Yes — Eden Rising is free to play, so you can install and play it without buying anything.

Is Eden Rising Steam Deck compatible?

Mostly. Valve rates Eden Rising Playable on Steam Deck: it runs, but may need some manual tweaking — a community controller layout, or zooming in on small text.

Can I play Eden Rising on Mac?

Not natively — Steam lists no macOS version of Eden Rising. Mac players would need a cloud gaming service or a Windows compatibility layer.

Does Eden Rising have co-op?

Yes — Steam lists Eden Rising with online co-op.

Is Eden Rising on PC Game Pass?

No — Eden Rising is not on PC Game Pass right now.

Eden Rising

Name: Eden Rising
Brand: The Wall Productions Inc.
Availability: InStock

The Wall Productions Inc. · May 17, 2019 · Multiplayer, Adventure, Open World, Tower Defense, Action

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About Eden Rising

✦ AI summary

Explore a vast alien world, craft weapons and defenses, and protect your bases from monster hordes in this open-world action game playable solo or with up to 8 players online. Eden Rising stands out with its flexible two-edition system where only one player needs the expansion to give all friends access to the full content.

Eden Rising is a brand new action-packed Open World game! Explore the vast world of Eden and defend your bases from hordes of alien monsters. Make use of everything you collect to craft powerful defenses, upgrade your weapons, and unlock challenges.

Explore a vast open world and uncover the secrets of Eden!
Craft awesome weapons, armor, and defenses!
Defend your bases!
Play solo or up to 8 player online co-op!

Eden Rising has two Editions:

The Free Explorer Edition. The Explorer Edition is the free base game with 12+ hours of gameplay. Explore Warden Rock, the Valley of the Ascendants, and the Fungal Preserve. Craft your defenses and defeat monsters in 34 challenging sieges and endless mode! Play solo or up to 8 players. This edition lets you join a friend’s Ascendant Edition server to play the game’s expansion for free!

The Ascendant Edition, which is the expansion of Eden Rising for a total of 35+ hours of gameplay. The Ascendant Edition gives you (and your friends!) access to 7 areas, 67 sieges, endless mode, armor dyes, gear unlocks, and more. If you host an Ascendant Edition server, your friends can play the expansion for free with the Free Explorer Edition!

Both versions are fully compatible! Players can join up with friends no matter which version of the game they have.

The Explorer and Ascendant Editions help friends play together!

If you are a group of friends, only one friend needs to get the Ascendant Edition expansion for everyone to have access to all the game content (base game + expansion)!

Eden Rising — game info

Platforms: Windows
Steam Deck: Playable
Player modes: Single-player, Online PvP, Online co-op
Controller: Full controller support
PC Game Pass: Not included

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DLC & expansions

Eden Rising: Crystal Weapons Pack

from$6.99

lowest tracked $3.49

Eden Rising: Ascendant Expansion

from$19.99

lowest tracked $9.99

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Eden Rising is an action tower defense game with resource gathering and alien combat mechanics, but players consistently report severe performance issues including lag and choppiness even on decent PCs, alongside a dead player base and shallow overall experience. The visuals receive some praise, but the game suffers from bugs, clunky gameplay, limited character customization, and poor optimization that undermines any enjoyment. Players do not recommend purchasing it.

Not recommended May 6, 2026

[h1] I announce that this game sucks. Action with tower defense style of gameplay. Explore and harvest resources on not so big islands. Fight with some creatures and start siege to summon waves of deadly alien scum while trying to survive, after that reward awaits. No servers, no players online. Visuals are mostly good, but in general game is buggy and clunky. Nonetheless shallow experience not worth a penny. [/h1]

9 found this helpful

Not recommended Jul 24, 2026

This game is dead

1 found this helpful

Not recommended Sep 29, 2026

ass

Not recommended Aug 10, 2026

optimized like ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, every step u take the game lags a bit and i have a pretty decent pc

Recommended Jun 27, 2026

yes

Recommended May 14, 2026

I especially loved the part where after I beat Mom's heart for the first time I got Eden Rising and I had 2 random items every time I started the game

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