EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: WORLD BROTHERS 2
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: WORLD BROTHERS 2
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EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: WORLD BROTHERS
Developer YUKE'S
A new EDF adventure begins! Only this time, the action unfolds in a parallel world where the Earth is made of digital blocks. This world has befallen into chaos, as the once peaceful square Earth has been shattered into pieces. Shape aside, it is an Earth nonetheless which needs to be defended. From the Steam store page
281 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 2, 2026 · last updated Nov 2, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
78
LovedLoved
132 positive · 37 negative
95% range 71–84%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 132 | 37 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 30 | 3 | 56 |
| Lemmy * | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| Mastodon * | 4 | 0 | 6 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
329 of 409 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
79% recommend · 140 yes, 37 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 177 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (651 of 804 positive).
Players find it a fun, streamlined EDF spinoff with a lighter tone and voxel art. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note it lacks local co-op on PC, a feature present in other EDF games. [4][5][6] Several players recommend it for fans and newcomers, especially on sale. [7][8][9]
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No split screen for pc and no explanation given as to why its a console exclusive feature.
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For fans of EDF this is a great game! Worth 60$? I absolutely think so. For newcomers, this is a great place to start as well. The game makes a lot of great QOL changes to the formula that Sandlot should absolutely adopt. However, it can fall into the same trap as all other EDF games once you try to get to higher difficulties at times. You either have to grind a mind numbingly large amount of time to get better …
- [8]
DO NOT buy this unless you have 1-3 friends to play with since matchmaking is completely dead. Only 60 stages with unlockable higher difficulties (Hardest raises item levels to 3). Wait for a sale. Each map has the same amount of enemies regardless of how many players join. You will be targeted by everything if you play solo and some maps have multiple enemies with abilities that juggle your characters to death. Its …
- [13]
A weird game in the EDF Series to pin down. It's easier than other EDF Titles, which should attract newer players. It's simple art style and colorful aesthetics is inviting to most people. It's content is shorter than most EDF games. It's full of references that EDF fans should understand and like. But due to it being easier, a lot of fans didn't bother with it. But I'm having a blast, so far. It sort of is "baby's …
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Follow my Curator page, [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/41363546-Fruit-N-Doggie-Reviews/]Fruit N Doggie Reviews, so you can be updated whenever I post a new review. Overall Rating - Exceptional ★★★★★ First Impressions Although it'll look like I'm shouting, I picked up a copy of EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: WORLD BROTHERS (WB) recently. I've played a couple of the EDF games, and until this one was released, Iron …
Summarised from 34 of the 277 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
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Players who liked EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: WORLD BROTHERS talk about fun gameplay with character-switching and customization; those who didn't talk about no split-screen co-op on PC. Which matters more to you?
Reactions
60 of 281 · most liked firstYour PlayStation Plus Game Catalog lineup for August: 🐉 Mortal Kombat 1 🕸️ Marvel’s Spider-Man 🏄 Sword of the Sea 👾 Earth Defense Force 6 …and more, all available Aug 19. Full details: play.st/4mEVt3N
neutral · AI labelView post →I think the power of the Earth Defense Force series is that it is the most genuine game series in the history of humanity. If the dialogue says "there's 1,000 ants coming this way" the game stutters for a second as 1,000 ants instantiate. There's no lie in this game.
positive · AI labelView post →The new Earth Defense Force game looks a bit different...
neutral · AI labelView post →My take on video games with lots of enemies on screen at once is that Earth Defense Force is cool and also more smartly designed than it looks and that you should have to play at least one every year in order to have a license to say "[new, reasonably budgeted Japanese game] is like a PS2 game."
positive · AI labelView post →PS Plus Game Catalog | August 2025 ▪️Mortal Kombat 1 ▪️Marvel’s Spider-Man ▪️Sword of the Sea ▪️Earth Defense Force 6 ▪️Unicorn Overlord ▪️Atelier Ryza 3 ▪️Indika ▪️Harold Halibut ▪️Coral Island PS Premium Classics ▪️Resident Evil 2 ▪️Resident Evil 3: Nemesis ➡️ blog.playstation.com/2025/08/13/p... #PS5
neutral · AI labelView post →Video game: Earth Defense Force 2017 Language: English Country: United States
neutral · AI labelView post →I used to play everything. Then I developed a sense of taste and learned to recognize what I know I wouldn't much care for, and don't bother with those games. I like shit with complexity, depth of mechanics, and loads of weirdness. Like Dwarf Fortress, Kenshi, Earth Defense Force, and soulslikes. Popular AAA games tend to be anything but that. The newest game of high caliber complexity that is also popular and AAA I do like is Baldur's Gate 3.
