Earth Defense Force: World Brothers

Unlike the original "EDF" series, which are drawn in a photo-realistic world, this game is boldly drawn in a voxel world! For people who just hate the look of huge real insects, or who are not so good at some…

77 24 December 2020 ESRB T

Shooter Strategy Action Party

Earth Defense Force: World Brothers is a shooter developed by Yuke's, released 24 December 2020 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified 19 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam

What Earth Defense Force: World Brothers is

Earth Defense Force: World Brothers is a shooter game developed by Yuke's and released in 2020. It was published by Clouded Leopard Entertainment Inc.. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB T age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Can no one live on a disjointed Earth? Yeah, you know the answer to that. The promise of the world of EDF is that the strongest people are always the general public. The broken Earth is alive in each area that has become parts, and all civilians are waiting for our help. Cities around the world and those famous landmarks become stages, floating in outer space. Because the areas are disjointed, there exist broken Earth boundary line (a huge cliff) at the end of each stage.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and party. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Earth Defense Force: World Brothers holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 61% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 4 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Earth Defense Force: World Brothers launched on 24 December 2020, within three weeks of Cyberpunk 2077, Omori, Monster Sanctuary and Alba: A Wildlife Adventure. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 7 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Cyberpunk 2077, Omori, Monster Sanctuary, Alba: A Wildlife Adventure.