Swarm Queen

Swarm Queen

Helmi Bastami (Flyborg.net) · 2017 · RTS, 2.5D, Aliens, Strategy, Difficult

PC
Very Positive94% · 380
Best price 20 Fair price
$4.49-40%
$7.49lowest tracked $0.62
Steam Buy at Steam

Compare prices in Official Stores

Steam
Steam
Standard Edition · Steam
-40%
$4.49
$7.49
Buy

Screenshots

About Swarm Queen

You're an insectoid alien fighting over Jupiter’s moon Europa.

It’ll be a tough battle - a test of your strategy, intuition, and perseverance.
      
Your minions control themselves, using "fuzzy logic" to pick the best target.

Your job as the queen is to focus on strategy.
Mutate your eggs so you can create combat minions - but you only have 4 "egg slots", so you must choose.

Make sure to spawn Harvester bugs to collect nectar resources.
When and what you choose to spawn or mutate is a big part of the tactical choice.

And always watch the chaos of battle. Predicting the outcome of a fight can help you decide your next move.
In each of the 21 campaign levels, the enemy Swarm Queen has a new unit or ability, which you then unlock for use in later levels.The enemy queen spawns Harvesters, collects nectar, and unlocks units just like you do. She judges the situation and tries to counter you as best as she can.

The enemy’s advantage is that she has a surprise new unit or ability in each level. But, she usually only has access to a few other units. (You can view the enemy’s unit list before starting the level or in the “pause” screen in-game.)

Completing the campaign unlocks some “challenge levels”, which put a twist on normal gameplay.

You could also try going back and beating levels on hard mode (good luck!), or starting a “New Game Plus” (added in a free update) with extra nectar for both queens.
In the biggest update yet, version 2.0 includes an alternate "cartoon" art style, Steam achievements, visible enemy "emotions", an "easy" difficulty setting, and more!
Swarm Queen is inspired by insects, and classic sci-fi aliens like Xenomorphs, Zerg, and the "Bugs" from Starship Troopers. It's like a war between ant colonies, but in space!
A “100% scientifically accurate” depiction of Jupiter’s moon Europa, including all of the alien life. :)
Swarm Queen is a one-man indie game from Canadian developer Helmi Bastami (it rhymes with "sell me pastrami"), and my first commercial release. I used to be a hobbyist animator and creator of Flash games on Flyborg dot net.

What Steam players say

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

Recommended Jun 26, 2026
I remember when I was a wee lad watching Baron von games play swarm queen on my tv with my family. this was one of the first games I ever bought when I got my pc, and now finding it buried in my steam library I get al those memories flooding back. it's always the simple games that take the crown.
2 found this helpful
Recommended Jul 17, 2026
very fun in my opinion
Recommended Jul 13, 2026
I'm not a good rolemodel for women, but I am a good rolemodel for Swarm Queens!
Recommended Jul 11, 2026
i like this game because no wifi gud for jurnies :D
Recommended Jul 10, 2026
it was fun tbh
Recommended Jun 29, 2026
This game is fun and Awesome but takes a Bit to get used to it and needs you to Micro Manage multiple things :)

Community reviews

0 reviews

Sign in to write a review.

No reviews yet. Be the first to review this game.

More like Swarm Queen