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Swarmdustry

89% positive of 69 Steam reviews

Released: 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam

Made by Mitchy Studios.

About the game

Build a living factory and automate the Swarm. Harvest resources, construct mega factories, and grow a colony of specialized biomechanical bugs. Balance growth, efficiency, and creep spread before hostile robots squish you for trying to consume their world.

Tagged by players

Automation
Base Building
Mining
Survival
Immersive Sim
Colony Sim
Crafting
Resource Management
Inventory Management
Building
Procedural Generation
Simulation

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Very Positive

What players say

Recommended
The game is great, it’s obviously a bit rough around the edges as it’s a solo dev and it’s EA but it’s got more than enough content to keep things fun. The dev is extremely responsive on discord and he’s changed a few systems already based on player feedback. He’s also put effort on enabling mod support and put a guide for modders too
19 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
Seems like there might be a bunch of interesting ideas here, but the game is lacking basic usability and the experience of learning it is awful. I didn't even get through the tutorial, which to me is crazy for someone with more than 1000 hours in factorio. The developer should silently watch a new player a few times and then build all the simple stuff that is missing, like a page that shows you the tips you've…
1.3 h played when written. 17 found it helpful.
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