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Battle Bugs cover art

Battle Bugs

Epyx, Inc. · Pixel Games UK · 2020-11-23

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: 1994 (DOS), Nov 23, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In this unconventional real-time strategy game, control a fearsome army of stink bugs, cockroaches, lightning bugs, ants and more in a miniature, pun-filled warzone! 56 battles with 22 types of Battle Bug await you!

Battle Bugs is a 2020 Simulation and Strategy game priced at $4.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Positive review sentiment (96% of 23 reviews).

0
playing now
96%
positive of 23 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 20:00 UTC (census sample)

Battle Bugs is a real-time tactics video game developed for MS-DOS by Epyx and released by Sierra On-Line in 1994. A PlayStation port was published in Japan in 1997.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 77% of 16,638 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2023-05-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220202026Week of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 20:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$2.492020-11-232026-03-262020-11-23 — best price $4.242020-11-30 — best price $4.992021-11-24 — best price $3.492021-12-01 — best price $4.992023-05-29 — best price $2.492023-06-05 — best price $4.992023-06-30 — best price $2.492023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $2.492024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-03-14 — best price $3.242024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $2.492024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-12-20 — best price $2.492025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-01-20 — best price $2.992025-01-27 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $2.492025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-04-28 — best price $2.492025-05-05 — best price $4.992025-06-26 — best price $2.492025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $2.492025-10-06 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $2.492026-03-26 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1922026-06-02 — 11 pageviews2026-06-06 — 4 pageviews2026-06-10 — 11 pageviews2026-06-14 — 6 pageviews2026-06-18 — 10 pageviews2026-06-22 — 15 pageviews2026-06-26 — 9 pageviews2026-06-30 — 4 pageviews2026-07-04 — 7 pageviews2026-07-08 — 10 pageviews2026-07-12 — 5 pageviews2026-07-16 — 9 pageviews2026-07-20 — 6 pageviews2026-07-24 — 10 pageviews2026-07-28 — 5 pageviews2026-08-01 — 12 pageviews2026-08-05 — 6 pageviews2026-08-09 — 12 pageviews2026-08-13 — 10 pageviews2026-08-17 — 13 pageviews2026-08-21 — 7 pageviews2026-08-25 — 9 pageviews2026-08-29 — 6 pageviews2026-09-02 — 14 pageviews2026-09-06 — 8 pageviews2026-09-10 — 8 pageviews2026-09-14 — 16 pageviews2026-09-18 — 6 pageviews2026-09-22 — 7 pageviews2026-09-26 — 7 pageviews2026-09-30 — 6 pageviews2026-10-04 — 7 pageviews2026-10-08 — 10 pageviews2026-10-11 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, French, German

Player tags

PvEPvPRTSWarFunnyRetroWargameMilitaryStrategyIsometric

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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