Chicken Invaders 5
2D arcade shooter about fighting space chickens bent on freezing Earth
InterAction studios · Released Mar 13, 2015
- Reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 96% of 1,120
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 8
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 1 year ago
- Aug 12, 2025
What is Chicken Invaders 5?
A 2D arcade shoot-'em-up where you pilot a spacecraft and fire at waves of invading chickens. You travel across the galaxy to assemble an ancient artifact after the chickens plot to block Earth's sunlight.
For you if...
- +you enjoy shooting through waves of enemies
- +you want to play an arcade shooter cooperatively
Not for you if...
- −you prefer exploration over wave-based arcade shooting
- −you want a serious science fiction setting
What players say
96% of 1,120 reviews are positive
Players praise the arcade shooting, co-op and nostalgic appeal. Some say it changes little from earlier games in the series.
Screenshots and trailer
Chicken Invaders 5 system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10/11
- Memory
- 1024 MB RAM
- Storage
- 220 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 8.1
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 15
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
Multiplayer and co-op
- Single-player
- Multiplayer
- Co-op
- Online co-op
- Split-screen co-op
- Split-screen
- Cross-platform multiplayer
- Remote Play Together
Languages
Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Polish, Russian.
Tags
Recent updates
- Aug 12, 2025 · Episode version 24
- May 26, 2025 · v.23 update
- Apr 14, 2025 · Episode version 22
- Feb 20, 2025 · Episode version 21
- Jan 16, 2025 · Episode update v.20
2 DLC available.
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