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Battle Bugs

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

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

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!

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

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 10:00 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.

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  • · Top 89% of 6,689 Simulation games in the census by review count.

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

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

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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).

Details

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

3 supported languages: English, French, German

Census log

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

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