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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 ↗ $3.19 (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.

79.2%positive1,119 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“shoot bugs”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Yes.”

— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played
Not recommended · 5 found this helpful

“A pointless game. Just EXTREME grind and upgrade VERY slowly. 3 levels that are basically the same. Literally no point to the game, just achievements I guess.”

— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 01:05 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

7playing at last check
1524-hour peak
839all-time peak
0 50 100 2024 2025 2026 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 2026-07-25.

31achievements
24.8%median completion
2.3%rarest: Ace Pilot
83.2% of players 78.4% of players 76.5% of players 65.8% of players 47.9% of players 45.5% of players 42.5% of players 35.4% of players 34.1% of players 32.5% of players 32.5% of players 30.0% of players 29.1% of players 27.4% of players 25.3% of players 24.8% of players 22.5% of players 19.6% of players 18.6% of players 18.4% of players 17.0% of players 15.1% of players 13.2% of players 10.3% of players 9.0% of players 8.3% of players 8.1% of players 5.4% of players 5.3% of players 4.6% of players 2.3% of players 83.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
83.2%A Warm Welcome — Survive for 10 minutes.
78.4%Hive Hunter — Kill 2,000 enemies in one run.
76.5%Devotion — Take a Special Upgrade.
Rarest badges of honor
2.3%Ace Pilot — Win the game at a level above "Evolution 3" without distributing any points towards Workshop upgrades.
4.6%The Grinder — Win the game 25 times.
5.3%Inefficient — Win the game with 5 Active skills.

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.

$3.19−60% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$7.99base price
$3.19lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US3.19 USD−60%
EU2.27 EUR−60%
UK2.15 GBP−60%
Australia4.30 AUD−60%
Canada3.58 CAD−60%
Japan324 JPY−60%
Brazil7.99 BRL−60%
China11.60 CNY−60%

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

Brazil≈$1.6 China Japan Canada EU UK Australia US≈$3.2

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 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

Jun 28, 2026
Status Update

Hi guys, it's been a while. We know that you guys have been waiting for new updates and that we are behind schedule. But DO NOT worry, we are still working on the new updates and features mentioned on

May 06, 2026
Join Our Discord!

Kağan here. Some of you might remember my last two posts: and now our next step; Discord: https://discord.gg/fMQREtrp This server has been idle for too long. That changes now. The Last Bite Games team

Apr 24, 2026
STILL ALIVE

Hey, Let me tell the whole thing this time. At some point I took Swarm Grinder apart, handed pieces of it to a completely different project in a completely different industry, and built something no o

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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.

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
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
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