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"(Free) Co-operative multiplayer game and complete code base available for free. Made by Valve."

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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

System Requirements

Minimum:

OS: Windows® 7 / Vista / Vista64 / XP
Processor: Pentium 4 3.0GHz
Memory: 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista
Graphics: DirectX 9 compatible video card with 128 MB, Shader model 2.0. ATI X800, NVidia 6600 or better
Hard Drive: At least 2.5 GB of free space
Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card

Recommended:

OS: Windows® 7 / Vista / Vista64 / XP
Processor: Intel core 2 duo 2.4GHz
Memory: 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista
Graphics: DirectX 9 compatible video card with Shader model 3.0. NVidia 7600, ATI X1600 or better
Hard Drive: At least 2.5 GB of free space
Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card

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Posted: 15 August

The game of my childhood really. When i started playing this, i was still half a kid. Now i'm all grown up, but i still return to this game from time to time to give dem bugs some bullets and chainsaw into their face.

I love it. Best game ever.

12/10.

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Posted: 14 August

Fantastic free online coop game with increasing levels of difficulty.

Recommended for four players, creative strategies, characters and weapons.

Good luck!

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Posted: 14 August

awesome game and I would love to see a starship troopers mod for this.

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Posted: 14 August

Exciting and satisfying prequel to the hit series: "The X-Files"

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Posted: 13 August

PLEASE PUT THIS ON STEAM WORKSHOP SO WE CAN GET SOME NEW CONTENT!!!

THIS GAME IS AMAZING!

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Posted: 13 August

Amazing Gameplay You can go about yourself with other players and still Have a lot of fun, and even with friends which it could be even better is totally free of charge and really Game Hooking.

Highly Recommend it this game cannot Die.

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Posted: 13 August

Futuristic left 4 dead.

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Posted: 13 August

I liked it a lot. I liked that it had campaign, replayability to get the achievements, most I still want to get. I disliked that it was dropped...no more development.

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Posted: 12 August

G@buCh3 is right about Alien Swarm. It's great. I used to play with him when it came out... years ago... when I was young...

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Posted: 12 August

Great game, But the community is dead.
But hey, At least you get a hat for TF2! :)

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jmag1k

87 products in account

1 review

Posted: 17 July

PLEASE PUT THIS ON STEAM WORKSHOP SO WE CAN GET SOME NEW CONTENT!!!

THIS GAME IS AMAZING!

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El Salvadore

127 products in account

13 reviews

Posted: 5 August

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.

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Nutters22000

325 products in account

140 reviews

Posted: 19 July

Ive only played in practise mode but I was pleasantly surprised how good this is. All I need now is some friends to play coop with. Highly recommend 10/10

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Trevor

367 products in account

47 reviews

Posted: 21 July

Alien Swarm is a top-down shooter. The game has a campaign that can be played in co-op with up to four players. There are four classes available: Officer, Special Weapons, Medic and Tech. Each class has two characters with different stats for one or more of the following: aim, ammo, reload speed, special abilities speed and others.
It's a great short game, also it's free! It takes about 1-2h to finish, there are quite a few difficulty modes and other settings that add a lot of replay value to the game, such as friendly fire dealing more or less damage, and onslaught mode, which brings a high variety of enemies to the beginning of the game to make things more interesting.
Unfortunately not many people play it these days, but I still enjoy it from time to time. So if you are in need of a player, then just ask. I'll be more than happy to join, and I should be able to bring a few friends as well.

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G@buCh3

86 products in account

2 reviews

Posted: 24 July

Nice free 4-coop game from valve ! hit me up if you wanna play !

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Moradin

2 products in account

7 reviews

Posted: 5 August

good Co-op game, for LAN parties and such, but a very short story.

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Dave Mustaine

57 products in account

9 reviews

Posted: 23 July

It's a fun multiplayer game to enjoy with friends :D

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motionb

91 products in account

2 reviews

Posted: 27 July

I remember playing this 24/7 awhile ago.Its an amazing teamwork isometric game where you cna get upgrades,new tools,and even new guns without any money required.Each role is important so good teamwork usually means you win.

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