1917 - The Alien Invasion DX
Released Jun 2016
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.
75% positive · 156 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Evaluation
1917 - The Alien Invasion DX launched on June 10, 2016 and received a major free "DX" update on December 16, 2016, which added 3 new planes, 3 new levels (bringing the total to 8), and rebranded the game. A soundtrack DLC also released on launch day. A further bug fix and polish update followed in early 2017. The most significant post-launch development was the Nintendo Switch release on June 22, 2018, described by the developer as "the definitive edition of the game," adding cooperative multiplayer and platform-specific adaptations. Since that Switch release, the developer's communications have shifted entirely to new projects — first SturmFront - The Mutant War: Übel Edition (announced in 2017, released August 11, 2017), and then Heidelberg 1693 (announced May 31, 2019). No new content, DLC, patches, or announcements for 1917 DX have appeared since June 2018. The sole DLC (the soundtrack) was released on launch day and remains the only paid add-on. With all released DLC accounted for, the developer explicitly describing the Switch version as the definitive form of the game, and studio focus clearly having moved on to subsequent titles, the game is complete. The last content milestone was the Nintendo Switch launch on June 22, 2018.
Evidence
Nintendo Switch release described by the developer as 'the definitive edition of the game,' adding co-op multiplayer and platform-specific adaptations — the last major content milestone for the title.
Major free 'DX' update shipped: 3 new planes, 3 new levels (total 8), game renamed to 1917 - The Alien Invasion DX.
Content
1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
OtakuMaker.com
Achievements
21
Platform
Windows
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
1917 - The Alien Invasion is a memorization shooter combined with the fast and frantic action of bullet hell shoot 'em ups.
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You are in the role of Dr. Brunhild Stahlmüller, an acomplished weapon scientist who upgrades a WW1 triplane with superior alien technology to attack the invaders. You will avenge mankind and take the battle into the darkness of space until you reach an ancient alien world.
Features
- Fight from Verdun to the heart of the alien world!
- Majestic and extravagant pixel art inspired by the golden age of arcades.
- Accessible with a fair difficulty curve.
- Intense action and highly polished gameplay
- 8 stages with huge boss encounters.
- Bloodshed and gore.
- Psychedelic soundtrack.
- Full Xbox controller support.
- Digital art book (PDF).
Story
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…
For more story, watch the German story trailer with english subtitles:
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Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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