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Here Comes The Swarm

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2026

Should you play it?

Here Comes the Swarm is a survival RTS with a pause button! Create your strategy, build, manage, and defend your settlements at your own pace. Take the fight to the hive mind and lead expeditions to deliver a deadly blow and eradicate your foes. Will you reclaim Ulora from the relentless Swarm?

What works

  • Engaging and challenging gameplay loop
  • Strong meta progression and customization
  • Multiple game modes including roguelike expeditions
  • Immersive audio-visual design
  • Active and responsive developer support

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited unit and building variety currently
  • Some ai pathfinding and technical issues reported
  • Lack of narrative campaign and map variety
  • Steep difficulty curve can be frustrating
  • Early access state with incomplete content

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Here Comes The Swarm: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Relaxation.

Last update: 23/08/2026