Deep Among the Swarm
Survival RTS where fueling a drill unleashes monster swarms
Pebble Mountain Games · Released Sep 25, 2024
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 87% of 141
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 0
- peak 24h 1
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 1 year ago
- May 16, 2025
What is Deep Among the Swarm?
In this single-player survival RTS roguelite, you expand a base into dark areas, gather Radium to fuel a drill, and position troops and barricades against monster swarms. You customize units and buildings between levels, then use upgrades earned after defeat to push deeper on later runs.
For you if...
- +you enjoy securing territory and building defensive choke points
- +you like customizing units between levels and across runs
Not for you if...
- −you dislike restarting from the beginning after losing
- −you prefer strategy without resource management or base building
What players say
87% of 141 reviews are positive
Players praise the base defense and gradual expansion, while some complain that levels and runs take too long.
Screenshots and trailer
Deep Among the Swarm system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 (64-bit)
- Processor
- INTEL, AMD 2 cores CPU at 2Ghz
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB / AMD Radeon R7 370 2GB
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 10
Recommended
- OS
- Windows® 10 (64-bit)
- Processor
- Intel® Core™ i5-2500K (quad-core) / AMD® FX-Series™ FX-8320 (quad-core)
- Graphics
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 970 (4 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ R9 290X (4 GB)
- Memory
- 12 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 12
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 7
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Tags
- RTS
- Base Building
- Tower Defense
- Survival
- Roguelite
- Strategy
- Resource Management
- Simulation
- Procedural Generation
- Time Management
- Singleplayer
- Real-Time with Pause
- Post-apocalyptic
- Roguelike
- Building
- Indie
Recent updates
- May 16, 2025 · Patch 1.1.32
- Mar 31, 2025 · Patch 1.1 out now!
- Oct 17, 2024 · Patch 1.0.67
- Oct 9, 2024 · Patch 1.0.54
- Sep 28, 2024 · Patch 1.0.33
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