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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 · Perspectives: Third person

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.

Empire of the Ants is a Strategy game released in 2024, priced at $39.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 1164 reviews).

14
playing now
76%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
1
Nexus mods (21 downloads)
4.11★
PlayStation Store rating (2,627 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

14 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 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

Quietly active
  • · 14 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (263 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 14,061 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 23k–53k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,167 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99-75%
GOG$9.99-75%
Microsoft Store$13.99-65%

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 86 of 114 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
19719720242026Week of 2024-11-04: 197 positiveWeek of 2024-11-04: 66 negativeWeek of 2024-11-11: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-11-11: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-11-18: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-11-18: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-11-25: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-11-25: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-02: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-12-02: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-09: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-12-09: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-16: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-16: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-23: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-12-23: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-30: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-12-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-06: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-06: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-13: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-20: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-01-20: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-27: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-03: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-10: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-10: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-03: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-10: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-10: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-17: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-31: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-07: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-12: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-23: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-14: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-21: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-25: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-10: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-17: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-17: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-22: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-29: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-12: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-26: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-13: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-27: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-11: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-24: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3112026-09-15 02:00 — 11 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 10 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 10 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 10 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 14 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 8 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 31 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 31 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 10 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 25 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 22 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 17 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 15 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 14 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
24110Nov 2024Aug 2026Nov 2024 — avg 241 · peak 1,092Dec 2024 — avg 86 · peak 218Jan 2025 — avg 55 · peak 171Feb 2025 — avg 24 · peak 65Mar 2025 — avg 18 · peak 56Apr 2025 — avg 18 · peak 73May 2025 — avg 16 · peak 46Jun 2025 — avg 13 · peak 38Jul 2025 — avg 31 · peak 80Aug 2025 — avg 14 · peak 43Sep 2025 — avg 12 · peak 43Oct 2025 — avg 10 · peak 34Nov 2025 — avg 15 · peak 54Dec 2025 — avg 26 · peak 76Jan 2026 — avg 28 · peak 77Feb 2026 — avg 14 · peak 43Mar 2026 — avg 16 · peak 53Apr 2026 — avg 12 · peak 37May 2026 — avg 17 · peak 61Jun 2026 — avg 17 · peak 53Jul 2026 — avg 18 · peak 48Aug 2026 — avg 14 · peak 42
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$99.99$9.892023-04-122026-10-142023-04-12 — best price $99.992024-12-16 — best price $39.992025-01-14 — best price $27.992025-01-27 — best price $39.992025-02-24 — best price $39.992025-03-13 — best price $27.992025-04-04 — best price $19.682025-04-20 — best price $27.992025-05-20 — best price $39.992025-06-16 — best price $31.492025-07-22 — best price $24.792025-08-01 — best price $39.992025-09-08 — best price $23.992025-09-25 — best price $24.792025-10-14 — best price $24.792025-11-10 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $14.792026-01-12 — best price $14.792026-02-04 — best price $19.992026-03-03 — best price $19.992026-03-27 — best price $19.992026-04-20 — best price $31.492026-05-04 — best price $39.992026-06-01 — best price $13.992026-06-17 — best price $15.992026-07-21 — best price $13.992026-08-01 — best price $39.992026-08-25 — best price $13.992026-08-31 — best price $13.992026-09-05 — best price $13.992026-09-10 — best price $39.992026-09-15 — best price $39.992026-09-20 — best price $13.992026-09-25 — best price $13.992026-09-30 — best price $13.992026-10-05 — best price $13.992026-10-10 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

87132026-05-29 — 25 pageviews2026-06-02 — 25 pageviews2026-06-06 — 19 pageviews2026-06-10 — 43 pageviews2026-06-14 — 39 pageviews2026-06-18 — 35 pageviews2026-06-22 — 29 pageviews2026-06-26 — 25 pageviews2026-06-30 — 26 pageviews2026-07-04 — 37 pageviews2026-07-08 — 33 pageviews2026-07-12 — 37 pageviews2026-07-16 — 29 pageviews2026-07-20 — 36 pageviews2026-07-24 — 19 pageviews2026-07-28 — 28 pageviews2026-08-01 — 39 pageviews2026-08-05 — 30 pageviews2026-08-09 — 31 pageviews2026-08-13 — 17 pageviews2026-08-17 — 26 pageviews2026-08-21 — 13 pageviews2026-08-25 — 28 pageviews2026-08-29 — 27 pageviews2026-09-02 — 22 pageviews2026-09-06 — 36 pageviews2026-09-10 — 40 pageviews2026-09-14 — 19 pageviews2026-09-18 — 20 pageviews2026-09-22 — 23 pageviews2026-09-26 — 29 pageviews2026-09-30 — 25 pageviews2026-10-04 — 24 pageviews2026-10-07 — 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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-11-07 (Steam store data)

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.

Recent updates

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