Earthfall (Incl. Invasion Update)

Alien drones flood the forests, suburbs, and industrial sites of the Pacific Northwest, turning familiar American landscapes into desperate last stands. Earthfall delivers a fast, four-player cooperative FPS built around holding the line against overwhelming extraterrestrial swarms while pushing toward evacuation, supplies, or the next defensible position. Its tone sits squarely between sci-fi disaster movie and arcade horde shooter: loud, tense, and most satisfying when a team barely survives a collapsing defense. The Invasion Update expands the package with additional content and reinforces its focus on replayable squad-based alien hunting.

Each mission sends up to four players, or a mix of players and AI partners, through scripted campaign objectives punctuated by huge attacks. Gunplay favors practical teamwork: players scavenge firearms and futuristic weapons, revive downed allies, watch flanks, and save powerful equipment for the moment an alien wave breaks through. Portable barricades are especially important, since they can be upgraded with electrical or incendiary effects to reshape chokepoints, while mounted turrets offer precious firepower during set-piece defenses. Fifteen story-focused levels provide a clear campaign structure, but shifting enemy pressure and the need to coordinate resources keep familiar encounters from playing exactly the same way twice.

Earthfall’s strongest idea is its use of deployable defenses in a Left 4 Dead-style format, giving squads more control over how they survive each siege. The alien roster includes quick drones, heavier threats, and disruptive special enemies that force players to move rather than simply camp behind cover. Pacific Northwest environments provide a welcome alternative to the usual ruined-city apocalypse, mixing rainy woodland routes, damaged highways, and abandoned facilities with clean sci-fi enemy technology. Fans of Left 4 Dead, World War Z, or co-op shooters that reward communication find an accessible, action-heavy alternative here, while genre veterans get the most from higher difficulties and a coordinated four-person group.