How many people are playing EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair right now?

78 people are playing EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair on Steam right now, making it the 1272nd most played game on Steam. In the last 24 hours it peaked at 190 players. The number updates every few minutes.

What is EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair's all-time peak player count?

EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair's highest concurrent player count on Steam is 5,931, reached in July 2016.

Is EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair good? What do Steam reviews say?

95% of 7,806 Steam user reviews are positive (Overwhelmingly Positive).

Does EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair work on Steam Deck?

EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair is Playable on Steam Deck (with small issues), according to Valve's Steam Deck compatibility check.

EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair

by SANDLOT · published by D3PUBLISHER · Released Jul 19, 2016

Steam Deck PlayableLinux & Deck: Gold

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Players now

#1,272

▼ 27.8%vs 24h ago · updates every minute

Review score

95% positive

Overwhelmingly Positive7,806 reviews

Owners (est.)1M–2M

24h peak

190

Highest seen5,931

Jul 201610.3 years ago

Price on Steam

$8.99 −55%

$19.99Lowest ever $8.99 Nov 2026

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Players -27.8% in the last 24 hoursUpdated 02:01 UTC · tracking since 2016-07-01

Concurrent players

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$8.99

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Editions and bundles on Steam

EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New DespairEdition
−55% $19.99 $8.99
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−73% $37.98 $10.43
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Reviews

95% positive of 7,806 · Overwhelmingly Positive · Live from Steam

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Steam Deck

Works, but may need extra effort. Results from Valve's own testing.

Steam Deck Playable

!Default controller config not fully functional
!Controller glyphs do not match deck device
!Text input does not automatically invokes keyboard
✓Interface text is legible
✓Default configuration is performant
iExternal controllers not supported local multiplayer

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Patches & builds

Every build released on Steam for this game since we started tracking it, with the developer's patch notes. Updated within minutes of each new build.

Aug 10, 2016, 8:32 AM UTC
Build 1271537the current build when we started tracking7.4 GB on Windows

Patch notes

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History

What changed on Steam for this game since we started following it: prices and sales, builds, name, release date and review score.

Review score: 95% on 2026-11-01 → 95% today (7,806 reviews)

Nov 3, 2026Sale −55%$8.99 (was $19.99)
Oct 31, 2026Price$19.99

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DLC

18 items on Steam, newest first.

Mission Pack 2: Extreme Battle
$4.91−59%89% positive
Mission Pack 1: Time of the Mutants
$4.91−59%90% positive
Volatile Napalm
$0.9975% positive
Spark Lancer
$0.99100% positive
Reflectron Laser
$0.9983% positive
Pure Decoy Launcher 5 Pack B [Seira] [Miyabi] [Noko] [Mitsuki] [Anju]
$0.99100% positive
Pure Decoy Launcher 5 Pack A [Karia] [Moegi] [Chiri] [Ouka] [Rinrin]
$0.9975% positive
Ifrit
$0.9937% positive
Gleipnir
$0.9970% positive
Gigantus Tank, Natsuiro HS Markings
$2.9980% positive
Gigantus Tank, EDF IFPS Markings
$2.9966% positive
Gigantus Tank, Bullet Girls Marking
$2.9933% positive
Gigantus DCC-Zero Marking
$2.99100% positive
Gigantus DCC-Gogo. Marking
$2.99100% positive
Depth Crawler Gold Coat
$1.99100% positive
Blood Storm
$0.9980% positive
BM03 Vegalta Gold
$1.9933% positive
Sting Shot
$0.99100% positive

DLC

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Trading cards

6 cards. Buying one of each costs $0.39, which crafts this game's badge; the foil set costs $1.91.

Foil cards (6)

Prices checked 2026-11-02, lowest Steam Community Market listing in US dollars.

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