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- Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop
AS:RD Update - April 20, 2026 "Going Up"
It's time once again for Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop's birthday. We're having a smaller one this year since a lot of our core contributors have been busy with other projects, but we've still got a lot of improvements to…
Patch notes31 changes2 numericFix - Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop
Coming Soon: Steam PvP Fest 2026
Every year, Valentines day is a time to be with friends and loved ones and reflect on your friendship and love. Well, not this year! In 2026, it's all about having simulated gun fights with friends and loved ones. Welco…
Store3 changesGameplay - Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop
AS:RD Update - November 1, 2025 "Cone of Fire"
Highlights Added a SynTek Residential themed main menu background. The camera feeds that display behind briefing have less static and are less distracting. Many guns are now more accurate while crouching. Weapons Weapon…
Patch notes22 changesFixGameplay - Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop
Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop Hotfix - September 20, 2025
A minor update has been released for Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop. Fixed a client crash in the Traitors game mode. Added a note in the Swarmopedia about the IAF Medical SMG's increased accuracy while crouching. Added a de…
Announcement3 changesFixPerformance - Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop
Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop Hotfix - September 3, 2025
Fixed black bars appearing on the sides of the screen for screen resolutions with an aspect ratio wider than 16:9. Fixed traitor players showing as having 99 player kills in the scoreboard. Fixed buzzers bleeding red bl…
Announcement3 changesFix - Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop
AS:RD Update - September 1, 2025 "Electrical Hum"
Special thanks to Dmitriy, Mithrand, jhheight, 法克尤尔马泽尔, and Grimowy for the majority of the changes in this update. New Game Mode: "Traitors!" Commander, As the human shield, the IAF has achieved great victories in coun…
Event47 changes1 numericFix - Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop
Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop Hotfix - July 22, 2025
Added rd_lobby_query_servers convar (default 0 until the problem with the Steam API is fixed) to disable server list queries, which are currently not being properly filtered to just Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop servers by…
Announcement2 changesFixServer - Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop
Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop's 8th Birthday
It's that time of the year again. The anniversary of Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop's Steam release. As always, Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop is only possible due to contributions from community volunteers in the form of donat…
Event3 changesWorkshop - Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop
AS:RD Update - April 20, 2025 "Received"
It wouldn't be an Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop anniversary update without a shipload of fixes! Missions Jacob's Rest: Landing Bay: A crate in the welding tutorial room no longer allows bullets and grenades to pass through…
Patch notes41 changesFixGameplay - Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop
AS:RD Update - January 1, 2025 "Scavenger"
It's 2025, and to start the year off we have a pile of community-requested fixes! Commanders searching for anomalous materials together may find them quicker. Added convar rd_chat_item_messages to opt out of messages ab…
Store20 changesFixUI/audio - Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop
AS:RD Update - December 1, 2024 "Invitation"
It's December, and that means it's time for the monthly update! There's a message here, addressed to you. M868 Flamer Unit: Adjusted friendly fire damage and duration on normal friendly fire difficulty. (Thanks, ModdedM…
Patch notes9 changesFixBalance - Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop
AS:RD Update - November 1, 2024 "Tune-Up"
22A7-Z Prototype Assault Rifle: Removed damage falloff from alternate fire. Now does 1 damage regardless of distance for any target it hits rather than some fraction of a point of damage. IAF Incendiary Sentry Gun: Fixe…
Patch notes8 changesFixBalance - Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop
AS:RD Update - September 1, 2024 "Time's Down"
Mapping Competition 2024 Winner Downed Station by legomanas Changes in this update Removed the cl_interp convar. The game will now act as if it was set to 0. Improved the error message that is shown when attempting to c…
Patch notes13 changesFixGameplay - Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop
Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop Update - August 1, 2024
This month's update is mainly related to weapon quality of life improvements. X-33 Damage Amplifier: Fixed a carried beacon not reliably connecting to the gun of the marine carrying it. X-33 Damage Amplifier: rd_buff_gr…
Announcement9 changesFixGameplay - Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop
Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop Update - July 15, 2024
New material shader: RDCharacter This replaces the VertexLitGeneric shader and the AlienSurfaceFX and NightVisionSelfIllum material proxies for characters in Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop. For Modders If your mod does not…
Patch notes24 changesFixPerformance - Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop
Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop Update - July 1, 2024
Commander, The Office appreciates your hard work on the anomalous materials project. The folks in the lab say they'll be ready for phase 2 soon. We'll let you know when it's ready. You'll know it when you see it. Oh, an…
Event24 changesFixBalance
