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Empire of the Ants

You play as 103,683rd, a soldier ant tasked with exploring the forest and helping defend and expand the colony. The story campaign follows the colony’s struggles across different environments, mixing strategic missions with exploration and traversal. From a third-person perspective, you move through the terrain yourself and direct squads of ants with pheromone signals and special abilities. Battles revolve around choosing units to counter enemy forces, gathering resources, and capturing nests and outposts; roots, leaves, and other vertical terrain can shape your routes and attacks. Upgrade nests to unlock stronger legions and build chambers that support your economy, troops, information gathering, powers, or defenses. Alongside the campaign, the game includes AI skirmishes, online battles, and solo or cooperative Horde Mode.

Lead an ant colony from the forest floor, exploring vertical terrain and commanding insect squads in real-time battles.

Released 06 Nov 2024

76%positive of
1.2k player reviews
$39.99
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Command Ant Squads

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Order Troops with Pheromones

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Capture Rival Nests

Conquer enemy nests and lead your colony through the perils of the forest in this groundbreaking RTS. Empire of the Ants is a photorealistic, third-person real-time strategy game where you command your insect legions in epic battles.

Developed by Tower Five · Published by Microids

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Common Player Critiques

  1. Repetitive Missions
  2. Shallow Strategy
  3. Unbalanced Difficulty
  4. Limited Colony Building
76%
positive of 1.2k player reviews

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Back of the Box

Platforms Windows
Achievements 41
Age ratings
  • ClassInd (Brazil) L
  • IGRS (Indonesia) 13 — Kekerasan Interaksi Daring
  • Steam (Germany) 12 — Fantasy-Gewalt
Controller support PlayStation, Xbox
Controller required No
Demo View demo on Steam
DLC / extras 1 listed on Steam
Content notices
  • Online interactivity
Website Official website

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