positive · AI labelView post →No split screen for pc and no explanation given as to why its a console exclusive feature.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I reviewed Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2! It's such a fun game, just as delightful as the first but with more stuff. It's so nice to have an EDF game I actually love. Read more here: www.thejimquisition.com/post/earth-d...
positive · AI labelView post →No local coop???!??!!! WHY!!???!??
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nobody makes bad games like Earth Defense Force anymore. Developers used to make bespoke game engines for their horrible experiences. There simply is no charm in a bad game if it's made in Unreal Engine or Unity
positive · AI labelView post →Here's a quick list of inexpensive games I think your kids could enjoy. All of these are shared screen games and I've played (almost) all of these with my kid who is around the same age. All of these run great on my Steam Deck. - [BattleBlock Theater](https://store.steampowered.com/app/238460/BattleBlock_Theater/) $15 on Steam - [Broforce](https://store.steampowered.com/app/274190/Broforce/) $15 on Steam - [Castle Crashers](https://store.steampowered.com/app/204360/Castle_Crashers/) $15 on…
neutral · AI labelView post →How dare they not have split screen. This franchise is one of the only games my wife will play with me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Has there ever been a series more true to itself than Earth Defense Force. It was born a PS2 game and continues to be one to this very day.
positive · AI labelView post →have you ever thought to yourself “this video game is good but I wish it felt more Video Game?” if so I highly recommend Earth Defense Force 5. it’s the Most Video Game™️
positive · AI labelView post →No splitscreen co-op? Playstation has it, all the other ones do. Seriously stupid
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Mentioned it before, but The Last Salvage Squad is shaping up to be a very fun little arcade FPS, with a 'What if Earth Defense Force was a Virtual Boy game' aesthetic. A team of giant robot women defend a ruined earth with only one gun. If you die, your next character/life has to recover the gun.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ep. 368 - Are You There, God? It’s Me, The Witcher Our panel designs a game based on John Brown’s slave owner-killing rampage across America, explains Earth Defense Force, and discovers the unreleased MC Hammer Sega CD game. listen: insertcredit.com/show/368
neutral · AI labelView post →just wait for EDF 6
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Funny game but unfourtanly British people exist in this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No local co-op is an amazingly bad decision. All the other EDF games have it but you don't include it on the one that is geared towards playing with your kids? Really stupid. Refunding.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Since it doesn't have a local multiplayer mode, I hardly played it. It's a shame, because for me edf only becomes a real team experience through couch co-op :/
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for August: Mortal Kombat 1, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Sword of the Sea, Earth Defense Force 6 and more. ow.ly/PnEe50WFlH8 PlayStation Plus Premium: Resident Evil 2 & 3 (PS1 Versions)
neutral · AI labelView post →Aquaplus becomes a subsidiary of Yuke's The company is best known for developing the WWE game series, based on professional wrestling. It also developed a few spin-offs of the Earth Defense Force series
neutral · AI labelView post →An EDF game made for EDF fans, but a far-flung experience from the other games in the series. World Brothers plays like a LEGO game, sounds like a LEGO game, and is voiced like a LEGO game (with the exception of some "Damnits"). -The gameplay is decently fun, but inferior to EDF5, and has some semi-interesting swap mechanics. -Most of the abilities are pretty underwhelming (with the notable exception of Spritefall), but the weapons stay true to the series. -There are some comedy lines that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Earth Defense Force is so good. You have to play for hours to get this, grinding away, and your reward is a ridiculous stupid idiot weapon. It's a good video game.
positive · AI labelView post →My all time favorite co-op games are: Helldivers 2, Vermintide 2 and Deep Rock Galactic. They are very much online games tough. For offline local co-op my picks would be: the entire Trine series, Streets of Rage 4, Earth Defense Force 5 and Renegade Ops.
