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The Swashbugglers

The Swashbugglers

A cartoon-style 2D roguelike autochess focused on tactical strategy. Recruit insect "heroes" from the forest to form a team. Develop their skills, equipment, and stone inscriptions through battles to defeat the source of chaos within the time limit.

Released Sep 4, 2026 Developer Asmodeus Game Publisher Shuffle Play Games Platforms Windows Auto BattlerRoguelikeRogueliteTacticalStrategy
View on Steam ↗ $6.23 (US · as of 2026-10-22)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.

79.6%positive181 reviews
Not recommended · 15 found this helpful

“Lol, game is awful. Art, translation, music (possibly the worst), font selection. The dev recruited someone to translate English, but the translator lied to get the job. Many, many, many translations are horrible. For example, the skill "shield wall," does rapid damage to enemy…”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Not recommended · 4 found this helpful

“The games just really bad, lots of translation issues, screen resolution problems, overlapping fonts. The actual gameplay is meh at best. Not worth buying to be honest. I'm refunding mine.”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

317all-time peak
0 1 2 1 avg · Sep 2026

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-16.

75achievements
18.2%median completion
0.1%rarest: Ten Runs Won
81.4% of players 80.8% of players 75.0% of players 73.0% of players 69.6% of players 67.9% of players 66.5% of players 64.7% of players 63.8% of players 62.2% of players 60.8% of players 60.2% of players 49.6% of players 41.5% of players 40.1% of players 38.9% of players 35.8% of players 35.7% of players 34.3% of players 32.7% of players 32.4% of players 31.6% of players 30.2% of players 29.7% of players 29.4% of players 28.9% of players 28.6% of players 28.4% of players 28.1% of players 28.1% of players 27.1% of players 24.8% of players 23.6% of players 23.5% of players 23.4% of players 21.0% of players 18.2% of players 18.2% of players 18.1% of players 18.0% of players 17.9% of players 16.0% of players 15.8% of players 14.7% of players 13.5% of players 12.5% of players 11.6% of players 11.5% of players 11.0% of players 10.5% of players 10.4% of players 10.0% of players 9.0% of players 8.8% of players 8.2% of players 8.2% of players 7.8% of players 7.2% of players 6.6% of players 5.8% of players 81.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
81.4%First Victory — Win a normal battle.
80.8%Ten-Second Victory — Win a normal battle within 10 seconds.
75.0%Break the Elite — Win an elite battle.
Rarest badges of honor
0.1%Ten Runs Won — Win 10 runs.
0.3%Two Hundred Encounters — Complete 200 special events.
0.4%Victory from Two Defeats — Win a run after claiming both failure rewards.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-28. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$6.23−22% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-10-22 11:56 UTC
$7.99base price
$6.23lowest since tracking began2026-10-22
US6.23 USD−22%
EU6.35 EUR−22%
UK5.57 GBP−22%
Australia8.97 AUD−22%
Canada7.52 CAD−22%
Japan819 JPY−22%
Brazil23.39 BRL−22%
China25.74 CNY−22%

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

China≈$3.9 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$7.5

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-22). Relative comparison only.

$0 $5 $10 09-28 10-02 10-07 10-13 10-17 10-22

Latest official news

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

Sep 09, 2026
V1.1 Update

1. Fixed bugs in the game content. 2. Added and adjusted a small number of event rooms. 3. Reduced the number of skills that can cause friendly fire, and added clearer indicators to existing friendly-

Sep 05, 2026
V0.0.3 Update | Encyclopedia Text Fixes & UI Improvements

This update focuses mainly on improving several small details of the overall experience. We’ve corrected some encyclopedia descriptions, added red highlighting to friendly-fire related information, an

Sep 04, 2026
Update v0.0.2

- Updated Steam SDK compatibility

Sep 04, 2026
The Swashbugglers is OUT NOW! 20% Off at Launch!

Hello everyone! We can finally say it: The Swashbugglers is now officially available on Steam! Thank you so much for all your support, wishlists, playtesting, and feedback along the way. After months

Aug 28, 2026
Sept. 3 Launch! Hand-Drawn Auto Battler, Only $6.39!

Dear players, Our new game The Swashbugglers is finally ready to meet everyone! After a period of development and polishing, the game is now confirmed to officially launch on September 3 . Thank you s

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-27.

GenresIndie, Strategy
Player tagsAuto Battler · Roguelike · Roguelite · Tactical · Strategy · Procedural Generation · Resource Management · 2D · Hand-drawn · Cartoony · Character Customization · Comedy (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesSimplified Chinese, English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Spanish - Latin America, Korean
Achievements75
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Memory: 4 GB RAM