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SWARMRIDER OMEGA cover art

SWARMRIDER OMEGA

Walter Machado · 2017-09-19

SteamAmazon

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 28, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 29, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 28, 2017 (Linux)

SWARMRIDER OMEGA is an "endless runner"+"twin stick shooter" ARCADE mashup. Based on SWARMRIDERS(2016), OMEGA is a darker and faster version, featuring the Saint from UBERMOSH Vol.5.

SWARMRIDER OMEGA is a 2017 Action and Indie title priced at $0.99, estimated to have 50,000 to 100,000 owners, with a Mostly Positive sentiment from 78% of 129 reviews.

0
playing now
78%
positive of 129 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 35% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.2k–7.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 129 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.28 at Steam (2022-12-22) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 6 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220172026Week of 2017-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$0.99$0.282017-09-202026-08-082017-09-20 — best price $0.642017-11-22 — best price $0.492018-02-07 — best price $0.492018-06-22 — best price $0.492018-10-30 — best price $0.492018-12-20 — best price $0.492019-03-14 — best price $0.492019-05-06 — best price $0.992019-07-09 — best price $0.992019-10-15 — best price $0.992019-12-03 — best price $0.992020-01-02 — best price $0.992020-02-10 — best price $0.992020-05-04 — best price $0.992020-06-25 — best price $0.492020-08-04 — best price $0.992021-02-02 — best price $0.492021-09-11 — best price $0.492021-12-22 — best price $0.492022-10-25 — best price $0.492023-03-16 — best price $0.282023-07-13 — best price $0.992023-10-09 — best price $0.992024-01-18 — best price $0.992024-03-21 — best price $0.992024-05-29 — best price $0.992024-09-07 — best price $0.992024-12-04 — best price $0.992025-02-01 — best price $0.992025-04-26 — best price $0.992025-07-24 — best price $0.992025-10-06 — best price $0.992026-01-05 — best price $0.992026-03-26 — best price $0.992026-07-09 — best price $0.992026-08-08 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

7
achievements tracked
48%
earned "MARAUDER"
27.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing1 DLC

40 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Bulgarian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Danish, Spanish - Latin America, Finnish…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-11-08 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DIndieRetroActionArcadeRhythmCyberpunkFast-PacedRogue-liteBullet Hell

Census log

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

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