# Natural Selection 2 Summer DB entity ID: 042c0337\-40fb\-4108\-9405\-b067976365eb Steam App ID: 4920 Natural Selection 2 pits alien against human in an action\-packed struggle for survival\. Wield devastating weaponry as a Frontiersman marine, or become the xenomorph as a deadly Kharaa lifeform\. Strategy Meets Shooter Natural Selection 2 is a First Person Shooter and Real Time Stategy game rolled into one\! Each team, alien and human, has a Commander\. The Commander looks down on the battlefield and issues orders, places structures, collects resources, researches technology, and deploys abilities\. Here are some gameplay examples: A human Commander could drop health packs and ammunition to a trapped marine squad, and deploy sentry guns to help them defend their position\. Or an alien Commander could grow a new Hive to spread infestation throughout newly captured territory, allowing more alien eggs to spawn\.\.\. Two Unique Sides Aliens players choose to evolve into one of five lifeforms: The fast, fearsome Skulk can run on walls and deliver massive damage with its jaws\. Lerks fly and deploy gasses to support their teammates in battle\. Gorges heal other lifeforms and build tunnels, hydra turrets, walls, and other tactical structures\. Fades blink in and out of battle, picking off marines with giant scythes\. Finally, the giant Onos is so massive and so tough, that even entire marine squads can't take it down\. Marines wield rifles, shotguns, grenade launchers, pistols, and other weapons\. Cluster grenades can clear ventilation shafts of sneaky Skulks, flamethrowers make short work of alien structures and infestation, and boosts dropped by the Commander increase combat effectiveness\. When attacking on foot doesn't cut it, marines can construct hulking Exosuits wielding miniguns and railguns, and equip jetpacks for high speed assaults on alien Hives\. Long Term Development Natural Selection 2 receives constant updates\. This year, 2019, Unknown Worlds continues to develop new features, content, and improvements\. Mod Tools Come Standard Natural Selection 2 comes with all the tools we used to make the game\. All game code is open source\. That means you can create, and play, an endless variety of mods\. Publish, share, and download mods from the Steam Workshop, and automatically download mods when you join modded games\. Digital Deluxe Edition Digital Deluxe Edition includes: Official Soundtrack \- 1 hour of tribal, industrial music composed by David John and Simon Chylinski Digital Art Book \- 40\+ pages of art by Cory Strader, including environments, creatures, weapons and more Exclusive in\-game marine model \- Exclusive in\-game marine model \- A new marine model with custom visor and armor plating Exclusive Wallpapers and Avatars \- Unique views of the NS2 universe by Amanda Diaz ## Game information - Type: game - Developer: Unknown Worlds Entertainment - Publisher: Unknown Worlds Entertainment, KRAFTON, Inc\. - Release date: Oct 30, 2012 - Coming soon: false - Free to play: false - Parent Steam app: Not collected - Genres: Action, Indie, Strategy - Categories: Multi\-player, PvP, Online PvP, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud, Valve Anti\-Cheat enabled, Includes level editor, Family Sharing - Platforms: windows - Website: Not collected - Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/4920/ss\_e55c4b54f2bc24913c964799d9e670abfaf36162\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1747384807, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/4920/ss\_742bc553cb1dbdf30267fc27d9ee1c0bdca0e618\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1747384807, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/4920/ss\_3133c9810b2d299b37469f2028fd4fa31104f81b\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1747384807, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/4920/ss\_b1be220526cea4de4145ff40859a462df0857050\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1747384807, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/4920/ss\_f3e4d1591b6f0e47332ecee45f5703cc6b48b945\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1747384807, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/4920/ss\_5d32bdbac2c2bac3dad4198e0635bced39529c1a\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1747384807, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/4920/ss\_7f2b2488e6085687a5bbbbfa2103284552702675\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1747384807, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/4920/ss\_e2d64b3f5bebb114483333de25b6170b5c76a001\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1747384807, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/4920/ss\_9e86c8e421df3fe0e0c409d85b6a64903318cb9f\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1747384807, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/4920/ss\_5383789bf3070a378442de7a8759f9585d384dd6\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1747384807, