# Alien Swarm Summer DB entity ID: e65cb82e\-d050\-4c05\-814c\-b50a9c55bc41 Steam App ID: 630 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 ## Game information - Type: game - Developer: Valve - Publisher: Valve - Release date: Jul 19, 2010 - Coming soon: false - Free to play: true - Parent Steam app: Not collected - Genres: Action, Free To Play - Categories: Single\-player, Multi\-player, Co\-op, Steam Achievements, Captions available, Camera Comfort, Color Alternatives, Custom Volume Controls, Adjustable Difficulty, Stereo Sound, Surround Sound, Steam Cloud, Stats, Includes level editor, Family Sharing - Platforms: windows - Website: Not collected - Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/630/ss\_5ed4a9e439d1a0c8565fccfc0c1517c8e9d16782\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1763407010, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/630/ss\_3ff2a00e1a49ada20e867b9338e6e47572b046af\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1763407010, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/630/ss\_7cb03cfc18380d42d28cae781328cebb40a3a983\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1763407010, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/630/ss\_5939e72b222a95288ad3ac6eb69b956c57f7df2e\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1763407010, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/630/ss\_c95b51026c6523796a6d9fe6ddbfd31558d04af5\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1763407010, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/630/ss\_dcb8eb8382e5a93b98107d8c5bc8a03458394da9\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1763407010, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/630/ss\_1f1d196ebb925cb93caf845e7e352e85542d9e76\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1763407010, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/630/ss\_b39b5cef6ad3176e0f80e7509c227032a22967d8\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1763407010, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/630/ss\_18f754afc528d82d9c91c52227a3acb215505f34\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1763407010, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/630/ss\_af9de9ae848cd98b099b636e917e8bd550998d32\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1763407010 - Price: Not collected - Price country: Not collected ## Observed metrics - Current players: 23 - Steam review count: 21634 - Steam positive reviews: 20518 - Steam negative reviews: 1116 - Steam positive percentage: 94.84145326800407% - 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/e65cb82e-d050-4c05-814c-b50a9c55bc41/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/e65cb82e-d050-4c05-814c-b50a9c55bc41/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\-28T17:08:24\.353685\+00:00 - Player count observed: 2026\-09\-28T17:08:26\.000438\+00:00 - Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-28T17:08:25\.342576\+00:00 Full provenance: \{"urls":\{"price":null,"catalog":"https://api\.steampowered\.com/IStoreService/GetAppList/v1/","details":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/app/630/","players":"https://api\.steampowered\.com/ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers/v1/?appid=630","reviews":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/appreviews/630"\},"price":null,"source":"steam","catalog":"2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00","country":"US","details":"2026\-09\-28T17:08:24\.353685\+00:00","players":"2026\-09\-28T17:08:26\.000438\+00:00","reviews":"2026\-09\-28T17:08:25\.342576\+00:00","language":"en","editorial":null,"membership":"store\_catalog","observations":\{"price":null,"catalog":"bebe900f\-9e4e\-4ff0\-ae93\-56fb962f6f5a","details":"8501182f\-9493\-46fb\-87f0\-2009704c6871","players":"6b4bdcdb\-4742\-4f37\-be67\-cbee24940129","reviews":"9d654774\-3d9f\-4f07\-8531\-9a95098a665d"\},"reviewFilters":\{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}\} Native rating methodology: \{"count":0,"average":null,"entityId":"e65cb82e\-d050\-4c05\-814c\-b50a9c55bc41","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/630/) · [JSON](/api/v1/games/e65cb82e-d050-4c05-814c-b50a9c55bc41)