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Steam app 630 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 21:24 UTC

Alien Swarm

Co-operative multiplayer game and complete code base available for free.

Alien Swarm Steam header artwork
ValveValve
27playing now
3024-hour peak
7,857all-time peak
15average, last 30 days

The last 30 days

−9.2Gain−36.71%% gain65Peak

506 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.

01835537013 Aug18 Aug23 Aug28 Aug02 Sep07 Sep12 SepThursday 13 August 202620 peakFriday 14 August 202627 peakSaturday 15 August 202633 peakSunday 16 August 202631 peakMonday 17 August 202625 peakTuesday 18 August 202624 peakWednesday 19 August 202630 peakThursday 20 August 202626 peakFriday 21 August 202627 peakSaturday 22 August 202639 peakSunday 23 August 202637 peakMonday 24 August 202633 peakTuesday 25 August 202628 peakWednesday 26 August 202665 peakThursday 27 August 202625 peakFriday 28 August 202632 peakSaturday 29 August 202634 peakSunday 30 August 202627 peakMonday 31 August 202630 peakTuesday 01 September 202622 peakWednesday 02 September 202643 peakThursday 03 September 202633 peakFriday 04 September 202625 peakSaturday 05 September 202647 peakSunday 06 September 202628 peakMonday 07 September 202632 peakTuesday 08 September 202619 peakWednesday 09 September 202624 peakThursday 10 September 202622 peakFriday 11 September 202623 peakSaturday 12 September 202630 peak
Daily peakEvery hourly sample

All time

171 months, July 2012 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.

02k4k6k8k2012201420172019202120242026July 2012568 monthly peakAugust 2012578 monthly peakSeptember 2012565 monthly peakOctober 2012548 monthly peakNovember 2012524 monthly peakDecember 2012484 monthly peakJanuary 2013597 monthly peakFebruary 2013571 monthly peakMarch 2013563 monthly peakApril 2013470 monthly peakMay 2013403 monthly peakJune 2013477 monthly peakJuly 2013455 monthly peakAugust 2013456 monthly peakSeptember 2013506 monthly peakOctober 2013501 monthly peakNovember 2013436 monthly peakDecember 2013384 monthly peakJanuary 2014416 monthly peakFebruary 2014398 monthly peakMarch 2014428 monthly peakApril 2014361 monthly peakMay 2014346 monthly peakJune 2014349 monthly peakJuly 2014425 monthly peakAugust 2014350 monthly peakSeptember 2014382 monthly peakOctober 2014423 monthly peakNovember 2014354 monthly peakDecember 2014369 monthly peakJanuary 2015377 monthly peakFebruary 2015340 monthly peakMarch 2015339 monthly peakApril 2015299 monthly peakMay 2015278 monthly peakJune 2015384 monthly peakJuly 2015268 monthly peakAugust 2015269 monthly peakSeptember 2015274 monthly peakOctober 2015364 monthly peakNovember 2015294 monthly peakDecember 2015330 monthly peakJanuary 2016340 monthly peakFebruary 2016346 monthly peakMarch 2016332 monthly peakApril 2016383 monthly peakMay 2016386 monthly peakJune 2016321 monthly peakJuly 2016362 monthly peakAugust 2016310 monthly peakSeptember 2016302 monthly peakOctober 2016311 monthly peakNovember 2016306 monthly peakDecember 2016340 monthly peakJanuary 2017333 monthly peakFebruary 2017310 monthly peakMarch 2017312 monthly peakApril 2017342 monthly peakMay 2017278 monthly peakJune 2017201 monthly peakJuly 2017145 monthly peakAugust 2017132 monthly peakSeptember 2017149 monthly peakOctober 2017167 monthly peakNovember 2017133 monthly peakDecember 2017217 monthly peakJanuary 2018164 monthly peakFebruary 2018165 monthly peakMarch 2018195 monthly peakApril 2018146 monthly peakMay 20181,087 monthly peakJune 2018115 monthly peakJuly 2018100 monthly peakAugust 2018122 monthly peakSeptember 201886 monthly peakOctober 201882 monthly peakNovember 201890 monthly peakDecember 2018253 monthly peakJanuary 2019105 monthly peakFebruary 201981 monthly peakMarch 201994 monthly peakApril 201983 monthly peakMay 201978 monthly peakJune 2019105 monthly peakJuly 20197,857 monthly peakAugust 2019216 monthly peakSeptember 201979 monthly peakOctober 201981 monthly peakNovember 201972 monthly peakDecember 201946 monthly peakJanuary 202055 monthly peakFebruary 202071 monthly peakMarch 2020120 monthly peakApril 2020123 monthly peakMay 20205,445 monthly peakJune 2020211 monthly peakJuly 202072 monthly peakAugust 202071 monthly peakSeptember 202059 monthly peakOctober 202074 monthly peakNovember 202079 monthly peakDecember 202066 monthly peakJanuary 2021106 monthly peakFebruary 202175 monthly peakMarch 202194 monthly peakApril 2021187 monthly peakMay 2021106 monthly peakJune 202193 monthly peakJuly 202193 monthly peakAugust 202194 monthly peakSeptember 202191 monthly peakOctober 2021313 monthly peakNovember 2021180 monthly peakDecember 202188 monthly peakJanuary 2022101 monthly peakFebruary 2022102 monthly peakMarch 2022180 monthly peakApril 2022308 monthly peakMay 2022196 monthly peakJune 2022133 monthly peakJuly 2022229 monthly peakAugust 2022146 monthly peakSeptember 2022151 monthly peakOctober 2022129 monthly peakNovember 202294 monthly peakDecember 2022146 monthly peakJanuary 2023106 monthly peakFebruary 202392 monthly peakMarch 202392 monthly peakApril 202381 monthly peakMay 202396 monthly peakJune 202386 monthly peakJuly 2023101 monthly peakAugust 202390 monthly peakSeptember 2023127 monthly peakOctober 2023103 monthly peakNovember 2023104 monthly peakDecember 2023529 monthly peakJanuary 2024763 monthly peakFebruary 20241,711 monthly peakMarch 2024949 monthly peakApril 20241,631 monthly peakMay 202441 monthly peakJune 202438 monthly peakJuly 202435 monthly peakAugust 202441 monthly peakSeptember 202446 monthly peakOctober 202444 monthly peakNovember 202443 monthly peakDecember 202474 monthly peakJanuary 202535 monthly peakFebruary 202543 monthly peakMarch 202537 monthly peakApril 202544 monthly peakMay 202551 monthly peakJune 202556 monthly peakJuly 202537 monthly peakAugust 202543 monthly peakSeptember 202539 monthly peakOctober 202549 monthly peakNovember 202550 monthly peakDecember 202538 monthly peakJanuary 202665 monthly peakFebruary 202651 monthly peakMarch 202652 monthly peakApril 202642 monthly peakMay 202649 monthly peakJune 202641 monthly peakJuly 202689 monthly peakAugust 2026416 monthly peakSeptember 202647 monthly peak
Monthly peak

