{{short description|2024 video game}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox video game | title = Alpha Response | image = Alpha Response Cover.jpg | alt = | caption = | developer = Ultimo Ratio Games | publisher = | series = | engine = | platforms = Windows | released = October 7, 2024 | genre = First-person shooter | modes = Single-player, multiplayer | arcade system = | director = | producer = | designer = | programmer = | artist = | writer = | composer = }} '''''Alpha Response''''' is a tactical first-person shooter (FPS) developed by Ultimo Ratio Games, led by Minh Le, also known as "Gooseman", the co-creator of the ''Counter-Strike'' mod for ''Half-Life''. It was released in Early Access on Steam on October 7, 2024.
== Gameplay == The game casts players as police officers tasked with taking on criminal and terrorist groups. The game is similar to titles like ''Payday'', ''Left 4 Dead'', and ''SWAT 4'', takes inspiration from arcade shooters like ''Time Crisis'' and ''Virtua Cop''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 31, 2025 |title=Interview with CS co-Creator Gooseman: Early CS years, hardships, and creating Alpha Response — Part One |url=https://www.dust2.us/news/61869/interview-with-cs-co-creator-gooseman-early-cs-years-hardships-and-creating-alpha-response-part-one |access-date=August 5, 2025 |website=Dust2.us |language=en}}</ref> Missions in the game include bomb defusal and escort missions.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Cichacki |first=Shaun |date=May 28, 2025 |title=Gooseman, Co-Creator of 'Counter-Strike', Made a Game That Feels Like a Cop Show: Alpha Response |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/gooseman-co-creator-of-counter-strike-made-a-game-that-feels-like-a-cop-show-enter-alpha-response/ |access-date=August 5, 2025 |website=VICE |language=en-US |archive-date=July 22, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250722153205/https://www.vice.com/en/article/gooseman-co-creator-of-counter-strike-made-a-game-that-feels-like-a-cop-show-enter-alpha-response/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Alpha Response'' supports solo play or up to four-player co-op. The game does not include player versus player combat.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=July 13, 2025 |title=Counter-Strike creator's new game is out now, and it fixes basically every problem with the modern FPS genre |url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/alpha-response/minh-le-interview-counter-strike-creator |access-date=August 5, 2025 |website=PCGamesN |language=en-US |archive-date=July 16, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250716231724/https://www.pcgamesn.com/alpha-response/minh-le-interview-counter-strike-creator |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Reception == ''PCGamesN'' reviewed the game positively, calling it "one of the most original and enjoyable shooters you will play this year".<ref name=":1" /> ''Vice'' also reviewed it positively.<ref name=":0" />
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Category:2024 video games Category:Early access video games Category:First-person shooters Category:Video games about police officers Category:Video games about terrorism Category:Windows games Category:Windows-only games