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EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN

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App ID 1039890
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher D3PUBLISHER
Franchise EARTH DEFENSE FORCE SERIES
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unreal Engine
Last Changenumber 30330169
Last Record Update 30 July 2025 – 15:05:13 UTC ()
Release Date 15 October 2019 – 07:01:00 UTC ()
😐 58.31%
1k reviews
6
In-Game
+9
💥 Action 🔫 Third-Person Shooter 😖 Gore 👊 Violent 🤝 Co-op

Save the world without hope. Year 2040. An action TPS where you will become one of the EDF soldiers and fight against the invaders from outer space which ruined the world. In the world settings which differs from the original "EARTH DEFENSE FORCE" series, more than 50 missions in five difficulties await for your challenge.

Additional Information

Developer YUKE'S
metacritic_name EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN
controller_support full
metacritic_score 65
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/earth-defense-force-iron-rain?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher D3PUBLISHER
Store Release Date 15 October 2019 – 07:01:42 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Action (1)
Store Genres Action (1)
Steam Release Date 15 October 2019 – 07:01:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 16 November 2022 – 08:11:21 UTC () (1668586281)
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Detected Technologies (?) Unreal Engine, NVIDIA_APEX SDK, NVIDIA_Nsight_Aftermath SDK, NVIDIA_PhysX SDK, NvCloth SDK, Ogg SDK, Vorbis SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
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  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 12 March 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 4335202
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Content Descriptors Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)
First seen on SteamDB 25 February 2019 – 02:36:36 UTC (), in changelist #5864367
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

9 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes
Traditional Chinese Yes Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Latin America Yes

Tags

💥 Action 🔫 Third-Person Shooter 😖 Gore 👊 Violent 🤝 Co-op 🤖 Mechs 👽 Aliens 🕹️ Multiplayer 👥 Online Co-Op 👥 Local Co-Op 🚀 Sci-fi 🦹 Character Customization 🏋️ Class-Based 😓 Difficult 📺 Split Screen 🌸 Anime

Categories

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Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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Steam charts

  • 6 players right now
  • 9 24-hour peak
  • 559 all-time peak 16 October 2019
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User reviews history

  • 😐 Mixed
  • 58.31% SteamDB Rating
  • 856 59.4% positive reviews
  • 586 40.6% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
15 October 2019 Steam Release -
20 March 2024 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Earth Defense Force UNITED! -
21 March 2025 ⇄ Humble Bundle: EARTH DEFENSE FORCE Collection -

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Steam player counter indicates there are currently 6 players live playing EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN on Steam.

EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN had an all-time peak of 559 concurrent players on 16 October 2019.

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