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EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair

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App ID 410320
App Type Game
Store Name EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair
Developer
Publisher D3PUBLISHER
Franchise EARTH DEFENSE FORCE SERIES
Supported Systems Windows
Last Changenumber 30032609
Last Record Update 13 July 2025 – 03:11:05 UTC ()
Release Date 19 July 2016 – 02:42:00 UTC ()
😍 92.20%
10k reviews
82
In-Game

It's a fight for the future of the planet between the Ravagers, a merciless swarm of alien invaders, and the Earth Defense Force (EDF) in this third-person shooter.Play as four different classes in over 80 missions with a range of 800 weapons at your disposal.Co-op play supported.

Additional Information

Developer SANDLOT
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metacritic_name Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair
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metacritic_score 79
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GameManualURL https://store.steampowered.com/manual/410320/
community_visible_stats Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher D3PUBLISHER
Store Release Date 19 July 2016 – 02:42:58 UTC ()
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Action (1)
Store Genres Action (1)
Steam Release Date 19 July 2016 – 02:42:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 16 November 2022 – 08:06:32 UTC () (1668585992)
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japanese地球防衛軍4.1 THE SHADOW OF NEW DESPAIR
review_score 9
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Detected Technologies (?) CRIWARE SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  • Note: This game does not support external Bluetooth/USB controllers on Deck for local multiplayer
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Note: Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  • Note: This game does not support external Bluetooth/USB controllers on SteamOS for local multiplayer
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 30 August 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 1271537
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Content Descriptors Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)
controllertagwizard Yes
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First seen on SteamDB 13 October 2015 – 02:50:01 UTC (), in changelist #1353156
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

2 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes Yes

Tags

💥 Action 🔫 Third-Person Shooter 🤝 Co-op 👥 Online Co-Op 👽 Aliens 🤖 Mechs 🚀 Sci-fi 👥 Local Co-Op 🌸 Anime 📺 Split Screen 😃 Funny 🕹️ Multiplayer 🔫 Shooter 🤖 Robots 💥 Destruction 🤡 Comedy 😓 Difficult 👤 Singleplayer 😖 Gore 🤣 Memes

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Cloud Remote Play on Phone Remote Play on Tablet Remote Play on TV Remote Play Together Family Sharing Multi-player Co-op Shared/Split Screen Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

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Bundles

ID Name % Set Created
6952 EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 WINGDIVER THE SHOOTER Bundle -5% No 3 November 2018 – 20:02:33 UTC

Store Packages

SubID Name Billing Type Last Update
81620 EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair Store or CD Key 10 July 2025 – 17:15:26 UTC

Packages

SubID Name Billing Type Last Update
81618 Earth Defense Forth 4.1 Developer Comp CD Key 21 October 2024 – 17:52:45 UTC
81619 Project One for Testing CD Key 7 December 2015 – 11:52:52 UTC

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