Drone Swarm
Released Oct 2020
Drone Swarm is a very unique take on tactical games. Control 32,000 drones in quick, fast-paced fights. Combine your swarm abilities and counter constantly evolving attacks of your opponents. Survive varying enemy waves, get upgrades to your swarm, and make it to the next system alive!
62% positive · 342 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Evaluation
Drone Swarm launched on October 20, 2020 as a complete, story-driven tactical strategy game. Following launch, the developer shipped three feature updates through December 17, 2020 — addressing balance, quality-of-life improvements, and early-game tuning — and then post-launch update activity effectively stopped. There have been no major content releases after launch, no announcements of planned expansions or DLC beyond the soundtrack and deluxe upgrade that shipped on release day, and no developer statements suggesting additional content is in the pipeline. The only post-2020 communication was a security patch on October 3, 2025, which addressed a Unity engine vulnerability — routine maintenance rather than a sign of ongoing content development. The game's two DLC items (a soundtrack and a deluxe upgrade) are both released. The store description presents the game as a self-contained experience with a defined story campaign. All available evidence points to this being a finished product that has received no content additions since late 2020.
Evidence
Drone Swarm launched as a complete story campaign with over 100 encounters, all core content present at launch.
Update 1.3.0 shipped with quality-of-life improvements and early-game enhancements. This is the last feature update from the developer.
Content
2 of 2 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
astragon Entertainment
Achievements
34
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
Drone Swarm is an entirely new and unique take on tactical games. Experience the novel way of controlling a huge swarm and the gameplay it allows!
Control 32,000 individually simulated drones.
Face three alien factions in quick, intense fights.
Protect your immovable mothership at all costs.
The swarm is your resource. Use it wisely to attack and defend at the same time.
Enemies have many different abilities: lasers, rockets, mines, fast moving, shields, drone disabling weapons, repair beams and many more.
Counter their tactics: every encounter has a unique combination of enemies and their abilities. Find out how they work to win!
Get upgrades to your swarm and mothership. Broaden your toolbox of defensive and offensive abilities.
Make it to the next system alive and find New Earth!
Select the drone behavior: attack, defend, physical or energy. Then draw paths and drones will execute the order.
Put drones in attack mode and attack enemies where they are most vulnerable. Evade their defenses, go around their shields.
Put the drones in defence mode and they'll form walls that shield you from enemy lasers and rocket blasts.
Put the drones in physical mode and you can cannonball into them, fling asteroids into enemies, bang enemies against each other, many tactical combinations are possible.
If you fail, analyze what went wrong and try a different tactic. Master and combine several drone abilities to counter constantly evolving attack waves.
Defend your mothership, win the attack waves, upgrade the swarm and your mothership, get to the next system alive!
Control 32,000 individually simulated drones. Face three alien factions in quick, intense fights. Protect your immovable mothership at all costs. The swarm is your resource. Use it wisely to attack and defend at the same time. Enemies have many different abilities: lasers, rockets, mines, fast moving, shields, drone disabling weapons, repair beams and many more. Counter their tactics: every encounter has a unique combination of enemies and their abilities. Find out how they work to win! Get upgrades to your swarm and mothership. Broaden your toolbox of defensive and offensive abilities. Make it to the next system alive and find New Earth!Drone Control
Select the drone behavior: attack, defend, physical or energy. Then draw paths and drones will execute the order.
Put drones in attack mode and attack enemies where they are most vulnerable. Evade their defenses, go around their shields.
Put the drones in defence mode and they'll form walls that shield you from enemy lasers and rocket blasts.
Put the drones in physical mode and you can cannonball into them, fling asteroids into enemies, bang enemies against each other, many tactical combinations are possible.
If you fail, analyze what went wrong and try a different tactic. Master and combine several drone abilities to counter constantly evolving attack waves.
Defend your mothership, win the attack waves, upgrade the swarm and your mothership, get to the next system alive!
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Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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