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Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair

Steam Player Count & Twitch Viewers / Streams
// updated 3 min ago
Steam Players
135
-38 // vs 7d ago
135 // 24 hr peak
Twitch Viewers
1
-4 // vs 7d ago
15 // 24 hr peak
Twitch Streams
1
0 // vs 7d ago
3 // 24 hr peak
Date Steam Players Twitch Viewers
Aug 231357
Aug 221178
Aug 21885
Aug 20883
Aug 19921
Aug 18932
Aug 171323

Summary

Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair currently has 1 live Twitch viewers across 1 active streams, with viewership down 4 compared to the same time last week.

On Steam, it currently has 135 concurrent players, down 38 compared to the same time last week.

Over the 8 months we've tracked it, Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair's Steam players peaked at 214 and Twitch viewers peaked at 4,305.

Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair monthly player & viewer history

Month Steam AvgSteam Peak Twitch AvgTwitch Peak
Aug 2026
month to date
103
▼ -3
155
5
76
Jul 2026
106
▼ -4
170
5
▲ +1
37
Jun 2026
110
▲ +1
155
4
38
May 2026
109
▲ +11
171
4
▲ +2
70
Apr 2026
98
▼ -2
137
2
▼ -1
58
Mar 2026
100
▲ +7
157
3
▼ -1
68
Feb 2026
93
▼ -17
175
4
▼ -8
31
Jan 2026
110
214
12
4,305

Monthly averages and peak concurrent Steam players and Twitch viewers, since we began tracking Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair.

About

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."

Genres
Platforms
PlayStation 4PC (Microsoft Windows)
Developer
Sandlot
Publisher
XSEED Games, PQube, D3 Publisher
Release Date
April 2, 2015
Game Modes
Single playerMultiplayerCo-operativeSplit screen
Perspective
Third person
Themes
ActionScience fictionWarfare

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