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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. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“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 count fetched 2026-07-24 01:25 UTC · history 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 2026-07-25.
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.
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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 2026-05-20.
| 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 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
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