61%Good matchSwarm Queen
93%33593% positive reviews, Very Positive across 335 reviews·RTS · Tower Defense
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Drone Swarm is a very unique take on tactical games. Control 32,000 drones in quick, fast-paced fights. Combine your swarm abilities and counter constantly evolving attacks of your opponents. Survive varying enemy waves, get upgrades to your swarm, and make it to the next system alive!
Drone Swarm is an entirely new and unique take on tactical games. Experience the novel way of controlling a huge swarm and the gameplay it allows!

Control 32,000 individually simulated drones.

Face three alien factions in quick, intense fights.

Protect your immovable mothership at all costs.

The swarm is your resource. Use it wisely to attack and defend at the same time.

Enemies have many different abilities: lasers, rockets, mines, fast moving, shields, drone disabling weapons, repair beams and many more.

Counter their tactics: every encounter has a unique combination of enemies and their abilities. Find out how they work to win!

Get upgrades to your swarm and mothership. Broaden your toolbox of defensive and offensive abilities.

Make it to the next system alive and find New Earth!
Select the drone behavior: attack, defend, physical or energy. Then draw paths and drones will execute the order.

Put drones in attack mode and attack enemies where they are most vulnerable. Evade their defenses, go around their shields.

Put the drones in defence mode and they'll form walls that shield you from enemy lasers and rocket blasts.

Put the drones in physical mode and you can cannonball into them, fling asteroids into enemies, bang enemies against each other, many tactical combinations are possible.

If you fail, analyze what went wrong and try a different tactic. Master and combine several drone abilities to counter constantly evolving attack waves. Defend your mothership, win the attack waves, upgrade the swarm and your mothership, get to the next system alive!
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