Alien Breed 3: Descent
Skip · Shooter · 2010
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 33, under the fair line, at $9.99.
- Cost per hour▼
- $1.92/hr
- Reviews▼
- 74% of 627
- Critics
- 64 players 10 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 59% Shooter
Holding it back: Reviews, Cost per hour
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 5.2h
- To 100%
- 8.1h 1.6x the story
- Achievements
- 13
Price and sales
- Sales
- 110 on record
- Typical cut
- 80% off
- Steam low
- $0.99 June 2016
- Sale every
- 36d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 0 now
- Cheaper than
- 46% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 38% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
22% start to 6% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
It has been discounted 110 times in the 14 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 80 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 5 days ago.
It is less well reviewed than 62 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Alien Breed: Impact ($9.99, scores 34) beats it on value, while it beats Alien Breed 2: Assault ($1.99, scores 30).
More about Alien Breed 3: Descent
The press gave it 64; the people who bought it give it 74 percent. A 10-point gap in the buyer's favour.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 5 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
The game is not bad, quite short, but that's good because it gets repetitive quickly. The story is not bad. The explosions could have been smaller and the controls more stable. For me, the big minus is the upgrade system. Too small and too expensive. There are only three upgrades for the hero, for each weapon there are also three, but you can only use one and most always for more power. And nothing is saved if you...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Alien Breed 3: Descent is the climactic finale of Team17's modern revival of the classic Alien Breed series, delivering a tightly focused, action-heavy conclusion that leans into spectacle, pressure, and mechanical refinement rather than reinvention. Designed as the third chapter in an episodic trilogy, the game assumes familiarity with its predecessors and escalates their ideas into a relentless descent toward...
This game is a slog to get through. Boring as hell, and it's way longer than it's supposed to, like 3 hours longer at least. I liked the first one, the second was a bit boring by the end, but this is just bad from the start. There is always a locked door, a missing key card, an elevator power surge or a flood to drain, everything is designed to waste your time and prolong the gametime. And the character is stuck on...
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About the game
Experience the final explosive chapter in the Alien Breed series and uncover the horrifying truth surrounding the existence of the Breed. Launch discount good thru Nov. 24 10am PST.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, NVIDIA 6800+ or ATI Radeon X700+ Video Card, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
Cite this score
Alien Breed 3: Descent scores 33/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/22670/alien-breed-3-descentReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 6, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.