Terminal squad: Swarmites (2020)

Developer: Droid Riot
Publisher: Conglomerate 5
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Action, Indie, Strategy
Rating: 3.1 of 5, 31 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 2.1 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

A tense, strategic balance of building and combat as you manage resources and chain structures to survive an infinite enemy onslaught.

tacticalindirect controlstrategicfast-pacedtenseretroresource managementsurvival

What players say

Players are split: some enjoy the resource-chain tower defense as a casual timekiller, but many more call it unfinished and abandoned, with crashes, a 640-pixel resolution, and enemies that endlessly swarm while your own units get stuck on the environment.

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