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Swarm Grinder

Last Bite Games · Null State Protocol · 2024-04-22

SteamEpic Games Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 05, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 22, 2024 (Mac), Apr 22, 2024 (Linux)

An action roguelite game with alien swarms and mechs. Battle enemies to make your way through a mass of spreading and evolving cells hosting dormant enemies. Collect a variety of game-changing skills and upgrades to create unique builds.

7
playing now
78%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 65 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity up 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (231 reviews).
  • · Top 32% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 24k–54k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,204 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.19 at Steam (2024-12-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
19019020232026Week of 2023-05-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1012026-08-07 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 7 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 7 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 10 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 8 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.99$3.192023-05-052026-07-292023-05-05 — best price $6.392023-06-30 — best price $6.392023-11-06 — best price $4.792023-11-21 — best price $4.792024-02-26 — best price $4.792024-03-14 — best price $4.792024-04-04 — best price $6.992024-04-29 — best price $7.992024-07-11 — best price $7.992024-09-08 — best price $7.992024-12-11 — best price $7.992025-01-02 — best price $7.992025-03-20 — best price $7.992025-05-28 — best price $7.992025-07-10 — best price $7.992025-10-06 — best price $7.992025-12-11 — best price $7.992026-02-14 — best price $7.992026-03-26 — best price $7.992026-06-15 — best price $7.992026-07-09 — best price $7.992026-07-29 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
83.1%
earned "A Warm Welcome"
24.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, Turkish, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,6544%31

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

Player tags

2DRPGMechsActionCasualTop-DownSteampunkAction RPGControllerRogue-like

Census log

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

Recent updates

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