Swarmlake
First-person arena shooter about staying alive against vast enemy swarms
Dominique Grieshofer · Released Mar 12, 2018
- Reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 95% of 2,105
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 1
- daily peak, Oct 29, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update on Steam
- 3 months ago
- Jul 28, 2026
What is Swarmlake?
In this single-player shooter, you chase high scores using a weapon with a chargeable beam. Jumping off enemies or using the beam as a springboard launches you into the air. Online leaderboards and replays let you compare runs.
For you if...
- +you like fast combat with a high skill ceiling
Not for you if...
- −you prefer a slower pace with fewer simultaneous threats
What players say
95% of 2,105 reviews are positive
Players praise the fluid movement, straightforward shooting, and soundtrack. Some find the repeated gameplay loop too limited to hold their interest.
Screenshots and trailer
Swarmlake system requirements
Minimum: HD 4600, 1 GB RAM, 0 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Swarmlake?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- Intel Core i3 / AMD A6 @ 2.4GHz
- Graphics
- Intel HD Graphics 4600
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 20 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 12
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 11
- Processor
- Intel Core i5 / AMD FX @ 2.4GHz
- Graphics
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 / AMD Radeon R9 270
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 20 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 12
Does Swarmlake have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Swarmlake 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
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 27
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Spanish - Latin America, Bulgarian, Indonesian, Romanian, Vietnamese, Malay.
Does Swarmlake 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
Tags
- Action
- FPS
- Fast-Paced
- Shooter
- Arcade
- First-Person
- Bullet Hell
- Score Attack
- Great Soundtrack
- Singleplayer
- Arena Shooter
- Retro
- Difficult
- Shoot 'Em Up
- Atmospheric
- Replay Value
Recent updates
- Jul 28, 2026 · Swarmlake 4.2
- Aug 25, 2022 · Swarmlake 2.13
- Jun 23, 2022 · Swarmlake 2.11
- May 28, 2022 · Swarmlake 2.10
- Oct 1, 2019 · Swarmlake Update 24
1 DLC available.
