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Empires of the Undergrowth

Slug Disco · Hooded Horse · 2024-06-07

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 01, 2017 (Mac), Dec 01, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.

Empires of the Undergrowth is a Simulation and Strategy game released in 2024, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 18,642 reviews).

401
playing now
94%
positive of 19k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1
twitch viewers (latest)
1.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
78/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
19
Nexus mods (1.5k downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

401 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Empires of the Undergrowth is a real-time strategy game developed by Slug Disco Studios and published by Hooded Horse. Players control a colony of Ants or Termites by expanding the colony, gathering resources, and fighting enemies in standard RTS fashion.

Trailer

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≈271,012 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 401 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,228 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~279/week).
  • · Review velocity up 68% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 16,638 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 381k–858k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 19,063 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$8.99-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.79 at GOG (2022-03-21) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $35.68 · on sale 196 of 198 observed days · $1.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.2k1.2k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,221 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 442 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 360 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

8422532026-09-15 12:00 — 433 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 344 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 303 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 541 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 420 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 310 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 301 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 397 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 369 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 500 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 359 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 253 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 405 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 599 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 411 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 550 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 690 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 323 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 392 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 722 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 405 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 313 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 401 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.9k0May 2017Aug 2026May 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Nov 2017 — avg 2 · peak 12Feb 2018 — avg 65 · peak 155May 2018 — avg 76 · peak 149Aug 2018 — avg 60 · peak 110Nov 2018 — avg 70 · peak 160Feb 2019 — avg 62 · peak 124May 2019 — avg 244 · peak 516Aug 2019 — avg 124 · peak 221Nov 2019 — avg 102 · peak 211Feb 2020 — avg 252 · peak 483May 2020 — avg 212 · peak 380Aug 2020 — avg 199 · peak 352Nov 2020 — avg 250 · peak 489Feb 2021 — avg 196 · peak 338May 2021 — avg 295 · peak 519Aug 2021 — avg 271 · peak 566Nov 2021 — avg 174 · peak 294Feb 2022 — avg 188 · peak 329May 2022 — avg 218 · peak 376Aug 2022 — avg 690 · peak 1,308Nov 2022 — avg 459 · peak 1,106Feb 2023 — avg 360 · peak 624May 2023 — avg 376 · peak 677Aug 2023 — avg 354 · peak 565Nov 2023 — avg 250 · peak 416Feb 2024 — avg 261 · peak 403May 2024 — avg 339 · peak 621Aug 2024 — avg 619 · peak 1,218Nov 2024 — avg 470 · peak 913Feb 2025 — avg 483 · peak 990May 2025 — avg 454 · peak 892Aug 2025 — avg 397 · peak 698Nov 2025 — avg 334 · peak 626Feb 2026 — avg 462 · peak 983May 2026 — avg 640 · peak 1,325Aug 2026 — avg 592 · peak 1,233
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
16162026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 16 new positive2026-09-21: 2 new negative2026-09-22: 3 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new positive2026-09-25: 4 new positive2026-09-26: 3 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 10 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-28: 1 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 6 new positive2026-09-30: 7 new positive2026-10-01: 3 new positive2026-10-03: 6 new positive2026-10-05: 10 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 5 new positive2026-10-07: 9 new positive2026-10-08: 5 new positive2026-10-08: 2 new negative2026-10-09: 3 new positive2026-10-10: 3 new positive2026-10-11: 9 new positive2026-10-12: 6 new positive2026-10-13: 4 new positive2026-10-14: 7 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$7.492017-12-022026-10-142017-12-02 — best price $19.992022-11-03 — best price $17.992023-04-17 — best price $17.992023-06-09 — best price $19.992023-07-25 — best price $15.992023-09-17 — best price $19.992023-11-13 — best price $15.992023-12-13 — best price $15.992024-01-27 — best price $29.992024-03-04 — best price $18.742024-04-12 — best price $29.992024-05-15 — best price $29.992024-06-23 — best price $29.992024-07-30 — best price $19.492024-09-09 — best price $19.492024-10-16 — best price $14.992024-11-22 — best price $15.002024-12-22 — best price $15.002025-01-30 — best price $15.002025-03-24 — best price $12.492025-04-25 — best price $28.792025-05-23 — best price $14.492025-06-28 — best price $13.762025-07-31 — best price $29.992025-09-06 — best price $29.992025-10-08 — best price $29.992025-11-10 — best price $15.002025-12-18 — best price $8.992026-01-24 — best price $9.002026-02-23 — best price $26.992026-03-30 — best price $8.992026-04-25 — best price $29.992026-05-11 — best price $29.992026-06-07 — best price $29.992026-07-16 — best price $8.992026-08-17 — best price $8.992026-09-09 — best price $8.992026-09-24 — best price $8.992026-10-09 — best price $29.992026-10-14 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

204152026-05-29 — 48 pageviews2026-06-02 — 43 pageviews2026-06-06 — 41 pageviews2026-06-10 — 30 pageviews2026-06-14 — 54 pageviews2026-06-18 — 25 pageviews2026-06-22 — 17 pageviews2026-06-26 — 204 pageviews2026-06-30 — 30 pageviews2026-07-04 — 22 pageviews2026-07-08 — 19 pageviews2026-07-12 — 54 pageviews2026-07-16 — 27 pageviews2026-07-20 — 27 pageviews2026-07-24 — 26 pageviews2026-07-28 — 31 pageviews2026-08-01 — 31 pageviews2026-08-05 — 37 pageviews2026-08-09 — 22 pageviews2026-08-13 — 22 pageviews2026-08-17 — 58 pageviews2026-08-21 — 30 pageviews2026-08-25 — 41 pageviews2026-08-29 — 44 pageviews2026-09-02 — 29 pageviews2026-09-06 — 23 pageviews2026-09-10 — 32 pageviews2026-09-14 — 28 pageviews2026-09-18 — 15 pageviews2026-09-22 — 26 pageviews2026-09-26 — 24 pageviews2026-09-30 — 24 pageviews2026-10-04 — 34 pageviews2026-10-07 — 28 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1202026-09-30 21:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-11 18:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 18:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 1 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
65.7%
earned "New Home"
15%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

16 supported languages: English, German, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Russian, French, Czech, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Italian…

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2025-03-24 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,4550%186

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

4XSandboxBuildingModdableStrategySurvivalColony SimManagementOpen WorldSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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