Swarm Simulator: Evolution
Released Feb 2019
What is this? A game for ants?!? Hatch a quintillion bugs. Conquer the UNIVERSE!
77% positive · 555 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Where to get it
Free on Steam
Evaluation
Swarm Simulator: Evolution launched on February 25, 2019 as a free-to-play idle/clicker game. The only developer communication on record is a bug fix patch from October 18, 2022, which restored the leaderboard system after a third-party provider shut down and addressed some minor behind-the-scenes maintenance. That post contains no mention of planned features, upcoming content, or a development roadmap — it reads as pure maintenance work. There is no record of any major content updates, expansions, or DLC releases at any point in the game's history, and no unreleased DLC is listed on the store. The developer's last communication was on October 18, 2022, and there have been no posts of any kind since then. The store description does not reference any planned updates or future content. The game appears to have launched as a complete product and has received only occasional maintenance since then, with no evidence of ongoing content development.
Evidence
Developer released v1.7.16 to fix leaderboards after a third-party provider shut down, and addressed other behind-the-scenes maintenance. No new content mentioned. Last official communication from the developer.
Store description describes the game's features with no mention of planned updates, upcoming DLC, or future content additions.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Scary Bee LLC
Achievements
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Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
Over 1 Million Players!
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!
The classic text-based incremental game has been reborn in vibrant 3D. Download Swarm Simulator now and conquer EVERYTHING!
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!
== Swarm Simulator: Evolution Features ==
Idle Clicker Gameplay
- Endless progression - start with a few lowly units, evolve and hatch your way to unimaginable numbers.
- Idle mode - the game will keep progressing whether it's open or not, take a break for a few hours and your Swarm will grow and grow!
- Ascend your Swarm to start over on a new world but with powerful new Mutations.
Evolution Upgrades
- All new 3D graphics and new units, dozens of 3D bugs in a fully 3D world.
- Elixirs give short term buffs to your Swarm, use a Rage elixir to capture more territory ... or a Warper elixir to speed up time itself!
- Golden Bugs can be captured to give long-term bonuses to your Swarm.
- Swarm Lord Invasions, the HFL, Carapace Shards, unlockable skins for your bugs and more!
The classic text-based incremental game has been reborn in vibrant 3D. Download Swarm Simulator now and conquer EVERYTHING!
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Last evaluated Jun 26, 2026
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