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Swarm Grinder cover art

Swarm Grinder

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

SteamEpic Games Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Swarm Grinder is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2024, priced at $7.99, with Mostly Positive (78% of 1214 reviews) and an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000.

18
playing now
78%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

18 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 18 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 14% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 24k–55k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,214 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.79 at Steam (2026-08-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 6 of 12 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

1812026-09-14 23:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 9 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 11 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 7 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 8 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 11 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 7 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 8 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 18 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
863May 2023Aug 2026May 2023 — avg 84 · peak 499Jun 2023 — avg 23 · peak 71Jul 2023 — avg 20 · peak 58Aug 2023 — avg 9 · peak 38Sep 2023 — avg 6 · peak 17Oct 2023 — avg 8 · peak 29Nov 2023 — avg 16 · peak 48Dec 2023 — avg 11 · peak 43Jan 2024 — avg 7 · peak 24Feb 2024 — avg 5 · peak 21Mar 2024 — avg 10 · peak 37Apr 2024 — avg 49 · peak 294May 2024 — avg 35 · peak 121Jun 2024 — avg 23 · peak 162Jul 2024 — avg 38 · peak 136Aug 2024 — avg 86 · peak 839Sep 2024 — avg 73 · peak 271Oct 2024 — avg 15 · peak 34Nov 2024 — avg 8 · peak 27Dec 2024 — avg 18 · peak 37Jan 2025 — avg 10 · peak 27Feb 2025 — avg 6 · peak 17Mar 2025 — avg 5 · peak 12Apr 2025 — avg 5 · peak 12May 2025 — avg 7 · peak 19Jun 2025 — avg 4 · peak 17Jul 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Aug 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Sep 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Oct 2025 — avg 4 · peak 15Dec 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Jan 2026 — avg 7 · peak 26Feb 2026 — avg 7 · peak 18Mar 2026 — avg 7 · peak 19Apr 2026 — avg 6 · peak 13May 2026 — avg 4 · peak 9Jun 2026 — avg 6 · peak 18Jul 2026 — avg 8 · peak 22Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 17
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-04-26 (Steam store data)

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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