Released Jun 7, 2024 $7.49 · −75% Very Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Empires of the Undergrowth

By Slug Disco · published by Hooded Horse

Strategy Simulation Base Building City Builder Grand Strategy Colony Sim Building Management HistoricalSandboxEconomyResource Management

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Owners 500K–1M estimated

Empires of the Undergrowth is a game tagged Strategy, Simulation and Base Building by Slug Disco, released Jun 7, 2024. It has 17,709 Steam reviews (Very Positive). It has an estimated 500K–1M owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Of Life and Land, Ant Colony: Wild Forest and Against the Storm.

Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.

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Steam data

Everything Steam lists for Empires of the Undergrowth · record updated 3 hours ago

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Overview

App ID463530

Release dateJun 7, 2024

Last change number40106898

Last record update3 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: Slug Disco
Publisher: Hooded Horse, Slug Disco
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Franchise: Hooded Horse
Website: eotugame.com
Links: Discord Website YouTube X Facebook Twitch Reddit

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
English	Yes	Yes	Yes
German	Yes		Yes
Simplified Chinese	Yes		Yes
Spanish - Spain	Yes		Yes
Russian	Yes		Yes
French	Yes		Yes
Czech	Yes		Yes
Dutch	Yes		Yes

All 17 languages

Language	Interface	Subtitles
Japanese	Yes	Yes
Korean	Yes	Yes
Polish	Yes	Yes
Italian	Yes	Yes
Hungarian	Yes	Yes
Traditional Chinese	Yes	Yes
Turkish	Yes	Yes
Ukrainian	Yes	Yes
Portuguese - Brazil	Yes	Yes

Windows macOS 64-bit

Steam Deck: Playable
Controller: Full support

Single-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily SharingFull controller support

Prices

Price · US$7.49

On sale41 of 41regions right now

Lowest seen · US$7.49Oct 24, 2026

Checked2 days agoin 41 regions

AustraliaA$AUD

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Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
26119497	public	Oct 21, 2026

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Games	Price (US)
101455	Empires of the Undergrowth	1	$7.49
51728 Bundle	Empires of the Undergrowth: Complete	1	$14.79
64853 Bundle	Hooded Horse RTS	3	$49.92
27508 Bundle	Hooded Horse Publisher	30	$493.04

ID	Name	Price (US)
3402420	Not on the store yet	—
3402630	Not on the store yet	—

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
228988	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
228990	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
463531	—	Windows	4.80 GB	4.61 GB	975881783277057587
463532	—	Windows	5.52 GB	5.39 GB	8740411461507035877
463533	—	macOS	5.35 GB	4.97 GB	4514337973910253139
463534	—	Linux	3.31 GB	3.14 GB	4928343751148336280
3402420	— DLC 3402420	Windows	124.2 MB	122.4 MB	2177532409846142051
3402421	— DLC 3402420	macOS	126.0 MB	124.5 MB	72985858487522953
3402630	— DLC 3402630	Windows	2.17 GB	1.72 GB	1487457049343289925
3402631	— DLC 3402630	macOS	2.17 GB	1.72 GB	8277595643719482983

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	26119497	Oct 21, 2026	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Empires of the Undergrowth

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
EotU.exe	-DX11	Windows	Empires of the Undergrowth with DirectX 11
EotU.app		macOS
EotU.sh	-vulkan	Linux	Empires of the Undergrowth with Vulkan (experimental)
EotU.sh	-opengl3	Linux	Empires of the Undergrowth with OpenGL 3
EotU.sh	-opengl4	Linux	Empires of the Undergrowth with OpenGL 4

