Ant Empire

I don't normally write reviews but have been motivated by the couple of negative reviews and the small number of reviews this game has received. Let's be clear, this game has content. In fact it has quite a lot of content, lots of stats, a fairly clear tutorial and no obvious bugs. The screenshots and the developers game description are a fair and accurate representation of what you will be getting. My first impressions are that this could be a good, and perhaps fairly complex, strategy game if you have tired of space/fantasy/medieval settings and want something different. Overall I am happy with what I have seen and don't regret buying the game.

It's 2021, I'm riding around on a bug mount I farmed in Classic WoW with the help of some sick bros. I just figure let's look around for some bug games, stumble upon this beauty. If you enjoy games like Civ, give it a try, plan on staying in my own colony digging to the bottom of this game and a bottle suntory. If you're a gamer, like me who reads these reviews, you will not be disappoint. Now let me get back to that bottle.

Refunded after 5 minutes unfortunately, I had high hopes for this game coming from SimAnt and Empires of the Undergrowth. But it's not polished enough to be playable for me. There is no way to change the display resolution. I play on a 4k monitor and not being able to change the display, means all the graphics are extremely pixilated, and the text throughout the game is blurry. Therefore at this moment it is unplayable and an eyesore for me.

About 3 years ago, I saw this game on Steam. Then I read that the dev lost the source code and was terminating it, indefinitely. I kept the game in my wishlist and continued to check in every so often. To my surprise, It was in beta testing. A week later, it's finally here! From what i've played so far, it is a very fun, turn based, game. I am not really good at growing my colonies while trying to stop the enemies from overrunning me. I guess it will come with time. But overall, it is a great game. I have enjoyed every hour so far and I will continue to play it for days, weeks, months and years to come! Great job man!

I've been waiting for this game for at least a year and while I've only played this game for 30 minutes to an hour so far, I can say it's fun if you enjoy top down RTS's. You should DEFINITELY do the tutorials or it's easy to get lost in the many options available to you in the game, but once you know how everything works it's a fun game to play. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys RTS's. I'll edit this after I play it a bit more.

Update: Dev confirmed on steam forum he will not be making any changes to support other hardware configurations. Just grabbed the game, however currently at this time, it is nearly impossible to play with a 4k Monitor, Heed the other reviews mentioning this! At the time of purchase/review there is NO, PERIOD, way to change the aspect ratio from 4:3 and the resolution from.... 480p perhaps? This results in an image that looks like Vaseline on your eyes, and having to get closer to text to read whats going on.

I would absolutely recommend this exceptionally unique and very deep RTS, but be aware that it's not for everyone and the game still needs some fine tuning. There are quite a few negative reviews that never game a fair chance, and one that suspected it was a scam because of a major issue preventing some people from playing. I can verify that issue has definitely been resolved - however, there are still some minor bugs/issues. Get this game if: -You like well-crafted, deep real-time strategy games that are turn-based. -You like very complex research trees and specializations that let you play to your strengths. -You like games with interesting campaigns and decent replayability. -You like ants. Or supporting smaller developers. -You don't mind going through a *very* necessary tutorial before playing your first match due to the complexity. -You don't mind some occasional minor bugs in your game about bugs. -You don't mind the game "deciding" your resolution without being able to change it (I play on a 4k monitor and it occasionally will actually decide to give me a 4k resolution, but usually it thinks it's a much smaller resolution. Still looks and works fine, just not ideal.) Don't get this game if: -You don't like RTS games or you need your RTS games to be multiplayer (dev - any chance of getting multiplayer support?) -You're expecting Sim Ant. It does the strategy elements of Sim Ant significantly better (if you don't mind the complexity) but it won't have that special magic of taking over an ant and/or seeing the tunnels of your underground colonies. -You need your games to be intuitive with no instructions or steep learning curves. -You need top of the line graphics in your games. -You need your games to be flawless and can't be patient for a single developer to get to fixes when they can.

Didn't play the game very long, but I long enough to know that it wasn't for me. I was hoping for a remake of the ole' sim ant. Turns out this is more like a strict overview management game with no option for controlling ants/digging nests/etc... Probably not a bad game, but just not for me.

If you want to play a grand strategy/nation management game, but want a break from the brain-bending micromanagement of Paradox-style games, Ant Empire is the game you want but didn't know you needed. "Thinky" and immersive enough to keep you occupied but not enough to overwhelm you.

Very immersive gameplay-- very easy to lose track of time as you're managing your colonies and realizing your cohesive vision for your empire. It's a chill, almost meditative experience.