SWARMRIDERS

An endless runner with twin-stick shooting from a bike

Walter Machado · Released Jun 15, 2016

Reviews: Very Positive; 89% of 722
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 0; daily peak, Oct 30, 2026
Steam Deck: Verified
Last update on Steam: 1 year ago; Nov 4, 2024
Minimum PC: 1GB; 0.1 GB disk; Full requirements

What is SWARMRIDERS?

A free, single-player arcade game played in short survival runs. You dodge pursuing swarms and fire a machine gun from a bike’s back seat, playing a mercenary gunner centuries before UBERMOSH:BLACK.

For you if...

+you like pixel graphics and a cyberpunk setting

Not for you if...

−you prefer slow combat with time to plan

What players say

89% of 722 reviews are positive

Players praise the soundtrack and simple, replayable action. Some say survival depends too much on luck, with one reviewer blaming enemy explosions that hide the swarm.

Screenshots and trailer

SWARMRIDERS system requirements

Minimum: 1GB, 0.1 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS: Windows XP
Processor: 2.5Ghz+
Graphics: 1GB
Storage: 120 MB available space
DirectX: Version 9.0c

Does SWARMRIDERS have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does SWARMRIDERS run on Steam Deck?

Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.

All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
External controllers are not supported for the primary player

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows, Linux
Achievements: 4
Steam features: Family Sharing
Languages: Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Bulgarian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Danish, Spanish - Latin America, Finnish, Greek, Dutch, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Thai, Czech, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Arabic, Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Armenian, Assamese, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bangla, Belarusian, Bosnian, Kannada, Catalan, Kazakh, Cherokee, Sinhala, Konkani, Croatian, Dari, Slovak, Slovenian, Estonian, Filipino, Galician, Welsh, Georgian, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Igbo, Yoruba, Irish, Icelandic, Khmer, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malayalam, Malay, Maltese, Maori, Marathi, Mongolian, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi (Gurmukhi), Punjabi (Shahmukhi), Persian, K'iche', Kinyarwanda, Kyrgyz, Quechua, Sotho, Sindhi, Sorani, Swahili, Serbian, Tajik, Tigrinya, Tswana, Turkmen, Tatar, Tamil, Telugu, Uyghur, Wolof, Urdu, Uzbek, Valencian, Xhosa, Zulu, Scots.

Does SWARMRIDERS 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 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam