Yes — Bombyx is free to play, so you can install and play it without buying anything.

Is Bombyx Steam Deck compatible?

Mostly. Valve rates Bombyx Playable on Steam Deck: it runs, but may need some manual tweaking — a community controller layout, or zooming in on small text.

Can I play Bombyx on Mac?

Not natively — Steam lists no macOS version of Bombyx. Mac players would need a cloud gaming service or a Windows compatibility layer.

Is Bombyx multiplayer?

No — Steam lists Bombyx as single-player only.

Is Bombyx on PC Game Pass?

No — Bombyx is not on PC Game Pass right now.

Bombyx

Name: Bombyx
Brand: ParticleStorm
Availability: InStock

ParticleStorm · April 21, 2023 · Action, Arcade, Platformer, Shooter, FPS

Bombyx is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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Bombyx price

Bombyx is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About Bombyx

Enjoy an audiovisual sandbox shmup experience like no other! Control a powerful Gunship orbiting around your Gravatar character, with flapping type flight mechanics and 360 shooting. Or try ZeroG mode, with full 6DOF and motion controller support!

Get OP with the virtual AI Gunship in Zero-G mode! Play as Orbal in Gravatar mode! Now with targeting cursors, improved graphics, more performance, and better compatibility! Featuring a colorful Gravatar map and Zero-G Cauldron zone, pumpkin grenade, retro ghosts, space worms, UFOs and robots!

Sandbox shmup zones! Grab a banana to turn on gravity in Monkey Mode! Now with a pair of Diffluent Jets in Zero-G mode.

Featuring character and concept art from Katsumi Yokota (Rez, Panzer Dragoon Zwei, Sonic Adventure), Mike DuBois (Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead, String Cheese Incident), and many other talented artists. Full sountrack from professional musicians across the globe!

Colorful, abstract graphics with fractal textures and procedural geometry in EVERY frame! A gratuitous use of particles systems combined with a liberal application of color cycling and hue shifting contribute to the distinctive signature look of BOMBYX.

Bombyx — game info

Platforms: Windows
Steam Deck: Playable
Player modes: Single-player
Controller: Partial controller support
PC Game Pass: Not included

DLC & expansions

Bombyx Fuzion - 2048 Effect

from$9.99

lowest tracked $4.99

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Apr 21, 2023

I played this game. I have no idea what it is I played. You have this jet pack and you can fly around, until you grab this orb and then you get into this spaceship. That's when chaos broke out and I had no idea what was going on. You can also watch an animated cartoon, which also made no sense. Maybe you need to be on shrooms to get it. I don't know. It looked trippy though. Rate 5/10.

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Not recommended Jul 23, 2025

[quote][b][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microtransaction]Warning: In-Game Cash Shop[/url][/b] This game is infested with a toxic mobile app style cash shop. You will be prompted to and expected to give money/credit card details to the developers through this cash shop to buy in-game goods so you can play the game.[/quote] "Bombyx" is is a garbage tier VR wave survival shooter/tech demo that the developers abandoned, and despite being unable to actually finish the game, apparently they had all the time to build content and paywall it behind ludicrously priced DLC... and the DLC, believe it or not, is just a ripoff of someone else's game (2048). This monetization is horrid, and so is this abandoned "game". What do you do in the game? It's a pointless wave survival shooter with a couple of samey "modes" that involve shooting different kinds of enemies... it's a shallow, unfinished and valueless. The developers abandoned this 2 years and 2 months ago. It will never be completed. This unfinished game is just polluting Steam and making it harder for gamers to find genuinely, completely made games. The graphics aren't great, really hideous low quality assets with a godawfu…

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Recommended Mar 2, 2025

its a trip, a very psychodelic trip

Recommended Apr 6, 2024

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Not recommended Aug 12, 2023

its alright..

Recommended May 19, 2023

IT'S PEAK GO PLAY THIS RIGHT NOW

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