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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!

Drone Swarm is an Indie, Strategy game released in 2020, estimated to have 20,000 .. 50,000 owners, priced at $16.99, with a Mixed sentiment (63% of 344 reviews).

0
playing now
63%
positive of 344 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$16.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (80 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.9k–15k copies

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

Current store prices

GreenManGaming$2.89-83%

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 118 of 155 observed days · $0.43 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
525220202026Week of 2020-10-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$2.142020-08-242026-10-122020-08-24 — 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 $3.392026-09-05 — best price $3.402026-10-12 — best price $2.89
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
91.2%
earned "Unleash the Swarm!"
16.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2020-10-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4881%34

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RTSIndieSpaceActionCombatSci-fiPhysicsCartoonyStrategyTactical

Census log

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

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