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Swarmlake cover art

Swarmlake

Dominique Grieshofer · 2018-03-12

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Mar 12, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Swarmlake is an ultra-intense first-person shooter ballet about fighting a record-breaking swarm.

3
playing now
95%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 97 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity up 120% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 27,606 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 49k–116k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,940 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2018-06-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 7 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10810820182026Week of 2018-03-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6802026-09-15 00:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 7 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 68 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.492018-03-142026-08-102018-03-14 — best price $0.792018-05-21 — best price $0.992018-07-16 — best price $0.492018-10-08 — best price $1.492018-11-27 — best price $2.992019-01-23 — best price $0.992019-03-25 — best price $0.492019-07-15 — best price $0.992019-11-11 — best price $2.992020-01-06 — best price $2.992020-02-17 — best price $0.892020-10-19 — best price $2.992020-12-21 — best price $0.832021-02-08 — best price $0.802021-06-24 — best price $2.992021-10-28 — best price $0.742021-12-01 — best price $2.992022-01-27 — best price $0.742022-05-23 — best price $2.992022-09-12 — best price $0.592022-12-05 — best price $2.992023-03-16 — best price $0.592023-07-27 — best price $2.992023-11-21 — best price $0.592024-01-18 — best price $2.992024-04-15 — best price $0.592024-06-03 — best price $2.992024-11-27 — best price $0.592025-01-06 — best price $2.992025-06-26 — best price $0.592025-10-06 — best price $2.992026-01-08 — best price $0.992026-04-02 — best price $4.992026-06-09 — best price $4.992026-07-27 — best price $0.492026-08-10 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
61.3%
earned "Bomb Heal"
32.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortColor AlternativesAdjustable DifficultyMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller Support1 DLC

29 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2026-03-12 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,29026%27

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

Player tags

FPSRetroActionArcadeCasualShooterColorfulDifficultAtmosphericBullet Hell

Census log

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

Recent updates

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