Deep Among the Swarm

The gameplay itself is enjoyable, but the way the game is set up isn't, which is why I wouldn't recommend it for anyone who doesn't want to invest 50-100 hours+ into a game like this. The game progresses with digging down. Once you lose you'll have to start all the way up from the top again and you'll get to unlock some meta progression that lets you go a little deeper the next time, or make the rounds a bit faster. The individual gameplay levels take way to long to have this be an enjoyable grind, so it just ends up being frustrating.

Peak, 10/10. The game knows what it wants to be and nails it in every way.

I can't tell if it's a bug or intended, but literally invincible, invisible enemies will teleport to your HQ and instantly kill it. Game is literally unplayable.

Just didn't grab me, it has serious problems with the execution. Resources fill so fast that it feels like you need to constantly be pausing to queue research / energy spreaders which is just annoying. There's almost zero depth in the resource economy. Aside from the body factories, you just build mines/energy plants on their respective tiles and move on. It suffers from the roguelite curse where it takes 30-60 minutes of play in a run for the game to become harder than dead easy.

It has that nice meta progression feel for a quick RTS where you're mostly just positioning troops to defend or purge an area. Good value for the price. Wouldn't mind more depth to the meta progression and structures though, but overall great value and gameplay.

fun