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Bee Island

Tower defense and base building around a besieged bee hive

Lemma Arts · Released Aug 25, 2023

ActionCasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Reviews
Very Positive
87% of 1,710
Recent reviews
Very Positive
93% of 29 in 30 days
Players
0
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
1 week ago
Oct 26, 2026
Minimum PC
GTX 660
4 GB RAM · 5 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Bee Island?

Bee Island is a tower defense and base-building strategy game about protecting a bee hive from waves of increasingly strong attackers. Build honeycombs to expand the hive, set up factories to produce resources, raise worker and warrior bees, and research new defenses. You can play alone or in online co-op.

For you if...

  • +you like balancing resource production with wave defense
  • +you want to build and defend a bee colony with friends

Not for you if...

  • −you prefer peaceful city building over recurring attacks

What players say

87% of 1,710 reviews are positive · 93% of 29 in the last 30 days

Players praise the mix of hive defense and resource management, particularly in co-op. Common complaints include lag later in a run, limited replay value, unclear resource and building information, and bugs.

Players over time

▼ -80% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 24 players on Oct 6, 2026.

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Oct 6, 202624
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Sep 27, 20265
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Sep 25, 20264
Sep 24, 202612
Sep 23, 202610
Sep 23, 20266
Sep 22, 20268
Sep 21, 20263

How many players finish Bee Island?

22% of Steam players have unlocked «Megaton», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

Bee Island screenshot 1

Bee Island system requirements

Minimum: GTX 660, 4 GB RAM, 5 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 7
Processor
Intel Core i3 3.0 GHz
Graphics
GTX 660
Memory
4 GB RAM
Storage
5 GB available space

Recommended

OS
Windows 10
Processor
Intel Core i5 3.4 GHz
Graphics
GTX 1060
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
5 GB available space

Does Bee Island have co-op or multiplayer?

Yes: co-op online. It also has a single-player mode.

Does Bee Island run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Default controller config not fully functional
  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
24
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Text only: English, Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Japanese, Hungarian, Vietnamese, Danish, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese - Portugal, Romanian, Thai, Finnish, Czech, Swedish.

Does Bee Island use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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