen. If you select more than one, then it will be selected randomly per-stage (cuisines take effect per-enemy). To support this change, mission configs and all…
Patch notesA new enemy breed: Phoenix Chicken! This is the counterpart of the “Chiller” chicken introduced in the previous update. Its attack is non-lethal, but you really don’t want to get hit. Due to its nature, it has -50% reduced spawn probability…
Patch notesA new enemy breed: Chiller Chicken! This breed is strategically unique in that its attack is non-lethal (but still detrimental, obscuring your vision and reducing your maneuvering precision). The attack is also not entirely random (props…
Patch notesCustomizable spawn shields, so you can now impress all your friends (well, unless they have “show other hardpoints” turned off). And are they stackable? Why, yes, they are! Also, there most likely will be a small preview in the Galactic…
Patch notesWhat Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
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