awwReels

Game type

All types

Main game

Remake

Remaster

Expanded game

Port

Standalone expansion

Expansion

DLC

Genre

All genres

Indie

Adventure

Simulator

Strategy

Role-playing (RPG)

Puzzle

Arcade

Platform

Shooter

Sport

Racing

Visual Novel

Card & Board Game

Fighting

Point-and-click

Hack and Slash

Turn-based Strategy

Tactical

Music

Real Time Strategy

Quiz/Trivia

MOBA

Pinball

Sort

Newest

Recent popular

Recent high ratings

Most popular

Top rated

Oldest

Critic rated

Player rated

1917: The Alien Invasion DX

1917: The Alien Invasion DX

|Germany|Arcade, Indie

6.1 /10

Okay

Niche

160 ratings
Rating sources
Steam · Player score7.6/10156 ratingsIGDB · Critic score5.3/102 ratingsIGDB · Player score5.0/102 ratings
Trailers & screenshots
Why play it

1917 - The Alien Invasions is a bullet hell memorization shooter. Dr. Brunhild Stahlmüller upgrades an WW1 Triplane with superior alien technology to attack the invaders. She will avenge mankind and take the battle into the darkness of space until she reach an ancient alien world.

Story and worldbuilding

The year is 1917 - war engulfed the earth. Billions were slaughtered at the hands of unprecedented technology in the name of fanaticism. Yet all previous atrocities were as preambles to an even greater, unforeseeable catastrophe. When on the 15th of April, a host of aliens descended from war-torn skies and opened fire indiscriminately on soldier and civilian alike, the foundations of the world were shaken and mankind would face his darkest hour. Against such a terrifying, overwhelming foe, the scrambling, exhausted nations of Earth had no choice but to put aside their old grudges and fight side by side if they wanted to avert total extinction – or worse. Still, courage and unity were not enough to match the sheer power of a species so advanced that the very cosmos proved no obstacle to them. Meanwhile Dr. Brunhild Stahlmüller, an accomplished scientist, worked tirelessly with her assistant, Harmuth Griesgram, on developing an experimental airplane codenamed the Red Beezlebub. Based not only on existing aeronautical technology but also on fragments of alien wrecks from the recent battlefields, this new invention is capable of prolonged atmospheric flight as well as deep, interstellar travel. Finding no pilots left in any condition – bodily or mentally – to take the pilot seat, the brave doctor dons the helmet herself and takes the Red Beezlebub on her virgin flight; to the battlefields of Verdun. Her target: the Chessmaster, the new, self-crowned king of humanity. An usurper and abomination. Fueled by gasoline and hatred, her Valkyrie's flight will end either in blood-soaked victory or glorious death. Little did she know that he himself is only a piece on the real player's board, and she is watching Brunhild's every move with greedy, leering eyes…

Game highlights
Rating momentum

Okay: 6.1/10 across 160 ratings. Decent score — check if the gameplay loop clicks for you.

Play style

This is a Expanded game leaning into Arcade, Indie, Shooter. Confirm the form and fantasy before you commit.

Reviews

3 media reviews

RATE THIS

All

Media

Member

PS3Blog.netEdEN · 24 Mar, 2025
7.5/10

It's time to once again save Earth from an alien invasion!

Read full review
Seafoam GamingConnor Nichols · 12 Feb, 2020
4/10

1917 is a poor example of a vertical shooter. Trying to be a tribute to the games of old, it may look decent, but it certainly doesn’t play nearly as well or as tight as any of the classic games from devs like Psikyo. The strange, excessive blood and gore, poor level design and lackluster powerups make The Alien Invasion a very poor choice for a vertical shooter.

Read full review
Video ChumsA.J. Maciejewski · 8 Jul, 2018
3.6/10

If you're a true shoot 'em up fan then playing 1917: The Alien Invasion DX will just make you mad.

Read full review