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Beetle Uprising cover art

Beetle Uprising

Iocane Games, LLC · Disco Slug · 2020-11-05

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 22, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Collect, raise and breed an army of beetles to rise up and lay claim to the abandoned lot! The game features a complex genetics simulation and real-time tactics missions with a full campaign.

75%
positive of 99 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.49
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 58% of 21,396 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.0k–4.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 99 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.49-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2026-06-01)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 10 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520172026Week of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$2.492017-08-232026-08-302017-08-23 — best price $9.992020-11-05 — best price $8.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-10-28 — best price $6.992021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-01-27 — best price $6.992022-04-26 — best price $9.992022-08-22 — best price $6.692022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-04-17 — best price $4.992023-06-15 — best price $9.992023-08-21 — best price $4.992023-10-20 — best price $9.992023-12-09 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-03-14 — best price $4.992024-05-04 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $4.992024-08-02 — best price $9.992024-11-12 — best price $3.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-01-20 — best price $3.992025-03-02 — best price $9.992025-04-01 — best price $3.992025-06-03 — best price $9.992025-09-15 — best price $2.992025-11-22 — best price $9.992026-02-18 — best price $2.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-06-01 — best price $2.492026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RTSCasualNatureScienceGod GameLife SimStrategyColony SimManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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