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Swarmlake

Swarmlake

Swarmlake is an ultra-intense first-person shooter ballet about fighting a record-breaking swarm.

Released Mar 12, 2018 Developer Dominique Grieshofer Platforms Windows FPSArena ShooterRetroFirst-PersonBullet Hell
View on Steam ↗ $4.99 (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.

95.9%positive1,649 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Extremely fast and intense arcade action where every second matters. Pure chaos adrenaline and score chasing done really well.‍”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“[h2] Welcome to Swarmlake [/h2] A game about an overwhelming bullet hell experience filled with chaos, paired with a perfect soundtrack to enhance it. As far as I know, your objective is to farm purple bubbles and gain as many points as possible, or just aim for 10k to unlock…”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Not recommended · 2 found this helpful

“You can't even tell a lot of what's happening. Not fun at all”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:58 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

2playing at last check
424-hour peak
403all-time peak
0 10 20 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 17 avg · Jul 2023

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.

27achievements
32.7%median completion
11.5%rarest: Swarmlake
61.4% of players 58.8% of players 55.5% of players 52.3% of players 49.6% of players 47.3% of players 45.1% of players 43.2% of players 41.5% of players 40.1% of players 37.8% of players 36.0% of players 34.3% of players 32.7% of players 31.3% of players 28.3% of players 25.8% of players 24.1% of players 22.4% of players 20.9% of players 19.5% of players 18.2% of players 17.1% of players 15.4% of players 13.9% of players 12.6% of players 11.5% of players 61.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
61.4%Bomb Heal —
58.8%Pull Bombs —
55.5%Projectile Shield —
Rarest badges of honor
11.5%Swarmlake — 20,000+
12.6%18,000 —
13.9%16,000 —

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$4.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$4.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US4.99 USD
EU4.99 EUR
UK4.40 GBP
Australia7.50 AUD
Canada6.49 CAD
Japan600 JPY
Brazil17.40 BRL
China30.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$3.4 Japan China Canada US Australia EU UK≈$5.9

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

$0 $5 $10 07-11 07-14 07-17 07-20 07-23 07-26

Latest official news

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

Jun 24, 2026
Swarmlake 4.1

Hi, the free Swarmlake 4.1 update is out now. Where 4.0 rebuilt the game, 4.1 deepens it at both ends: more ways in for new players, and more room to master for everyone else. Added assists: Optional

May 25, 2026
Swarmlake 4.0: Zenith

Hi, the free Swarmlake 4.0: Zenith update is out now. 8 years after release, this is the definitive version of Swarmlake:Added shooting beam: A manual fire mode that charges and fires a concentrated e

Sep 13, 2023
Swarmlake 3.0

Hi, the free Swarmlake 3.0 Update is out now: Added player health Improves understandability of game overs which was by far the most common complaint since release. In the past the binary nature of on

Jun 16, 2023
Swarmlake 2.14

Hey all, Swarmlake 2.14 is out to improve understandability and depth: Added arena limit Increases the required decision making and adds more positioning and meaning to space. It improves the depth tr

Aug 25, 2022
Swarmlake 2.13

Hi, Swarmlake 2.13 is out to improve clarity: Added bomb projectile attract feedback Added death player hitbox pulse Added descriptions to settings and tutorial UI Improved fading out bomb shockwave I

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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, Casual, Indie
Player tagsFPS · Arena Shooter · Retro · First-Person · Bullet Hell · Great Soundtrack · Atmospheric · Casual · Shooter · Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade · Action (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Remote Play on Phone · Remote Play on Tablet
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Romanian, Russian, S…
ControllerFull support
Achievements27
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel Core i3 / AMD A6 @ 2.4GHz Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 Storage: 10 MB available space Additional Notes: OpenGL 3.3+