positive · AI labelView post →Follow my Curator page, [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/41363546-Fruit-N-Doggie-Reviews/]Fruit N Doggie Reviews, so you can be updated whenever I post a new review. Overall Rating - Exceptional ★★★★★ First Impressions Although it'll look like I'm shouting, I picked up a copy of EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: WORLD BROTHERS (WB) recently. I've played a couple of the EDF games, and until this one was released, Iron Rain seemed to be the biggest deviance from the formula. WB makes significant…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a stopgap between other EDF games, but it's missing two key things for me. NO SPLITSCREEN for local coop. I play this series together with my gf and it was disappointing that they only support splitscreen on PS4, which they don't specify in their marketing. The other element is a little less tangible, it's missing the EDF soul. It's a fine game and better voice acting than the main series, but it's missing that element that makes it feel like an EDF title rather than just another hoard…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the lack of local CO-OP Killed this game for me, as i wanted to play it with my young boys.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played it for like a few days, never touched it again, game felt lackluster and clunky. It looks cool and fun but once ur in it the game gets boring and repetitive really quick, wish i could return and get my money back but I just completely forgot about this game cause i just didnt have the excitement to get back on to play, would not recommend.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Aggressively mediocre, but my expectations left me feeling disappointed. Given the silly nature of ordinary edf I thought this was going to be an over the top cartoonish remake of the game. Instead this is sort of like diet EDF. There are fewer enemies per map and the weapons are less crazy. Given the voxel graphics I thought they were freeing up resources for greater environmental destruction with even more and crazier enemies, but no, Playing this game feels like driving with the emergency…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You might think there's a redeeming factor in Earth Defense Force 6 despite it being a bad game, but it being bad is part of the draw, and it is bad in so many ways that will surprise you. Genuinely a game that would've lived on the 360, released in 2024 for 60 of god's own dollars
negative · AI labelView post →Finished mission 31 and got an achievement for completing 10% of the story 0_0
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You need an Epic Games account for online play in Earth Defense Force 6 on Steam, and fans are reviewbombing the game. This requirement was also not made clear before launch. EDF6 devs are looking into making some changes.
neutral · AI labelView post →It's a different kind of EDF experience than the mainline EDF games and even the other spinoffs. That's not necessarily a bad thing, and while the near constant 4th wall breaking dialogue can get a little annoying (though, sometimes it's funny, but not in the normal EDF way), the game can be fun if you can figure out how to have fun with it. That being said, I can't recommend this game, because the PC version lacks splitscreen. Instead of basing this version in the superior PS4 code, which…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Our list of Switch 2 Game-Key Card releases updated to include Earth Defense Force 5 and Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Complete Edition (CERO confirmed for now): www.dekudeals.com/guides/about...
neutral · AI labelView post →So here are some restocks. The Earth Defense Force games are a lot of fun and Vampire Hunter is one of my favorite fighting games. Don't sleep on Game Boy Zelda, Band Brothers DX or the 2nd Katamari Damacy game either. Again: Use discount code “BSTariffRefund”. Site: japanretrodirect.ocnk.com
positive · AI labelView post →To save our mother Earth from any alien attack From vicious giant insects who have once again come back We'll unleash all our forces, we won't cut them any slack The EDF deploys! Our soldiers are prepared for any alien threats The navy launches ships, the air force send their jets And nothing can withstand our fixed bayonets The EDF deploys! Our forces have now dwindled and we pull back to regroup The enemy has multiplied and formed a massive group We better beat these bugs before…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For fans of EDF this is a great game! Worth 60$? I absolutely think so. For newcomers, this is a great place to start as well. The game makes a lot of great QOL changes to the formula that Sandlot should absolutely adopt. However, it can fall into the same trap as all other EDF games once you try to get to higher difficulties at times. You either have to grind a mind numbingly large amount of time to get better weapons and armor. (In this game mostly armor since Yukes sees the obviously…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I spent all evening finishing Star Fox Assualt. A game that is Earth Defense Force, Panzer Dragoon Oorta, Sin And Punishment, and maybe a few others in there. The last third of the game is a pretty long slog with overly big levels. and the final level is super hard.
