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Drone Swarm

stillalive studios · astragon Entertainment · 2020-10-20

Steam

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 20, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Drone Swarm is a very unique take on tactical games. Control 32,000 drones in quick, fast-paced fights. Combine your swarm abilities and counter constantly evolving attacks of your opponents. Survive varying enemy waves, get upgrades to your swarm, and make it to the next system alive!

2
playing now
63%
positive of 344 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$16.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 42% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.9k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 344 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$3.03-82%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.01-71%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.46 at GamesPlanet US (2026-04-10) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $16.99 · on sale 120 of 160 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$2.142020-08-242026-08-252020-08-24 — best price $23.992021-01-05 — best price $24.992021-04-06 — best price $24.992021-06-19 — best price $21.242021-08-26 — best price $24.992021-10-30 — best price $22.492022-01-05 — best price $24.992022-03-02 — best price $20.022022-04-22 — best price $12.962022-05-28 — best price $24.992022-07-29 — best price $22.462022-08-23 — best price $19.882022-11-22 — best price $7.492023-01-01 — best price $19.882023-03-17 — best price $18.362023-05-11 — best price $6.782023-07-13 — best price $24.992023-09-24 — best price $7.252023-12-20 — best price $18.362024-02-17 — best price $18.362024-03-31 — best price $18.362024-05-16 — best price $16.992024-07-27 — best price $12.482024-09-24 — best price $4.202024-12-06 — best price $14.612025-01-24 — best price $16.992025-04-19 — best price $4.992025-07-10 — best price $16.992025-09-17 — best price $16.482025-11-03 — best price $13.562025-12-10 — best price $13.562026-02-02 — best price $16.992026-03-18 — best price $12.482026-04-13 — best price $16.982026-05-11 — best price $3.402026-06-08 — best price $16.992026-07-15 — best price $13.492026-08-11 — best price $3.392026-08-25 — best price $5.01
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

12 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Korean

Player tags

RTSIndieSpaceActionCombatSci-fiPhysicsCartoonyStrategyTactical

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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