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Antivirus PROTOCOL is an incremental game about destroying viruses. Learn and adapt, collect data, upgrade yourself, and eliminate the Virus that has taken over the world.

Antivirus PROTOCOL is a bullet heaven, incremental and roguelite game developed and published by FIREHIVE Studio.
Released on September 17th 2025 is available on Windows, Steam Deck and Steam Machine.

It has received 313 reviews of which 272 were positive and 41 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.0 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 2.49€ on Steam with a 50% discount.


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Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: 2 GHz
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: DirectX 11
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 100 MB available space

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3 hours played
Feb. 2026
This game is alright. I don't think it's one of the better nodebuster clones, but it's decent enough. They tried to make the game a fair bit more of a challenge than most of these games. It's not enough to be considered hard, but it does make it take more effort to complete (and my wrist kind of hurts from dodging stuff). It's up to you to decide if that type of stuff makes the game better or worse. I thought the green enemies were frustrating. They attack very quickly and the cooldown on their attack is low so they spam lunges at you when you're close. If you don't have enough damage to wipe them out instantly, I found them to be obnoxious. The worst part about them is that when they hit you, they disappear and you don't get any drops. You need a lot of green material, so it could make it pretty annoying to get enough, but the problem wasn't that bad. This is a very powerup focused game. You find plenty of them, but it leads to a feast or famine style of damage output. Often times, you either have powerups and can wipe all of the enemies easily, or you have trouble taking out any enemies to make them drop powerups in the first place. The various upgrades you get are hit or miss. I don't think the game struggles from having too little impact on the upgrades, but some of them just don't feel that impactful. The laser beam has 4 boss upgrades associated with it, including the final one that makes it shoot beams all around you, and you get a lot of upgrades to increase its damage... but its damage never feels particularly good, even with the maxed upgrades in the end. There's plenty of points in this game where you feel very strong and it feels great to fight enemies, but oddly enough, the end of the game isn't one of those times. You aren't that strong at the end, even with maxed out upgrades. Sure, you can beat the boss, but you just aren't clearing enemies that quickly. Makes it feel like kind of a limping ending.
3 hours played
Jan. 2026
This is one of the many Nodebuster-type incremental games that popped up after said game became a hit, but this one is actually decent. The green enemies are super annoying but otherwise the enemies are fair, and it would be more fun if the boss had actual attacks, but otherwise it's pretty fun.
3 hours played
Dec. 2025
Antivirus PROTOCOL is awesome mini incremental game that has landed itself a spot on my Top 5 of the genre! It's one of the most balanced games in the genre, uses quality over quantity in the skill tree, and has enemy synergies that are really well made and don't feel forced, compared to ones in similar games. An absolute "must buy" if you like mini incremental games! I would insta-buy a Antivirus PROTOCOL 2!
4 hours played
Oct. 2025
---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☑ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☑ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☑ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☑ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☑ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☐ Worth the price ☑ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☑ 9 ☐ 10
9 hours played
Oct. 2025
Fun little idler in the vein of nodebuster. if you liked that you'll like this. They did add a "story" and lore to it, told throughout the game which was fun. At 8 hours I got all achievements unlocked so not one of the 200 hour idlers which I prefer this to that.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Antivirus PROTOCOL is currently priced at 2.49€ on Steam.

Yes, Antivirus PROTOCOL is currently available at a 50% discount. You can purchase it for 2.49€ on Steam.

Yes, Antivirus PROTOCOL received 272 positive votes out of a total of 313 achieving a rating of 8.04.
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Antivirus PROTOCOL was developed and published by FIREHIVE Studio.

Yes, Antivirus PROTOCOL is playable and fully supported on Windows.

No, Antivirus PROTOCOL is not playable on MacOS.

No, Antivirus PROTOCOL is not playable on Linux.

Yes, Antivirus PROTOCOL is playable and fully supported on Steam Deck.

Yes, Antivirus PROTOCOL is playable and fully supported on Steam Machine.

No, Antivirus PROTOCOL does not support VR.

Antivirus PROTOCOL is a single-player game.

No, Antivirus PROTOCOL does not currently offer any DLC.

No, Antivirus PROTOCOL does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

No, Antivirus PROTOCOL does not support Steam Remote Play.

Yes, Antivirus PROTOCOL is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Antivirus PROTOCOL.

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Steam price 08 October 2026 03:28 UTC
Steam reviews 26 September 2026 18:00 UTC

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Antivirus PROTOCOL
Rating
8.0
272
41
Game modes
Features
Online players
0
Developer
FIREHIVE Studio
Publisher
FIREHIVE Studio
Release 17 Sep 2025
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