Empire of the Ants

Third-person real-time strategy with ant armies and forest battles

Tower Five · Published by Microids · Released Nov 6, 2024

Reviews: Mostly Positive; 76% of 1,167
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 90% of 10 in 30 days
Playing now: 6; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 2 months ago; Jul 6, 2026

Free demo available, 3 playing it now: get the demo.

What is Empire of the Ants?

A third-person real-time strategy game set among ant colonies in a forest. You control a warrior ant, explore the terrain, command insect legions, and capture and upgrade nests. The story campaign follows your ant's efforts to defend and expand its colony; co-op survival and competitive matches provide other ways to play.

For you if...

+you like directing armies from a ground-level perspective
+you want a story campaign about an ant colony
+you want cooperative survival or competitive online matches

Not for you if...

−you want deep base building and varied strategic options
−you prefer battles without exploration or platforming

What players say

76% of 1,167 reviews are positive · 90% of 10 in the last 30 days

Players praise the detailed forest and insect visuals and the unusual ant-level perspective. The most common complaints are repetitive missions and limited strategic depth. Some players also dislike the exploration tasks and the lack of mid-mission saves.

Screenshots and trailer

Empire of the Ants system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10 64 bit
Processor: Intel Core i5 9400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Graphics: 6GB VRAM / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 / AMD Radeon RX 580
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 40 GB available space
DirectX: Version 12
Notes: SSD recommended

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 41
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Playable

Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
Default configuration is not performant
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
External controllers are not supported for the primary player

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil.