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Empire of the Ants

Tower Five · Microids · 2024-11-06

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Strategy

Franchise: Les Fourmis · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Nov 07, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 07, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Nov 07, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S)

Conquer enemy nests and lead your colony through the perils of the forest in this groundbreaking RTS. Empire of the Ants is a photorealistic, third-person real-time strategy game where you command your insect legions in epic battles.

10
playing now
76%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Empire of the Ants is a 2024 real-time strategy video game developed by Tower Five and published by Microids. Utilizing the Unreal 5 engine to produce photorealistic visuals, it is a remake of the 2000 game of the same name, also developed by Microids. The game was released on November 7, 2024 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S platforms. As with its predecessor, the game follows the perspective of an ant colony interacting with the surrounding natural environment, fending off threats and collecting resources to survive.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 29% of 5,887 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 23k–52k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,156 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$13.99-65%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$13.99-65%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $11.27 at GamesPlanet US (2026-07-31)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 54 of 81 observed days · $2.72 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

1742026-08-11 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 14 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 12 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 17 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 10 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 15 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 13 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 7 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 12 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 7 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 16 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 10 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 13 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 7 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 5 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 8 players2026-08-26 11:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$99.99$9.892023-04-122026-08-302023-04-12 — best price $99.992024-12-12 — best price $27.992025-01-03 — best price $39.992025-01-20 — best price $27.992025-01-31 — best price $22.742025-02-24 — best price $39.992025-03-11 — best price $21.872025-04-01 — best price $27.992025-04-09 — best price $39.992025-04-24 — best price $27.992025-05-20 — best price $39.992025-06-12 — best price $39.992025-07-10 — best price $39.992025-07-28 — best price $39.992025-08-04 — best price $31.492025-09-08 — best price $23.992025-09-23 — best price $39.992025-10-07 — best price $24.792025-10-28 — best price $23.992025-11-17 — best price $23.992025-12-18 — best price $14.792026-01-08 — best price $39.992026-01-22 — best price $39.992026-02-24 — best price $19.992026-03-11 — best price $19.992026-03-27 — best price $19.992026-04-17 — best price $39.992026-04-29 — best price $39.992026-05-14 — best price $15.992026-06-08 — best price $15.992026-06-17 — best price $15.992026-07-16 — best price $13.992026-07-30 — best price $14.502026-08-06 — best price $15.992026-08-27 — best price $13.992026-08-30 — best price $13.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

90132026-05-29 — 25 pageviews2026-06-01 — 34 pageviews2026-06-04 — 22 pageviews2026-06-07 — 40 pageviews2026-06-10 — 43 pageviews2026-06-13 — 52 pageviews2026-06-16 — 25 pageviews2026-06-19 — 28 pageviews2026-06-22 — 29 pageviews2026-06-25 — 25 pageviews2026-06-28 — 41 pageviews2026-07-01 — 39 pageviews2026-07-04 — 37 pageviews2026-07-07 — 24 pageviews2026-07-10 — 24 pageviews2026-07-13 — 30 pageviews2026-07-16 — 29 pageviews2026-07-19 — 26 pageviews2026-07-22 — 44 pageviews2026-07-25 — 29 pageviews2026-07-28 — 28 pageviews2026-07-31 — 29 pageviews2026-08-03 — 26 pageviews2026-08-06 — 45 pageviews2026-08-09 — 31 pageviews2026-08-12 — 30 pageviews2026-08-15 — 32 pageviews2026-08-18 — 32 pageviews2026-08-21 — 13 pageviews2026-08-24 — 17 pageviews2026-08-25 — 28 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

41
achievements tracked
94.8%
earned "Gotta catch 'em all!"
3.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support1 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)1,9535%42
Xbox Series (Xbox)6342%41
Steam (Steam)6171%41

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

Player tags

3DPvEPvPRTSNatureSci-fiStrategyNarrationRealisticColony Sim

Census log

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

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