Empires of the Undergrowth
Worth it · Strategy · 2024
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
WAIT.
Worth it today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 70% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$29.99Worth it
Typical seasonal cut
$8.9970% offBANGER
- Cost per hour▼
- $1.75/hr
- ReviewsS
- 94% of 19,061
- Genre rank
- Top 3% Strategy
Holding it back: Cost per hour
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $8.99 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 17.1h
- To 100%
- 48.5h 2.8x the story
- Achievements
- 186
Price and sales
- Sales
- 45 on record
- Typical cut
- 50% off
- Steam low
- $7.49 October 2026
- Sale every
- 37d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 1,098 now
- Recent reviews
- 95% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 3% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 98% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
66% start to <1% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 45 discounts in the 9 years tracked, the median cut is 50 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Past sales have already crossed the $19.12 BANGER line 39 times.
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 3 percent. It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 98 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic ($39.99, scores 85) beats it on value, while it beats Blacksmith Master ($19.99, scores 55).
More about Empires of the Undergrowth
23 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written June 2024 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 61 percent of the 527 reviews written there were positive, against 94 percent overall, and those are 3 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 17.1 hours. Doing everything runs 49, 2.8 times as long.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 5 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
What a great example of a perfect RTS, mixed with a fun science facts! I just love this game! For the first time in my life I´m aimed for the "New game +". I´m grateful to the team for this project and looking forward to the sequel or more similar games! Way to go!!!!
2 more reviews
I've been looking around for a game like SimAnt (the oldschool version). Out of many I've played, this one has the closest feel to the original. It's strategic, great graphics, attention to all the geeky details we ant people love. Play this one!
i rlly like this game, it was one of the first games i ever got on pc and back then i used to really like ants and bugs and stuff. there arent many bugs or problems now, there are a few things i wish theyd add, but otherwise its an awesome game so deff get it :3
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 (1 GB) / AMD Radeon HD 6750 (1 GB), 5 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Empires of the Undergrowth scores 77/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/463530/empires-of-the-undergrowthReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 14, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.