The Game Census
Swarm Queen cover art

Swarm Queen

Helmi Bastami (Flyborg.net) · 2017-12-19

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 20, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A quick-to-learn but challenging real-time strategy game where you spawn an army of space-bugs that control themselves.

93%
positive of 410 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.49
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 48 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 39% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 10k–25k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 410 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.49 at Steam (2025-12-01) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.49 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420172026Week of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$4.492017-12-202026-07-092017-12-20 — best price $6.992018-02-19 — best price $7.992018-11-01 — best price $7.992019-01-03 — best price $7.992019-05-27 — best price $7.952019-10-28 — best price $5.242019-12-19 — best price $5.242020-06-25 — best price $5.242020-12-22 — best price $5.242021-06-24 — best price $5.242021-11-24 — best price $5.242022-01-27 — best price $5.242022-06-23 — best price $5.242022-10-24 — best price $5.242022-12-05 — best price $5.242023-03-16 — best price $5.242023-10-16 — best price $5.242023-12-04 — best price $5.242024-01-15 — best price $5.242024-03-14 — best price $5.242024-06-10 — best price $5.242024-07-29 — best price $5.242024-11-27 — best price $5.242025-01-21 — best price $5.242025-04-28 — best price $4.942025-06-27 — best price $4.792025-08-23 — best price $7.492025-10-20 — best price $7.492026-01-05 — best price $7.492026-03-26 — best price $7.492026-07-09 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

55
achievements tracked
72.6%
earned "Pro-Gaming Master "
28.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputStereo SoundTouch Only Option

7 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)986%55

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

Player tags

RTSWarFunnySpaceActionAliensCombatComedySci-fiStrategy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.