Underplayed Gems

Amoeba Battle: Microscopic RTS Action (2020)

Amoeba Battle: Microscopic RTS Action cover
Developer
Grab Games
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Genres
Strategy
Rating
4.3 of 5, 46 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 4.6 hours
Where to get it
Steam

More by Grab

The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

More games like thisWatch the trailer

or watch the trailer on YouTube

How it feels

Guiding squishy amoebas through alien landscapes feels like a low-stakes, strategic puzzle of feeding and replicating to overwhelm a microscopic infection.

microscopicrtspixel graphicsstrategiccooperativeexplorationfeedingreplication

What players say

Players praise the charming amoeba visuals and the novel unit-production system, but many note the campaign is short and some missions spike hard on brutal difficulty. The 25-unit cap frustrates players who want more diversity, and online multiplayer is largely dead.

Screenshots

Amoeba Battle: Microscopic RTS Action screenshot 1Amoeba Battle: Microscopic RTS Action screenshot 2Amoeba Battle: Microscopic RTS Action screenshot 3Amoeba Battle: Microscopic RTS Action screenshot 4Amoeba Battle: Microscopic RTS Action screenshot 5

More games like this

More by Grab

This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.