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Chicken Invaders 5

Chicken Invaders 5

InterAction studios · released Mar 12, 2015

ActionCasualIndiePCiOS (iPhone/iPad)

Chicken Invaders puts you at the forefront of a battle against invading intergalactic chickens, bent on revenge for our oppression of Earth chickens. This time, the chickens have hatched a devious plan to block out sunlight and freeze Earth to death!

88
VGC Score
·No trend datahigh confidence

anchored at patch: “Episode 5 Update” (1y ago)

84%
At launch
96%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
93%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)0
All-time Steam reviews96%92558
Metacritic user ratings0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)93%88118
Calibration prior (typical game)7250

Acclaim gate: the raw blend lands at 89.7, but scores above 88 must be earned in front of a mass audience; this verdict rests on 1,117 player reviews, a largely self-selected fanbase. As more players weigh in, the ceiling rises (full scale unlocks at 100,000 reviews).

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Jan 9, 2025) · 118 reviews sampled · 97 total reviews in window · weighted 66 up / 4.6 down · computed 4h ago · full methodology →

Patch history

  1. Episode version 24
    Aug 12, 2025
  2. v.23 update
    May 26, 2025
  3. Episode version 22
    Apr 14, 2025
  4. Episode version 21
    Feb 20, 2025
  5. Episode 5 Update
    Jan 9, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  6. macOS 10.15 Update
    Dec 27, 2019