Natural Selection 2 overview

Overview

Natural Selection 2 comes from Unknown Worlds Entertainment and is published by Unknown Worlds Entertainment, KRAFTON, Inc.. It arrived on Steam on Oct 30, 2012, and it sits naturally among Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud, and Valve Anti-Cheat enabled. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Natural Selection 2's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 52 players at 22 September 2026 - 04:18:36 UTC, with a tracked peak near 9,429. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 85% positive across 13,322 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Natural Selection 2 is available in 10 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Natural Selection 2 has sold up to 2,400,000 units and has 8,636 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $26,900,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Natural Selection 2 overview details

Natural Selection 2 combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Natural Selection 2 pits alien against human in an action-packed struggle for survival. Wield devastating weaponry as a Frontiersman marine, or become the xenomorph as a deadly Kharaa lifeform. Strategy Meets Shooter Natural Selection 2 is a First Person Shooter and Real Time Stategy game rolled into one! Each team, alien and human, has a Commander. The Commander looks down on the battlefield and issues orders, places structures, collects resources, researches technology, and deploys abilities. Here are some gameplay examples: A human Commander could drop health packs and ammunition to a trapped marine squad, and deploy sentry guns to help them defend their position. Or an alien Commander could grow a new Hive to spread infestation throughout newly captured territory, allowing more alien eggs to spawn... Two Unique Sides Aliens players choose to evolve into one of five lifeforms: The fast, fearsome Skulk can run on walls and deliver massive damage with its jaws. Lerks fly and deploy gasses to support their teammates in battle. Gorges heal other lifeforms and build tunnels, hydra turrets, walls, and other tactical structures. Fades blink in and out of battle, picking off marines with giant scythes. Finally, the giant Onos is so massive and so tough, that even entire marine squads can't take it down. Marines wield rifles, shotguns, grenade launchers, pistols, and other weapons. Cluster grenades can clear ventilation shafts of sneaky Skulks, flamethrowers make short work of alien structures and infestation, and boosts dropped by the Commander increase combat effectiveness.…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Natural Selection 2 is listed as a game with $4.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud, and Valve Anti-Cheat enabled, and is associated with Action, Indie, and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 52 players at 22 September 2026 - 04:18:36 UTC, a tracked peak of 9,429, and 85% positive reviews.

Overview tags

MultiplayerStrategyFPSTeam-BasedActionSci-fiRTSAliensIndieCompetitiveShooterCo-opTacticalModdableFirst-Person

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