Pesky Humans

Pesky Humans

Serious Tangents · March 1, 2021 · Top-Down Shooter, Incremental, Shoot 'Em Up, Arcade, Point & Click

Buy Pesky Humans from Steam at $1.99 — the cheapest of 1 store we compare.

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lowest tracked $1.49
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Pesky Humans price by region

Pesky Humans costs $1.39 in Georgia (USD), €1.59 in Europe (EUR), £1.69 in the United Kingdom, $1.99 in the United States, CA$2.29 in Canada, NZ$2.49 in New Zealand, A$2.95 in Australia, R$4.49 in Brazil and zł7.19 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Pesky Humans offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
Georgia (USD) $1.39 $1.39 — 1
Europe (EUR) €1.59 €1.59 — 1
United Kingdom £1.69 £1.69 — 1
United Statesyour region $1.99 $1.99 — 1
Canada CA$2.29 CA$2.29 — 1
New Zealand NZ$2.49 NZ$2.49 — 1
Australia A$2.95 A$2.95 — 1
Brazil R$4.49 R$4.49 — 1
Poland zł7.19 zł7.19 — 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Pesky Humans

Pesky Humans is a reverse Space Invaders, where those darn Humans are trying to colonize your newly discovered planet! Can you hold them off until your people can arrive?

The Humans come in four different classes of ship: Colony, Frigate, Fighters, and Scouts. Colony and Frigate ships will beam down bases while the Fighters and Scouts will work together to defend them.

Your targeting and weaponry is a little less advanced than the Humans, so you'll need to plan ahead, lead your targets, and defend your own nukes as you do your best to keep them off your planet! The two edges you have are that you can hide in the magnetic poles of the planet and can instantly warp between the two, and you can buy the help of some raiders to come in and sow a little chaos to the battlefield.

Pesky Humans is a single player, shoot-em-up game with multiple difficulty levels. Each session plays out in roughly thirty-five minutes, assuming that you can survive that long. Crystals earned during game play will allow you to upgrade various aspects of your ship or to hire bombers or raiders to help bring you back from defeat.

Pesky Humans — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

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

Recommended Mar 20, 2021
I'm a Gen One gamer. It was Space Invaders that made me addict for the next 40+ years and counting. I'm always on the prowl for games that give a nod to the old school. I got an early copy of Pesky Humans, and it immediately took me back to the good old days of Arcade gaming. With a modern lens, you can see that if Space Invaders, Missile Command and Liberator had a baby, it would be Pesky Humans. I enjoy that it has the old school challenge as well. This is no epic tale. This is the game you play for that special thrill of arcade, when you have a half hour or so. As such, it is very cathartic. It is exciting and has a high replay value. I knew this game would be special, as I'm familiar with the previous work of the designer, but this one blew away all my expectations. If you like the old school challenge, with just a twist of the modern gaming ideas, but want to play something you have not played 100 times before, Pesky Humans is for you.
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