Now there's a name I haven't heard in a while: Alien Swarm. The cooperative top-down shooter game, inspired by 2004's Alien Swarm Unreal Tournament mod, came out of nowhere in July 2010 and for a while grabbed everyone's attention.
Now, Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop is available for free on Steam. This is a version of the game expanded by a dedicated team of modders; arguably the most important addition is the support for Steam Workshop, which should allow the community to produce and share a ton of user-made maps and thus increase longevity by a significant amount.
- Tactical co-op for up to 8 players with a top-down perspective
- Steam Workshop support for community maps and challenges
- New co-operative campaigns
- Challenges: Modifications of the game, just like Mutations in Left 4 Dead 2
- PvP: Deathmatch, Gun Game, Instagib, and Team Deathmatch
- Singleplayer: Play with improved bots on all our official maps
- New Aliens: HL2 antlion guards and more
- New Weapons: Desert Eagle, Devastator, and Combat Rifle, with more to come
- Over 100 Steam achievements
- Leaderboards: compete with your friends for the fastest mission completion
- Improved spectating: see hacking minigames and mouse movements in real time
In case you've played it already, let us know if it's still any fun.
About the author: With over two decades of experience in gaming journalism, Alessio Palumbo has led the gaming vertical at Wccftech since August 2015. He started working at a young age for Italian websites like Everyeye.it, Gamestar.it, Nextgame.it, and Multiplayer.it before kickstarting the indie English-language publication Worlds Factory as its founder and Editor in Chief. In the last decade, he has coordinated the overall output of Wccftech's gaming section, managed PR relations, assigned reviews, produced daily news coverage, edited gaming content as needed, and delivered game reviews. Arguably, his trademark content is the long series of exclusive developer interviews that have been cited by Wikipedia and by the biggest news media and gaming publications. His passion for technology also makes him knowledgeable when it comes to gaming hardware and tech. His favorite genres include RPGs, MMORPGs, and action/adventure games.
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