Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop

Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop

BANGER · Multiplayer · 2017

Steam Deck Unsupported

The verdict

PLAY IT.

A BANGER, and it costs nothing.

PriceS
Free to play
ReviewsS
95% of 23,874
Genre rank
Top 1% Multiplayer

Time and effort

Typical playtime
7.7h
To 100%
36.1h 4.7x the story
Achievements
198

Players and genre

Online
267 now
Recent reviews
95% 30 days
Better reviewed
99% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

68% start to <1% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

A game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

Its score puts it in the top 1 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 99 percent of its genre. It outscores the games it most resembles, including Shadowgrounds ($6.99, scores 57) and Alien Breed: Impact ($9.99, scores 34).

It is still busy. 267 players were online when we last checked, on Nov 1, 12:45 UTC, across 35 days of weekly checks.

More about Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop

HowLongToBeat players log 7.7 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 36, 4.7 times as much.

Buy now or wait

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

Raising the score
Cost per hourFree
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
Holding it back
Reach350K+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). A free game has no price to weigh, so this is its value read
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
RefundsFree
A free game cannot be refunded, so the label never applies
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

Co-operative top-down shooter game available for free. An epic bug hunt featuring a unique blend of co-op play and squad-level tactics.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 7 GB of storage. Windows only.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop scores 86/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/563560/alien-swarm-reactive-drop
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Reviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 31. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Details

DeveloperReactive Drop Team
PublisherReactive Drop Team
GenreMultiplayer
Released2017
Players350Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements198