Games like Buggos

Loved how replayable and retro Buggos can get? Start with these games when you are ready.

Home Wars
Command an army of toy soldiers defending a house from swarms of bugs. Run the war from your Headquarters turn by turn, then fight the battles in real time, and jump into first person in any unit whenever the line needs holding. Napalm, artillery and air strikes against ants, spiders and worse.
78% of 1,144 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$9.99
Empires of the Undergrowth
Command ant colonies in battles of hundreds, dig sprawling nests around your queen, and steer your workers with pheromones. An RTS under the microscope: grow your brood, raid rival colonies, and survive a world where every beetle is the size of a tank.
Replayable
94% of 18,024 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 548$29.99
Swarm Queen
A quick-to-learn but challenging real-time strategy game where you spawn an army of space-bugs that control themselves.
Replayable, Retro
94% of 386 Steam reviews are positive$7.49
Bee Island
Run a bee colony, build a hive out of honeycombs, and defend the queen from waves of enemies with turrets, warriors and, if it comes to that, nuclear weapons. Play solo or in online co-op: a cute, colorful mix of city building, resource management and tower defense that gets properly tense.
Fast-paced
86% of 1,650 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$9.99
Empire of the Ants
A photorealistic RTS played from the ground, not the sky. You are ant 103,683, commanding legions through a 20-hour campaign, pheromone powers and ranked duels. Strategy at blade-of-grass scale, with battles fought across leaves, twigs and termite war fronts.
Replayable
73% of 945 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 31$9.99
Infested Planet
Five soldiers. One hundred thousand bugs. Infested Planet is a top-down tactical fight where the alien horde mutates every mission and your squad can be rebuilt mid-battle. Burn, flank, fall back and adapt, in short, brutal sessions that keep pulling you back for one more run.
Replayable, Retro, Fast-paced
94% of 2,475 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$14.99
The Hive
The Hive is a real-time strategy game with RPG elements where you command an insectoid hive mind. Build and expand your underground colony, harvest resources, and evolve your creatures using DNA collected from defeated enemies. Can you survive the dangers of this beautiful yet hostile underworld?
Replayable, Fast-paced
72% of 304 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$19.99
Swarm Simulator: Evolution
Start as a handful of larvae and hatch your way to a quintillion bugs and universe conquest. A calm incremental game in a clean 3D world: evolve units, capture territory, brew elixirs, and let the swarm grow while you are away. Numbers go up, and it feels great.
77% of 560 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17Free
Here Comes The Swarm
A survival RTS with a pause button: build a settlement, feed your people, raise an army and hold the walls while thousands of swarm creatures throw themselves at them. Then take the fight out to the hive mind. Medieval fantasy, tough defenses and runs that never play out the same way twice.
Replayable
84% of 381 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 46$14.99
From Glory To Goo
A sci-fi survival RTS where you build a colony on a hostile planet while waves of alien Goo close in. Expand, fortify and call down orbital fire from your ship overhead, then hold the line. Captains level up, factions play differently, maps are procedurally generated, and every run dares you to last a little longer.
Replayable, Retro
96% of 1,858 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 97$7.79
Be Queen Bee
"Be Queen Bee" is an action-strategy game where you become the Queen Bee and command your swarm with pheromones. Defeat predators, seize flower fields to escape hunger, evolve your swarm with honey, and strategize in real time to secure victory.
Replayable, Retro, Fast-paced
95% of 263 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Boid
Boid is real-time strategy at its most primal - your only resource is your army. No funds to manage or infrastructures to build. It’s a kill or be killed battle of rapid decisions to dominate the gene pool.
Replayable, Retro, Fast-paced
79% of 751 Steam reviews are positiveFree

Cheaper than Buggos

Home Wars

Lead plastic troops in a turn-based war against the bugs, then take direct control of any soldier, tank or plane when the fight starts.

$9.99

Swarm Queen

A quick-to-learn but challenging real-time strategy game where you spawn an army of space-bugs that control themselves.

$7.49

Empire of the Ants

Command an ant colony through a story-rich campaign, then test your tactics against other players in ranked duels.

$9.99

Bee Island

Grow a hive, research technology and hold the line against waves of enemies, solo or in online co-op.

$9.99

Battle Bugs

In this unconventional real-time strategy game, control a fearsome army of stink bugs, cockroaches, lightning bugs, ants and more in a miniature…

$4.99

From Glory To Goo

Grow a settlement on a hostile world, wall it in, and answer the Goo with orbital fire before they reach your gates.

$7.79

Deep Among the Swarm

Deep Among the Swarm is a challenging survival RTS roguelite about surviving against thousands of enemies.

$8.99

Insect Swarm

Hold the line against endless alien swarms, upgrade without limits and trade your ship for a blade-wielding mech when the tide gets too close.

$6.99

Hive Blight

Lead a squad of insect warriors against the Fungomancer and its spreading blight.

$12.49

Swarm Grinder

Pilot a mech through an abandoned mining system, stacking upgrades into screen-filling builds while alien bugs hatch all around you.

$7.99

Frontline Crisis

Defend humanity's last hope, pilot a powerful mech, in Frontlines Crisis!

$5.99

Swarm the City: Zombie Evolved

Swarm the City: Zombie Evolved is a villain protagonist real-time strategy game.

$4.99

Hidden gems like Buggos

Be Queen Bee

"Be Queen Bee" is an action-strategy game where you become the Queen Bee and command your swarm with pheromones.

Free

Hive Blight

Lead a squad of insect warriors against the Fungomancer and its spreading blight.

$12.49

Rogue Command

Command units, call down bases and draft a fresh build after every battle in a fast sci-fi RTS where each run plays out differently.

$19.99

Here Comes The Swarm

Raise a medieval settlement, feed your settlers and fight back a swarming hive mind in runs that never repeat.

$14.99

From Glory To Goo

Grow a settlement on a hostile world, wall it in, and answer the Goo with orbital fire before they reach your gates.

$7.79

Buggos 2

Play the villain, evolve your swarm with wild mutations, and let the horde do the dirty work.

$19.99

Frontline Crisis

Defend humanity's last hope, pilot a powerful mech, in Frontlines Crisis!

$5.99

Deep Among the Swarm

Deep Among the Swarm is a challenging survival RTS roguelite about surviving against thousands of enemies.

$8.99

Insect Swarm

Hold the line against endless alien swarms, upgrade without limits and trade your ship for a blade-wielding mech when the tide gets too close.

$6.99

Bee Island

Grow a hive, research technology and hold the line against waves of enemies, solo or in online co-op.

$9.99

IDUN - Frontline Survival

A single-player defense RTS where your turrets are not stuck where you built them.

$14.99

Swarm Grinder

Pilot a mech through an abandoned mining system, stacking upgrades into screen-filling builds while alien bugs hatch all around you.

$7.99

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