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Empire of the Ants

Empire of the Ants

Conquer enemy nests and lead your colony through the perils of the forest in this groundbreaking RTS. Empire of the Ants is a photorealistic, third-person real-time strategy game where you command your insect legions in epic battles.

Released Nov 6, 2024 Developer Tower Five Publisher Microids Platforms Windows StrategyNarrationRTSReal Time TacticsPvE
View on Steam ↗ $13.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

76.2%positive915 reviews
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“Strategy based game with Ants and a Storyline. What more can you want from life? Play it.”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“Fun game, very little problems. But the devs abandoned it, no updates since July 23rd 2025. So what you see is what you get. Not terrible, but not exactly super great to keep me interested super long term.”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Not recommended · 12 found this helpful

“Don't pay full price. Interesting, but not a 55-60CDN (35-40 USD) game. Should be in the 30CDN (20USD) range. Don't get me wrong, it's clear a lot of effort went in to generating this many-legged entities and developping believable interactions with complex terrain... but it…”

— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 01:24 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

15playing at last check
3424-hour peak
1,092all-time peak
0 250 500 2025 2026 241 avg · Nov 2024

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.

41achievements
3.3%median completion
0.3%rarest: You shall not pass
94.9% of players 89.0% of players 81.8% of players 54.6% of players 44.8% of players 19.0% of players 15.3% of players 13.1% of players 12.8% of players 11.0% of players 8.7% of players 8.5% of players 6.6% of players 6.3% of players 6.1% of players 5.2% of players 5.1% of players 4.7% of players 3.5% of players 3.3% of players 3.3% of players 3.1% of players 2.8% of players 2.3% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.3% of players 94.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
94.9%Gotta catch 'em all! — Unlock your first entry in the collection
89.0%Awakening — Hidden achievement
81.8%Despite millions of years of evolution... — Drown once
Rarest badges of honor
0.3%You shall not pass — Win "A city under attack" without any defenses (destroy them in the first 3 minutes)
0.5%Unknown entities — Complete collection
0.5%Huntress — Catch all the monarch butterflies and golden tortoise beetles

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.

$13.99−65% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$39.99base price
$13.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US13.99 USD−65%
EU13.99 EUR−65%
UK12.24 GBP−65%
Australia20.98 AUD−65%
Canada18.72 CAD−65%
Japan1,540 JPY−65%
Brazil34.96 BRL−65%
China50.05 CNY−65%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$6.9 China Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$16

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). 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.

Jul 06, 2026
🛠️ Achievement fixes

The previous bug affecting achievements, in which some achievements didn’t unlock despite fulfilling all requirements, has been fixed. The following achievements are now fixed: Achievement “Accept vic

Jul 23, 2025
🛠️ Balancing Fixes

Reverted back some balancing changes to their pre-Swarm Together Update state in Multiplayer modes (Versus & Co-op): Dor Beetles now receive 5-10% more damage across the board Hornets now receive 10-1

Jul 16, 2025
🤝 Time to Unite 🤝 The Swarm Together Update is Now Available

Greetings fellow ants, The time to unite has finally come! The Swarm Together Update is Now Available in Empire of the Ants This free content update brings a lot of new things to the game: 🎮 New Game

Jul 16, 2025
☀️ Upcoming Swarm Together Update 5/5 - New Unit & Power 🌪️

Greetings fellow ants, The Swarm Together update will bring new options to fight in all the different modes, except for the Story Mode. These options are: a new support unit and a new power . (Yes, we

Jul 15, 2025
☀️ Upcoming Swarm Together Update 4/5 - Challenge Mode ⏲️

Greetings fellow ants, Whether you're a hardcore gamer or someone who just doesn’t want to go into PvP but would like a bigger challenge, we have designed the new Challenge Mode for you! This mode wil

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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.

GenresStrategy
Player tagsStrategy · Narration · RTS · Real Time Tactics · PvE · PvP · Nature · Multiplayer · Sci-fi · Grand Strategy · Singleplayer · Realistic (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil
ControllerFull support
Achievements41
Estimated owners50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.microids.com/empire-of-the-ants/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 64 bit Processor: Intel Core i5 9400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: 6GB VRAM / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 / AMD Radeon RX 580 DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 40 GB available space Additional Notes: SSD recommended