The last four months

Show:

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.

0112225337449July 2026August 2026September 2026October 2026July 202689 peak — daily detail belowAugust 2026416 peak — hourly detail belowSeptember 202647 peak — hourly detail below
Monthly peakHas finer data

July 2026

31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.

02448729601 Jul06 Jul11 Jul16 Jul21 Jul26 Jul31 JulWednesday 01 July 202628 peakThursday 02 July 202623 peakFriday 03 July 202624 peakSaturday 04 July 202626 peakSunday 05 July 202622 peakMonday 06 July 202626 peakTuesday 07 July 202623 peakWednesday 08 July 202624 peakThursday 09 July 202620 peakFriday 10 July 202634 peakSaturday 11 July 202634 peakSunday 12 July 202621 peakMonday 13 July 202621 peakTuesday 14 July 202614 peakWednesday 15 July 202622 peakThursday 16 July 202614 peakFriday 17 July 202624 peakSaturday 18 July 202626 peakSunday 19 July 202624 peakMonday 20 July 202631 peakTuesday 21 July 202640 peakWednesday 22 July 202633 peakThursday 23 July 202645 peakFriday 24 July 202635 peakSaturday 25 July 202666 peakSunday 26 July 202689 peakMonday 27 July 202656 peakTuesday 28 July 202656 peakWednesday 29 July 202637 peakThursday 30 July 202646 peakFriday 31 July 202630 peak

August 2026

31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 313 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.

011222533744901 Aug06 Aug11 Aug16 Aug21 Aug26 Aug31 AugSaturday 01 August 202644 peakSunday 02 August 202641 peakMonday 03 August 202639 peakTuesday 04 August 202629 peakWednesday 05 August 202633 peakThursday 06 August 202623 peakFriday 07 August 202622 peakSaturday 08 August 202644 peakSunday 09 August 2026416 peakMonday 10 August 2026414 peakTuesday 11 August 202642 peakWednesday 12 August 202627 peakThursday 13 August 202623 peakFriday 14 August 202627 peakSaturday 15 August 202633 peakSunday 16 August 202631 peakMonday 17 August 202625 peakTuesday 18 August 202624 peakWednesday 19 August 202630 peakThursday 20 August 202626 peakFriday 21 August 202627 peakSaturday 22 August 202639 peakSunday 23 August 202637 peakMonday 24 August 202633 peakTuesday 25 August 202628 peakWednesday 26 August 202665 peakThursday 27 August 202625 peakFriday 28 August 202632 peakSaturday 29 August 202634 peakSunday 30 August 202627 peakMonday 31 August 202630 peak

September 2026

12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 193 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.

01325385101 Sep03 Sep05 Sep07 Sep09 Sep11 SepTuesday 01 September 202622 peakWednesday 02 September 202643 peakThursday 03 September 202633 peakFriday 04 September 202625 peakSaturday 05 September 202647 peakSunday 06 September 202628 peakMonday 07 September 202632 peakTuesday 08 September 202619 peakWednesday 09 September 202624 peakThursday 10 September 202622 peakFriday 11 September 202623 peakSaturday 12 September 202630 peak

October 2026

Alien Swarm was released on 19 Jul, 2010.

