Natural Selection 2

A fast paced multiplayer shooter that pits aliens against humans in a strategic and action-packed struggle for survival!

Natural Selection 2 is a multiplayer, strategy and fps game developed and published by Unknown Worlds Entertainment.
Released on October 30th 2012 is available only on Windows in 10 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Finnish, Romanian, Swedish and Czech.

It has received 13,080 reviews of which 11,157 were positive and 1,923 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Natural Selection 2 into these genres:

Multiplayer Strategy FPS Team-Based Action Sci-fi RTS Aliens Indie Competitive Shooter Co-op Tactical Moddable First-Person Space Futuristic Atmospheric Online Co-Op Adventure

Media & Screenshots

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Requirements

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Windows

OS:7 64-Bit (SP1) or Windows 10 64-Bit
Processor:Dual-core processor 2.4 GHz (Intel Core 2 Duo, i3), 2.6 GHz (AMD Athlon or FX)
Memory:6 GB RAM
Graphics:DirectX 11 compatible dedicated video card with 2 GB VRAM
DirectX®:11.0
Hard Drive:13 GB HD space
Other Requirements:Broadband Internet connection

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Nov. 2024

Commander plays RTS, infantry plays shooter Small online, many nerds Very long and difficult achievements 4/10 not a bad game, but not for me

Nov. 2024

This game is a sad lost gem, avoiding by many because it's old or hard to learn. I had amazing 60-70 minutes matches on this game and even had some decent shit talking moments where it's actually allowed in this game. It's just a damn shame not many people play it.

Nov. 2024

I really love the concept of this game. It's a pity nowadays there is nothing simillar.

Aug. 2024

For $5 this game is an absolute steal, still has an active community, addicting competitive fps gameplay on the marines mixed with movement mechanics that would make "bhoppers" blush granting extreme mastery as aliens. Even if you never play Commander the game is enjoyable. If you do play commander, you will find a nice level of depth that RTS players will enjoy. Newbie friendly servers are pretty popular and always at least one is full. My main complaint is the netcode. Even at 90ms you get killed around corners as aliens a lot. No killcam means sometimes you experience deaths that really make you scratch your head. The developers have ceased active development on this game so don't get your hopes up. There's also a matchmaking mode that is totally broken, and apparently only populated by idlers who want to receive the rewards, so you have to use the server browser and you will never experience those rewards since they never enabled the progression for non-matched play. What's there is fun, despite these flaws.

March 2024

After playing this game for 3500 hours, literally 5 months of my life. I guess I should give it a review. This game is certainly unique for many reasons. For a start, the game is inaptly named “natural selection” which is a cosmetic make-up line. Anyway; it's like a hybrid game of the films ‘Aliens’ and ‘Starship Troopers’. It's predominantly FPS of Aliens versus marines in an enclosed map where both sides fight for territory and resources. The more resources a team has, the more and quicker weapons and upgrades can be obtained. The stand-out feature of this game is that both sides have a commander who sees a Real-Time-Strategy (RTS) top down view of the play area. The commander controls the upgrade choices and allegedly gives out instructions for players to follow. The game's last on average 20-25 minutes, there is a finite end. The game has quite a steep learning curve, particularly the Alien weapons, upgrades and different creatures (lifeforms). I'd recommend you play the tutorials first and start with marines; their weapons and upgrades are easily more intuitive. I would strongly recommend not going commander until you have at least a hundred hours of gameplay experience. Players are extremely unforgiving of mistakes the commander makes or what they perceive as an incorrect strategy or incorrect choice of upgrades. The game is still very much alive and there are usually 6 or so full servers around the world. You will certainly be able to play. The players, as they are usually hardened pros, can be impatient with new players. My advice is just ask questions politely and stick at it! The reward from understanding the game and the intense ferocity of play is quite an adrenaline rushing. There's a reason why the players get so intense and upset, it means so much to win and feels so darned bad to lose. Understand, this isn't ‘capture the flag’ LoL. I have given this game so much of my game-playing time because it is a fast paced, complex strategy game with seemingly endless strategies and counter strategies that can be tried. The developers have seriously gone above and beyond themselves to design, plan and code this game. It would be great if there were more like it but unfortunately that is the reason why I have stuck with it for so long. It truly is a unique game.

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4.99€

8.3

11,157

1,923

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Developer

Unknown Worlds Entertainment

Publisher

Unknown Worlds Entertainment

Release 30 Oct 2012

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