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Swarmlake is an ultra-intense first-person shooter ballet about fighting a record-breaking swarm.

Swarmlake is a fps, arena shooter and retro game developed and published by Dominique Grieshofer.
Released on March 12th 2018 is available only on Windows in 28 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Spanish - Latin America, Bulgarian, Indonesian, Romanian and Vietnamese.

It has received 1,649 reviews of which 1,581 were positive and 68 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Swarmlake into these genres:

FPS Arena Shooter Retro First-Person Bullet Hell Great Soundtrack Atmospheric Casual Shooter Shoot 'Em Up Arcade Action Colorful Difficult Score Attack Singleplayer Replay Value Fast-Paced Family Friendly

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System requirements

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Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: Intel Core i3 / AMD A6 @ 2.4GHz
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4600
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Storage: 20 MB available space

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11 hours played
May 2026
Swarmlake is an intense first-person bullet hell shooter where you’re fighting an ever increasing number of enemies. It’s one of those games that’s super easy to get into and very hard to master. No story (which is nothing unusual for a bullet hell game), and the game throws more and more enemies at you as you progress in a single arena. It’s fast-paced, it’s flashy, it runs incredibly smoothly, and it’s very intense. So much so, that the time you spend with it might be limited. I can only take it in short bursts – half an hour max, then i need a break. What’s both great and infuriating is the constant care the game receives from its single dev. The game is now 8 years old, and he just released version 4.0. Which – yet again – changes the fundamentals of the game completely. While it’s fantastic that the game keeps getting updates, this also means that the previous versions get wiped. I’m not of a fan of this. 4.0 adds mechanics that move the game further away from its early minimalistic approach. You don’t just run and gun anymore; you now have an ability to charge an “ultimate” shot, there is a “rocket jump” ability (with cancelling mechanic), and variable jump hight is added. All this adds needless complexity to an already overwhelming gameplay loop. Version 3.0 from a few years back already went in that same direction: It added a player health system (before that, one enemy hit meant you were dead) as well as adding boundaries to a previous almost limitless arena. If there were a way to access the previous modes from a menu (or even better: have a customize mode), this would be a non-issue. But there isn’t. There is only a single way of playing the game. Do i recommend the game? Absolutely, especially when it’s 90% off (like it currently is). Do i love it as much as i used to? Sadly, no.
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4 hours played
May 2026
It's like: - Сoffee, - Addiction, - A panic Attack, - Doom, - And Geometry Dash All At Once.
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3 hours played
May 2026
For 50 Cents you can have a crazy adrenalin rush. Climbing the leaderboard for the #1 spot is the objective of the game. Not for the faint of heart! Build a swarm. Don't let the swarm get to big or it will touch and kill you. Collect pink crystals to cut down the swarm. Prioritize pink crystals over everything. Its a game of "how long can you survive as it gets more crowded". *Pink crystals cut down the crowdedness temporarily while also increasing it.* Yellow bricks are xp blocks not swarm. Once you understand what you're doing that's when the game starts to get fun.
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4 hours played
Jan. 2026
not that difficult, takes like 20 minutes to get all the achievements. nice game for in-between, while waiting for another download to finish or something. pew pew :)
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75 hours played
Oct. 2025
Easy to pick up, easy to put down. If you find yourself scrolling your library unable to decide on a game to play, consider giving it a shot. The runs are quick and the game loads fast. It's also $3, so its practically free.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Swarmlake is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.

No, Swarmlake is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 4.99€ on Steam.

Yes, Swarmlake received 1,581 positive votes out of a total of 1,649 achieving an impressive rating of 9.09.
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Swarmlake was developed and published by Dominique Grieshofer.

Yes, Swarmlake is playable and fully supported on Windows.

No, Swarmlake is not playable on MacOS.

No, Swarmlake is not playable on Linux.

Swarmlake is a single-player game.

Yes, there is a DLC available for Swarmlake. Explore additional content available for Swarmlake on Steam.

No, Swarmlake does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Yes, Swarmlake supports Remote Play on Phone, Remote Play on Tablet and Remote Play on TV. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

Yes, Swarmlake 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.

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Swarmlake
4.99€ Buy Now
Rating
9.1
1,581
68
Game modes
Features
Online players
2
Developer
Dominique Grieshofer
Publisher
Dominique Grieshofer
Release 12 Mar 2018
Platforms
Remote Play
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