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Bee Island
Take control of the hive and protect it from enemies. Build factories and defence, research technologies and, if necessary, use nuclear weapons, but do not let the enemies harm the queen!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
39 of the 72 reviews raise this.
“very fun!”
“A tiny RTS / Tower defense game about Bees and Giant guns... what is not to love?”
“Its a toy, If you want a fun little bee game toy, this is it.”
9 of the 72 reviews raise this.
“Very fun if you like to get 100% achievements in games. Played this while at work. 13 hours to 100% and well worth it on sale for $3. If you like bees and bloons TD, this is for you. Very casual game nothing hard.”
“A little bit on the short side but its pretty fun throughout. Didnt come across any bugs.... gameplay bugs while playing, other than some lag when there were tons of enemies and bees on screen. Fairly easy in terms of…”
“This was fun to 100% but, at least for me, doesn't have the replayability to come back too often. The unit control feature is endless fun though. Good time sink for a few hours, worth the money on sale but not full…”
4 of the 72 reviews raise this.
“Very fun if you like to get 100% achievements in games. Played this while at work. 13 hours to 100% and well worth it on sale for $3. If you like bees and bloons TD, this is for you. Very casual game nothing hard.”
“This was fun to 100% but, at least for me, doesn't have the replayability to come back too often. The unit control feature is endless fun though. Good time sink for a few hours, worth the money on sale but not full…”
3 of the 72 reviews raise this.
9 of the 72 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Very fun if you like to get 100% achievements in games. Played this while at work. 13 hours to 100% and well worth it on sale for $3. If you like bees and bloons TD, this is for you. Very casual game nothing hard.”
“A little bit on the short side but its pretty fun throughout. Didnt come across any bugs.... gameplay bugs while playing, other than some lag when there were tons of enemies and bees on screen. Fairly easy in terms of…”
“awesome just make it so u can change the difficulty”
8 of the 72 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“very fun game but the gameplay do get repetitive I also wanted to change the change the code but I don't how to but if you tell me”
7 of the 72 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“short and fun”
“A little bit on the short side but its pretty fun throughout. Didnt come across any bugs.... gameplay bugs while playing, other than some lag when there were tons of enemies and bees on screen. Fairly easy in terms of…”
“It was too short :(”
5 of the 72 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“This was fun to 100% but, at least for me, doesn't have the replayability to come back too often. The unit control feature is endless fun though. Good time sink for a few hours, worth the money on sale but not full…”
“Caught it on sale. Felt worth the money. I don't think I'll replay. I kind of wish it was easier to organize your island because the messiness of it all was bothering me a bit in story mode. However I do understand that…”
4 of the 72 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“A little bit on the short side but its pretty fun throughout. Didnt come across any bugs.... gameplay bugs while playing, other than some lag when there were tons of enemies and bees on screen. Fairly easy in terms of…”
Counted across 72 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 86.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“build up a army bee base and defend against attacks. Pretty in depth for a silly looking game”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“I bought this because I thought it was silly, and then it was silly, and then it was serious... BEEEEEEs!”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“Boring, weird, clunky, unbalanced, and not fun. I really didn't get a "buzzzzz" out of that game!”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-04). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Fix
Many players were bothered by the fact that the Venomous Dragonfly continued to release poison after death. While this isn't a bug, I've fixed it. Added a maximum number of Steam Cloud sync attempts t
FIX
Fixed all these bugs. Thank you to everyone who submitted the Google Form and messaged us on Discord! "the range marker for the ballista was stuck on screen" "can't save the gafical settings" "when pl
Game Performance Optimization
The algorithms for bees, enemies, and turrets have been optimized. Average FPS with a large number of units has increased by 11–15%. Fixed an issue that prevented save files from loading when clicking
Fix
Added a resting bee indicator due to a lack of work in the hive. Many players mistakenly considered resting bees as "broken." Bugs fixed: Unable to build an improved lightning rod Bug with duplicate h
A little update
We’ve added: 1)Steam Cloud support, which automatically uploads your game saves. 2)Automatic detection of the player’s Steam language when launching the game for the first time. 3)A button that summon
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Base-Building · Tower Defense · Simulation · Sandbox · Funny · Singleplayer · Physics · War · Strategy · Indie · Open World Survival Craft · Adventure (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Japanese, Hungarian, Vietnamese, Danish, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese - Portugal, R… |
| Achievements | 24 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel Core i3 3.0 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 660 Storage: 5 GB available space