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Swarm Simulator: Evolution

Scary Bee LLC · 2019-02-25

Steam

CasualFree To PlayIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 25, 2019 (Mac), Feb 25, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 27, 2018 (iOS), Mar 27, 2018 (Android)

What is this? A game for ants?!? Hatch a quintillion bugs. Conquer the UNIVERSE!

Swarm Simulator: Evolution is a Casual, Free To Play, Indie and RPG game released in 2019, free-to-play, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (78% of 557 reviews).

19
playing now
78%
positive of 557 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

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

Swarm Simulator: Evolution brings the strategic, incremental, idle, clicker gameplay of the wildly successful web game into a new 3D world with dozens of new systems and extra features! Evolve your way from lowly larvae and drones to all-powerful hive Overminds and beyond in this idle masterpiece! Conquer territory with fearsome Stingers and Locusts to become a tycoon of unit production. Sacrifice smaller units for the greater good of the colony and Ascend over and over as you build your Swarm toward its ultimate goal of universe spanning conquest!(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 19 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
333320192026Week of 2019-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2152026-09-15 03:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 16 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 11 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 9 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 12 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 15 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 12 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 13 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 15 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 18 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 13 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 11 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 19 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 12 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 16 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 20 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 12 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 12 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 11 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 13 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 15 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 14 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 13 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 19 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
23817Mar 2019Aug 2026Mar 2019 — avg 238 · peak 427Jun 2019 — avg 72 · peak 107Sep 2019 — avg 53 · peak 80Dec 2019 — avg 41 · peak 63Mar 2020 — avg 49 · peak 78Jun 2020 — avg 56 · peak 87Sep 2020 — avg 51 · peak 84Dec 2020 — avg 48 · peak 69Mar 2021 — avg 40 · peak 61Jun 2021 — avg 36 · peak 53Sep 2021 — avg 32 · peak 57Dec 2021 — avg 35 · peak 58Mar 2022 — avg 30 · peak 50Jun 2022 — avg 30 · peak 51Sep 2022 — avg 28 · peak 48Dec 2022 — avg 36 · peak 59Mar 2023 — avg 30 · peak 50Jun 2023 — avg 32 · peak 54Sep 2023 — avg 36 · peak 62Dec 2023 — avg 32 · peak 56Mar 2024 — avg 34 · peak 53Jun 2024 — avg 26 · peak 42Sep 2024 — avg 24 · peak 39Dec 2024 — avg 17 · peak 31Mar 2025 — avg 19 · peak 33Jun 2025 — avg 21 · peak 34Sep 2025 — avg 21 · peak 33Dec 2025 — avg 20 · peak 32Mar 2026 — avg 19 · peak 30Jun 2026 — avg 19 · peak 31Aug 2026 — avg 20 · peak 35
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Polish

Player tags

RPGIdlerIndieCasualClickerSimulationFree to PlaySingleplayer

Census log

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

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