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Swarmdustry
Build a living factory and automate the Swarm. Harvest resources, construct mega factories, and grow a colony of specialized biomechanical bugs. Balance growth, efficiency, and creep spread before hostile robots squish you for trying to consume their world.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“Get comfortable, I have a lot to say about this one. I'll divide this review into 2 sections, one where I'll talk about the game itself, and one where I want to give me 2 cents on the whole 'Factorio clone' debate. About the game: Swarmdustry is a factory building game heavily…”
— a player, Steam review · 74 hrs played“Pros: bug factory = cool runs smooth as hell on low end pcs spire power system is neat Cons: my Movers kept getting confused at first lol overall worth the cash!”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“It's a pretty good game, I really like it. I think this one focuses more on logistics rather than production. I would say setting up production and mining in Swarmdustry is pretty easy but logistics is more difficult. For example, you need bugs to carry all the items on top of…”
— a player, Steam review · 34 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2026-08 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
0.5.4 Patch Notes
0.5.4 patch notes: * Item and building tooltips now show related genetic code improvements, like extra damage or speed increases. * Added more info to various entity tooltips. Fireflies and acflies no
Dev blog #17
Dev blog Hello hello, it has been a while. Just a little over a month ago the game released in EA and it has been super busy since then. The increase in amount of bug reports and suggestions on how to
0.5.3 Patch Notes
0.5.3 patch notes: * Workers have extra info in their tooltip. Tooltip will now show the status of the worker (Idle, Working, Charging etc), as well as which station and bay it may be assigned to. * Y
0.5.2 Patch Notes - Combat balances
0.5.2 patch notes: * Fixed the Swarm sometimes attacking itself. * Resource clusters on the map now show total amount of resources. * Worker bays now distribute workers to the workstation with the low
0.5.1 Patch Notes
0.5.1 patch notes: * Assembly loading is now supported for mods. This means you can write your own code. Check the modding channel on Discord for steps to do so. * Fixed issue where blobbers wouldn't
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Automation · Simulation · Strategy · Survival · Base Building · Immersive Sim · Moddable · 2D · Resource Management · Top-Down · Crafting (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Workshop · Camera Comfort · Color Alternatives · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · #category_playable_at_your_own_pace · Playable without Timed Input |
| Languages | English * , Simplified Chinese * , Turkish * , Portuguese - Brazil * , French * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Japanese * , Russian * * |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Quad core Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 750 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 6 GB available space