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EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 6

70% positive · 7,161 Steam reviews · released Jul 25, 2024 · by SANDLOT

ActionThird-Person ShooterShooterOnline Co-Op3DSci-fiPvESingleplayer

What it likely sold — estimate, stated as a range on purpose

Lifetime units: ~189,050 (P10–P90: 75,620 – 415,910)

Gross revenue: ~$9,299,710 ($3,719,884 – $20,459,362)

Estimate, method v1.0 — before Steam's ~30% share, refunds and VAT. The band means: we'd be surprised if the truth sat outside it. How we estimate

Player voice — measured shares of Steam thumbs, never a model

Last 90 days: 82% positive across 91 stored reviews. Action games with 100+ reviews typically sit around 84% (median of 3353 games).

Story & writing84% positive · 56 mentions
“This game has terrible voice acting, a goofy story, and I love it. It's like playing a B movie.”Recommended · Steam review · Feb 2026 · 17 h played
Multiplayer & community81% positive · 42 mentions
“Earth Defence Force has become very routine in the past 6 entries, essentially acting as small updates to each previous installation adding a new map here, a few new weapon models there, some new enemy types, removing some older ones - a…”Recommended · Steam review · Jun 2026 · 101 h played
Performance & stability63% positive · 41 mentions
“Earth Defence Force has become very routine in the past 6 entries, essentially acting as small updates to each previous installation adding a new map here, a few new weapon models there, some new enemy types, removing some older ones - a…”Recommended · Steam review · Jun 2026 · 101 h played
Content & longevity79% positive · 34 mentions
“Earth Defence Force has become very routine in the past 6 entries, essentially acting as small updates to each previous installation adding a new map here, a few new weapon models there, some new enemy types, removing some older ones - a…”Recommended · Steam review · Jun 2026 · 101 h played
Price & value58% positive · 31 mentions
“Earth Defence Force has become very routine in the past 6 entries, essentially acting as small updates to each previous installation adding a new map here, a few new weapon models there, some new enemy types, removing some older ones - a…”Recommended · Steam review · Jun 2026 · 101 h played
Difficulty & balance72% positive · 25 mentions
“Earth Defence Force has become very routine in the past 6 entries, essentially acting as small updates to each previous installation adding a new map here, a few new weapon models there, some new enemy types, removing some older ones - a…”Recommended · Steam review · Jun 2026 · 101 h played
Gameplay & mechanics77% positive · 22 mentions
“Earth Defence Force has become very routine in the past 6 entries, essentially acting as small updates to each previous installation adding a new map here, a few new weapon models there, some new enemy types, removing some older ones - a…”Recommended · Steam review · Jun 2026 · 101 h played
Controls & UI65% positive · 17 mentions
“Most negative reviews will mention this is a copy/paste of EDF 5, just wanted to clarify for those that are considering buying EDF 6. This is far from the truth, this game has nearly 1.5x the content even if you discredit the 'copy'…”Recommended · Steam review · Jan 2026 · 51 h played
Visuals & audio67% positive · 15 mentions
“Most negative reviews will mention this is a copy/paste of EDF 5, just wanted to clarify for those that are considering buying EDF 6. This is far from the truth, this game has nearly 1.5x the content even if you discredit the 'copy'…”Recommended · Steam review · Jan 2026 · 51 h played

299 recent English reviews stored · topics keyword-matched · topics under 12 mentions stay hidden · methodology

Game DNA — store facts, community tag votes, labeled AI inference

Perspective

Third-person

Technology

3D

Art style

Anime

Setting

Sci-fi

How you play together

Single-playerMultiplayerCo-opOnline co-opLocal / split-screen co-op

Platform features

AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Cloud

Business model

Buy to play

Sources: Valve store fields · community tag votes · AI-inferred values are marked and drawn from a fixed vocabulary.

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