neutral · AI labelView post →I love the fact you can switch between multiple soldiers in middle of the mission, this should be a thing in mainline EDF games. Gives you lot more room to build a team strategically for multiple different combat scenarios and enemy line-ups. Hate the humor though. EDF is funny because all the insanity and silliness is played completely straight, this one relies too much on the 'lmao isn't it funny we are in video game and this is just a video game lmao' type of cringe self-referencial gags.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Review based on a 4-Player full campaign on Hard. Getting right to it- The game lacks variety in weapon choices that actually feel fun, not dissimilar to Iron Rain's problem but exasperated by the fact that the levels are too small and we're far too mobile- making all the slower weapon choices completely irrelevant. There aren't even that many weapons to begin with, some being direct upgrades to others. Multiple classes just feel completely pointless because their skills just aren't needed in…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Colourful trigger happy Starship Troopers/ Serious Sam style game. Best spinoff in the Earth Defense Force series, especially for younger people. Gameplaywise it's closer to the originals. Sadly unlike normal EDF games, there is no local coop, only online coop with up to 4 players. EDF veterans will have fun with it, but it still feels like something is missing.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →D3Publisher announced the updated Earth Defense Force 6․2 INVADERS FROM ANOTHER WORLD game for PS5!
neutral · AI labelView post →Playing my first ever Earth Defense Force game— This shit is so fucking lit omg
positive · AI labelView post →Today you should play some Earth Defense Force! EDF! EDF! Oh and if anyone has the first game going, let me know!
positive · AI labelView post →My absolute favourite is a real deep cut - Zangeki no Reginliev for the Wii. A norse myth take on the Earth Defense Force series, now (unofficially) translated. Many hours in, you beat the big villain, credits roll, and... then Ragnarok happens. Mid credits. Then the last third of the game begins.
positive · AI labelView post →The Earth Defense Force 6․2 Invaders From Another World game will launch for PS5 on March 18, 2027.
neutral · AI labelView post →Played some Earth Defense Force 5 with @mralarm.bsky.social and what a fun time that was. Of course the company was good, but the game itself? Chef's kiss. Beautiful.
positive · AI labelView post →Video game #promosky be like: * Hades I & II * Star of Providence * Binding of Isaac * Noita * Dead Cells * Many more roguelikes / roguelites * Elden Ring * Tekken * Guilty Gear * SNK nostalgia, even if I can't stand to play them anymore * Dying Light * Control * Earth Defense Force * Indie stuff
neutral · AI labelView post →(Don Draper pose) Do a Dirty Pair game with an engine kinda like the Earth Defense Force games. Nothing is stopping you from destroying the whole area, but Gooley will shout at you at the end and withhold your bonuses.
neutral · AI labelView post →Spell your username with video game titles! This will be fun 😅😅 Tekken Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 Blood Alundra Zaxxon Earth Defense Force Final Fight
neutral · AI labelView post →Wishing a very happy New Earth Defense Force Game Day to all who celebrate.
neutral · AI labelView post →DO NOT buy this unless you have 1-3 friends to play with since matchmaking is completely dead. Only 60 stages with unlockable higher difficulties (Hardest raises item levels to 3). Wait for a sale. Each map has the same amount of enemies regardless of how many players join. You will be targeted by everything if you play solo and some maps have multiple enemies with abilities that juggle your characters to death. Its a decent experience once you unlock enough bros to build a team that fits…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As an EDF fan I was disappointed. It's more like a mediocre imitation of a Lego video game than it is an EDF game. The gameplay is drastically different from other EDF, hardly anyone plays online and the national stereotypes are childish and ridiculous. The "comedy" is stuff like a bear being obsessed with honey and a ninja that's obsessed with miso soup, which they babble about incessantly.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I think I played more of the Earth Defense Force series this year than any other game. Specifically 6 if you need just one
positive · AI labelView post →Also very unrelated but Oh my GOD HELLDIVERS IS LITERALLY TURNING INTO EARTH DEFENSE FORCE THIS GAME IS SO FUCKING GOOOOOOD
neutral · AI labelView post →I initially held off on trying this as the voxel graphics aren't really my thing. Also, it has a lot of little differences from the mainline EDF games where if you were to analyze each change individually they don't sound good, but I am glad I gave it a try as when it all comes together it is actually a lot of fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another interesting EDF game. This one differs from the mainline games (4.1, 5, etc) I would say... significantly. If you like the mainline games, I would review some gameplay of World Brothers prior to purchase to see if it's something you would be interested in.
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