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/4920/ss\_905f53ffbfc6ec3ac91c2ef1a3ab3c1859ff8c76\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1747384807, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/4920/ss\_201c5716c6407b933c5e312453f0e15ff5e1e865\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1747384807, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/4920/ss\_157034131436169fd7071afd4e57edf91f8ee8a8\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1747384807, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/4920/ss\_811d90e14b2e3695b269748fcf35eed1cb2e8a99\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1747384807, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/4920/ss\_e6a7500fd8a438cf319482c6f18d6d6c5cc53164\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1747384807, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/4920/ss\_9adbec17855ad80d1fcaa7cd015788702c76e138\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1747384807, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/4920/ss\_7d155bff1a299b85fdf57f7d422ccbb80fd9c238\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1747384807, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/4920/ss\_0fbbd5ce346933df567947ee5c191d9040fea550\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1747384807, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/4920/ss\_66ba0f200e13fe18b836edbf4c4c16f01d49a05d\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1747384807, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/4920/ss\_e5dd54000eb0a58f2440938c0fe0b6ea36da21a5\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1747384807, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/4920/ss\_32548200de20d0ff9bff112aedfa77e6f5ad2b90\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1747384807, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/4920/ss\_9435049edf354a2ba3a0f05e5a7887f3a8c2710c\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1747384807, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/4920/ss\_1af83b13255e621937c4e1a66d4d25cfabe12af6\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1747384807, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/4920/ss\_dbeddc6fdc36130aec837236917843ed86ee06e5\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1747384807, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/4920/ss\_4ce96ebf2c8a6d3380ee2c11b56786c100a6959f\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1747384807 - Price: 499 minor units USD; discount 0% - Price country: US ## Observed metrics - Current players: 73 - Steam review count: 13374 - Steam positive reviews: 11385 - Steam negative reviews: 1989 - Steam positive percentage: 85.1278600269179% - Summer DB rating: No native votes Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\} ## Player history [Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/042c0337-40fb-4108-9405-b067976365eb/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/042c0337-40fb-4108-9405-b067976365eb/player-metrics?days=7) Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown. ## Sources and freshness - Catalog membership: store\_catalog - Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00 - Details observed: 2026\-09\-28T17:17:13\.183838\+00:00 - Player count observed: 2026\-09\-28T17:17:15\.744836\+00:00 - Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-28T17:17:15\.574827\+00:00 Full provenance: \{"urls":\{"price":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/app/4920/","catalog":"https://api\.steampowered\.com/IStoreService/GetAppList/v1/","details":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/app/4920/","players":"https://api\.steampowered\.com/ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers/v1/?appid=4920","reviews":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/appreviews/4920"\},"price":"2026\-09\-28T17:17:13\.183838\+00:00","source":"steam","catalog":"2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00","country":"US","details":"2026\-09\-28T17:17:13\.183838\+00:00","players":"2026\-09\-28T17:17:15\.744836\+00:00","reviews":"2026\-09\-28T17:17:15\.574827\+00:00","language":"en","editorial":null,"membership":"store\_catalog","observations":\{"price":"9bd4686f\-590d\-46fe\-91ee\-afd751055e6b","catalog":"005c7b92\-992d\-4c73\-b198\-66f07432f882","details":"7e4e4942\-9f3e\-4eaf\-bd4a\-22475d13860c","players":"e15cfbb1\-9556\-4449\-a0dd\-65a8b0908c35","reviews":"bffad1fe\-160e\-433f\-bcdd\-9a023ddf132d"\},"reviewFilters":\{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}\} Native rating methodology: \{"count":0,"average":null,"entityId":"042c0337\-40fb\-4108\-9405\-b067976365eb","revision":0,"observedAt":null,"methodology":"arithmetic\-v1","distribution":\[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0\]\} Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted. [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4920/) · [JSON](/api/v1/games/042c0337-40fb-4108-9405-b067976365eb)