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Sandlot· XSEED Games· 2015· PS4 · PC
ShooterAdventureScience fictionWarfare

This updated version of Earth Defense Force 2025 marks the series first current-gen appearance. It sports improved performance, new content amounting to more than 50 percent of the original, two-player local co-op, and four player online co-op. The game is also being ported to PC "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. As an EDF soldier you will go head to head in fierce combat against the hordes of giant alien insects and their slaughtering machines. Play as four different classes in over 80 missions with a range of 800 weapons at your disposal. The most overwhelmingly numerous forces of Ravagers the series has ever seen will take the EDF fighters to the depths of despair and back! Online co-op play supported."

Trailer

What is Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair about?

"2013 was the first year we spotted them. We had no way of knowing what they were back then; just blips and warbles on the scanners, far out in space, slowly heading our way. Some of us hoped they were elder beings, coming to share their wisdom or take us to a better place. We all hoped that, really, but some of us had the foresight to plan for other possibilities, and that's how Earth Defense Force was born. It took four years to corral the world's militaries into assembling and equipping a joint task force. By the time all the petty politics were out of the way, we scarcely had time to train the troops. Not knowing what to expect, we ran EDF through every sci-fi scenario we could imagine. Then, in 2017, they arrived. And they opened fire. Not just from the sky, with their starships and battle machines, but from underneath the ground as well, with swarms and swarms of giant mutant insects. We called the aliens Ravagers, and across the globe, they lived up to that name. Only EDF, with their specialized weapons and training, stood a chance. Finally, after the bloodiest war in history, EDF blasted the last Ravager off the planet. We thought that was the end of it. It had to be. But now, eight short years later, humanity's worst nightmare has come true: What we'd faced had only been the first wave. The Ravagers are back, with new enhanced creatures and machines. Fortunately, EDF has stayed vigilant all this time, and they've put those eight years to good use. With new weapons, new units, and even giants of our own, humanity is ready to go another round, and by the time we're done, they'll never want to come back again."

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Should I stream Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair on Twitch?

0/100 · Closed off· 12 viewers per streamer on paper

Probably not. The only English stream here holds all 12 English viewers — once you take it out there is nothing left to reach.

The only English stream here holds all 12 English viewers. There is nothing left over for a second.

Almost nobody here is available to you — either a couple of streams hold the room, or nobody is watching in English, or the category is empty, or you would be buried.

This reads the room as it is right now — how much of the English-speaking audience is reachable and where you would land — not how many followers you would gain. That depends on you.

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How many people stream Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair?

Right now

1 right now, to 12 viewers between them. Counted live from Twitch and refreshed every 15 minutes.

Is Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair too saturated on Twitch?

Not crowded, but not open either. Only 1 person is streaming Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair, and the one English stream holds all 12 English viewers — so the room is quiet because that audience is already committed, not because it is waiting for you.

Who you're up against

Biggest streams of 1 live right now

Is Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair any good?

Players score it 66 out of 100 from 29 ratings, and critics 66 out of 100.

66Critics10 outlets
66Players29 ratings

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Details

Released
Apr 2, 2015 · 12 years ago
Time to finish
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Playing on Steam
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Price
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Modes
Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Perspective
Third person
Rated
ESRB M
Biggest stream
12 (100% of the category)
Typical stream
12 viewers (median)
Count accuracy
Exact — every live stream counted

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Updated Oct 25, 2026, 9:39 PM UTC