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Swarm Grinder

Swarm Grinder

An action roguelite game with alien swarms and mechs. Battle enemies to make your way through a mass of spreading and evolving cells hosting dormant enemies. Collect a variety of game-changing skills and upgrades to create unique builds.

Released Apr 22, 2024 Developer Last Bite Games Publisher Null State Protocol, Gamersky Games Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Action RoguelikeBullet HellRogue-liteAction RPGPixel Graphics
View on Steam ↗ $3.99 (US · as of 2026-10-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-29 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.

77.6%positive1,221 reviews
Recommended · 90 found this helpful

“Swarm Grinder has a whole lot going for it that sets it apart from the herd of auto-shooter action roguelike (whatever it is we're calling this genre) games. It has a fantastic color pallet and art style. It feels cohesive and lends to the dire atmosphere. A lot of care clearly…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Recommended · 44 found this helpful

“Gorgeous little game. In all aspects: - It looks gorgeous! - The design is incredibly tight and pulled off very well. The game will force you to spawn your own enemies to farm them for ammo, but always try to fall back and manage them before next push. - Different mechs and…”

— a player, Steam review · 30 hrs played
Not recommended · 133 found this helpful

“You expect games in the VS genre to be a bit grindy, hell this one even has grind in the name. But it's grindy in a way that is incredibly disrespectful of your time. An example, to level up one of the classes, you need to complete achievement type objectives. One of them is to…”

— a player, Steam review · 27 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

839all-time peak
0 50 100 2024 2025 2026 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 86 avg · Aug 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 2026-10-25.

31achievements
24.9%median completion
2.4%rarest: Ace Pilot
82.9% of players 78.0% of players 76.3% of players 65.7% of players 48.2% of players 45.0% of players 42.3% of players 35.5% of players 34.0% of players 32.6% of players 32.4% of players 29.8% of players 29.2% of players 27.5% of players 25.2% of players 24.9% of players 22.6% of players 19.9% of players 18.5% of players 18.2% of players 17.2% of players 15.2% of players 13.3% of players 10.1% of players 9.1% of players 8.5% of players 8.2% of players 5.8% of players 5.4% of players 4.7% of players 2.4% of players 82.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
82.9%A Warm Welcome — Survive for 10 minutes.
78.0%Hive Hunter — Kill 2,000 enemies in one run.
76.3%Devotion — Take a Special Upgrade.
Rarest badges of honor
2.4%Ace Pilot — Win the game at a level above "Evolution 3" without distributing any points towards Workshop upgrades.
4.7%The Grinder — Win the game 25 times.
5.4%Deep Dive — Win the game in under 8 minutes.

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.

$3.99−50% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-10-25 20:53 UTC
$7.99base price
$2.79lowest since tracking began2026-08-30
US3.99 USD−50%
EU2.84 EUR−50%
UK2.69 GBP−50%
Australia5.37 AUD−50%
Canada4.47 CAD−50%
Japan405 JPY−50%
Brazil9.99 BRL−50%
China14.50 CNY−50%

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

Brazil≈$2.0 China Japan EU Canada UK Australia US≈$4.0

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-23). Relative comparison only.

$0 $5 $10 07-25 08-11 08-30 09-17 10-05 10-25

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Oct 16, 2026
Big Optimization Update — v1.1.0.6

Hi everyone! This update is all about performance. Big crowds were where Swarm Grinder struggled the most, so I went through enemies, map tiles, walls, the floor, damage numbers and health bars one by

Oct 13, 2026
Hornet Update: Patch 1.0.7.0

Hi everyone! This update is mostly about Hornet: many fixes, new Experimental Packages, new items and new rank rewards. It also brings Workshop and translation fixes. Thank you for the bug reports in

Oct 09, 2026
Major Update v1.0.6.5 — 52 Fixes & Improvements

Hey everyone! I've been working through your reports and giving Swarm Grinder's systems, menus, and translations some much-needed attention. This update brings the move to Unity 6, important save fixe

Jul 08, 2026
Swarm Grinder Update

Swarm Grinder update. Check it and give feedback please. <3

Jul 07, 2026
Reality Check

Hi everyone, It’s been a while. During the past month, life forced me to step away from development. It wasn’t a decision I wanted to make, but it was necessary. Now I’m finally back, and I wanted to

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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.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie
Player tagsAction Roguelike · Bullet Hell · Rogue-lite · Action RPG · Pixel Graphics · Rogue-like · RPG · 2D · Mechs · Steampunk · Controller · Procedural Generation (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Turkish, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
ControllerFull support
Achievements31
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or later Processor: Dual Core+ Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 1 GB VRAM Storage: 450 MB available space