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Deep Among the Swarm
Deep Among the Swarm is a challenging survival RTS roguelite about surviving against thousands of enemies. Drill ever deeper underground while fighting the endless onslaught of the Swarm. Can you save humanity?
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“Peak, 10/10. The game knows what it wants to be and nails it in every way.”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“Just didn't grab me, it has serious problems with the execution. Resources fill so fast that it feels like you need to constantly be pausing to queue research / energy spreaders which is just annoying. There's almost zero depth in the resource economy. Aside from the body…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“I can't tell if it's a bug or intended, but literally invincible, invisible enemies will teleport to your HQ and instantly kill it. Game is literally unplayable.”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Patch 1.1.32
Patch 1.1.32 * Fixed text issues on negative map modifiers. * Added rarity labels for equipment comparisons/crafting. * When salvaging buildings the cursor will snap to grid. * If all sides of a repli
Patch 1.1 out now!
Hi everyone! This patch has been in the works for quite some time and I am glad to finally release it. Version 1.1 Patch Notes General New Bosses. New weapons, buildings and drones. Slightly reduced t
Patch 1.0.67
Patch 1.0.67 Drill UI Improvements Added tabs onto the right side UI to contain crafting, equipment lists and augments. Hovering over equipment now shows the stats and gives comparisons. When you have
Patch 1.0.54
Patch 1.0.54 New Features & Improvements Remade the Drill UI to make it simpler to use, faster to compare and require less clicks to do what you want to do. Crafting core equipment (Miner & Generator)
Patch 1.0.33
Patch 1.0.33 Ordering units to move/attack move off the map should still work and try and path to the nearest open tile In the leaderboards your name/stats will appear bolded Leaderboard global tab wi
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Strategy |
| Player tags | RTS · Base-Building · Tower Defense · Survival · Rogue-lite · Strategy · Resource Management · Simulation · Procedural Generation · Time Management · Singleplayer · Real-Time with Pause (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 7 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 (64-bit) Processor: INTEL, AMD 2 cores CPU at 2Ghz Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB / AMD Radeon R7 370 2GB DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 2 GB available space