Not out yet.There is nothing to draw for this month.
Nothing here is interpolated or estimated; where a sample is missing the line is broken.

Game information

Free to playUpdated 12 Sep 2026, 21:24 UTC
App ID
630
Last updated
24 Sep 2020 build 5587483
Developer
Valve
Publisher
Valve
Release date
19 Jul, 2010
Platforms
Windows
Download size
1.26 GB
Install size
2.00 GB
Genres
Action, Free To Play
Game modes
Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op
Controller support
Unknown
Achievements
66
Metacritic
77

Features & support

Steam features

Steam AchievementsCaptions availableSteam CloudStatsIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

Controllers & input

Accessibility

Camera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyStereo SoundSurround Sound

Popular tags

Free to PlayCo-opActionMultiplayerOnline Co-OpAliensShooterSci-fiTop-DownTop-Down ShooterSurvivalPvEThird PersonClass-BasedTeam-BasedThird-Person ShooterModdableSingleplayerStrategyAdventure
About this gameFull description from Steam
Alien Swarm is a game and Source SDK release from a group of talented designers at Valve who were hired from the Mod community. Available free of charge, the game thrusts players into an epic bug hunt featuring a unique blend of co-op play and squad-level tactics. With your friends, form a squad of four distinct IAF Marine classes. Plan your attack using an unlockable arsenal of weapons with countless loadout configurations against a wide variety of aliens. Blaze your way through an overrun, off-world colony, eradicating the alien infestation in environments ranging from the icy planet's surface, to a subterranean lava-flooded mining facility. Along with the game get the complete code base for Alien Swarm that features updates to the Source engine as well as the SDK. Alien Swarm adds 3rd person camera, depth of field, improved dynamic shadows and a wide variety of gameplay additions to the Source engine. Tactical, 4 player co-op action game with a top-down perspective Complete game code and mod tools Unlock persistent items by gaining levels Over 40 weapons and equipment with countless loadout configurations 4 unique classes and 8 unique characters Matchmaking, Steam Cloud, Steam Stats 64 achievements Tile-based map generation tool Powered by Source and Steam
Content & age ratingsSteam content notice · 2 regional ratings

Content notice

This game includes frequent acts of violence

Regional ratings

DEJUS14Violência
IGRS18Interaksi Daring · Kekerasan · Horor
System requirementsMinimum and recommended hardware

Minimum

Minimum: OS *: Windows® 7 / Vista / Vista64 / XP Processor: Pentium 4 3.0GHz Memory: 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista Graphics: DirectX 9 compatible video card with 128 MB, Shader model 2.0. ATI X800, NVidia 6600 or better Hard Drive: At least 2.5 GB of free space Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card

Recommended

Recommended: OS *: Windows® 7 / Vista / Vista64 / XP Processor: Intel core 2 duo 2.4GHz Memory: 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista Graphics: DirectX 9 compatible video card with Shader model 3.0. NVidia 7600, ATI X1600 or better Hard Drive: At least 2.5 GB of free space Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
Supported languages1 languages
LanguageFull audio
English

A blank audio cell means full audio was not marked in the returned language list.

Screenshots & trailersScreenshots and trailers

Trailers

AchievementsTotal count and selected achievements

66 achievements in total.

Show selected achievements (may contain spoilers)
Clear FiringAchievement
Short Controlled BurstsAchievement
Shield DownAchievement
Blast RadiusAchievement
SharpshooterAchievement
PerfectAchievement
Scrambled EggsAchievement
Bug StomperAchievement
Parasite PuncherAchievement
Close EncountersAchievement

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5 developer announcements, Jul 2010 to Aug 2020 · times in UTC

August

  1. Alien Swarm update released

    Fixes and Updates Security fixes to client/server file transfers Fixed "Out of thread ids" error when launching Alien Swarm on a computer with 32 or more logical processors Updated localization files

    Patch notes

August

  1. Alien Swarm Adds AI Director, New Difficulty

    Since release, we've received a ton of feedback and feature requests from the Alien Swarm community. The most requested additions are more variety and greater difficulty. With that in mind, we've added "Onslaught" mode, which introduces an…

    Alden
  2. Alien Swarm Adds AI Director, New Difficulty

    Since release, we've received a ton of feedback and feature requests from the Alien Swarm community. The most requested additions are more variety and greater difficulty. With that in mind, we've added "Onslaught" mode, which introduces an…

    Alden

July

  1. Alien Swarm Game and Source SDK Now available

    Available free of charge, the game thrusts players into an epic bug hunt featuring a unique blend of co-op play and squad-level tactics. Along with the game get the complete code base for Alien Swarm that features updates to the Source…

    Alden
  2. Alien Swarm Game and Source SDK Now available

    Available free of charge, the game thrusts players into an epic bug hunt featuring a unique blend of co-op play and squad-level tactics. Along with the game get the complete code base for Alien Swarm that features updates to the Source…

    Alden

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