Space per player953.7 MB

Filesup to 2,000

Save locations1

Root	Path	Pattern	Systems
WinAppDataLocal	EotU/Saved/SaveGames	*.sav	All

Achievements

Achievements1860 hidden

Most unlocked65.7%New Home

Rarest0.2%Take It Outside

New Home Beat the level "New Home". 65.7%
New Home - Medium Beat "New Home" on medium difficulty. 60.4%
Subjugation Beat the level "Subjugation". 58.5%
The First Experiment Beat the formicarium challenge "The First Experiment". 53.4%
Subjugation - Medium Beat "Subjugation" on medium difficulty. 53.3%
The First Experiment - Medium Beat "The First Experiment" on medium difficulty. 46.9%
Rising Tide Beat the level "Rising Tide". 34.9%
The Second Experiment Beat the formicarium challenge "The Second Experiment". 34%
Queen of the Hill Beat the level "Queen of the Hill". 33%
New Home - Challenge Beat "New Home" with the challenge active. 32.3%
Rising Tide - Medium Beat "Rising Tide" on medium difficulty. 31.8%
The Second Experiment - Medium Beat "The Second Experiment" on medium difficulty. 31.2%
Queen of the Hill - Medium Beat "Queen of the Hill" on medium difficulty. 30.2%
Separation Of Duties Beat "Queen of the Hill" on medium difficulty after fending off two ladybirds within 30 seconds of each other from separate aphid clusters. 29.2%
The Harvest Beat the level "The Harvest". 27.7%
Front Line Beat the level "Front Line". 26.6%
Subjugation - Challenge Beat "Subjugation" with the challenge active. 25.5%
Quantity, not Quality Beat "New Home" on medium difficulty without upgrading any soldiers. 24.5%

All 186 achievements

Possibly the Final Experiment Beat the formicarium challenge "Possibly the Final Experiment". 24.4%
The Harvest - Medium Beat "The Harvest" on medium difficulty. 23.7%
Front Line - Medium Beat "Front Line" on medium difficulty. 23.2%
First Innings Beat "New Home" before 10 mole crickets have attacked with the challenge active. 22.4%
Cold Blood Beat the level "Cold Blood". 21.9%
A Bridge Too Far Beat the level "A Bridge Too Far". 20.5%
Possibly the Final Experiment - Medium Beat "Possibly the Final Experiment" on medium difficulty. 20%
The Final Experiment Beat the formicarium challenge "The Final Experiment". 19.6%
Cold Blood - Medium Beat "Cold Blood" on medium difficulty. 17.8%
New Home - Hard Beat "New Home" on hard difficulty. 17.7%
A Bridge Too Far - Medium Beat "A Bridge Too Far" on medium difficulty. 16.8%
Subjugation - Hard Beat "Subjugation" on hard difficulty. 15.9%
The First Experiment - Hard Beat "The First Experiment" on hard difficulty. 15.1%
The Final Experiment - Medium Beat "The Final Experiment" on medium difficulty. 14.6%
Rapid Growth Beat "Subjugation" on medium difficulty within 16 minutes. 13.8%
Rising Tide - Challenge Beat "Rising Tide" with the challenge active. 13.1%
Queen of the Hill - Challenge Beat "Queen of the Hill" with the challenge active. 12.8%
The Harvest - Challenge Beat "The Harvest" with the challenge active. 11.8%
Front Line - Challenge Beat "Front Line" with the challenge active. 11.5%
Triage Beat the level "Triage". 11.3%
The Second Experiment - Hard Beat "The Second Experiment" on hard difficulty. 10.2%
Last Mound Standing Beat the level "Last Mound Standing". 9.8%
Drive Them Back Beat the level "Drive Them Back". 9.5%
The REAL Final Experiment Beat the formicarium challenge "The REAL Final Experiment". 9.4%
Rising Tide - Hard Beat "Rising Tide" on hard difficulty. 9.3%
Queen of the Hill - Hard Beat "Queen of the Hill" on hard difficulty. 9.3%
Triage - Medium Beat "Triage" on medium difficulty. 8.6%
Front Line - Hard Beat "Front Line" on hard difficulty. 7.8%
The Harvest - Hard Beat "The Harvest" on hard difficulty. 7.5%
New Home - Impossible Beat "New Home" on impossible difficulty. 7.3%
Last Mound Standing - Medium Beat "Last Mound Standing" on medium difficulty. 7.2%
Possibly the Final Experiment - Hard Beat "Possibly the Final Experiment" on hard difficulty. 6.8%
The REAL Final Experiment - Medium Beat "The REAL Final Experiment" on medium difficulty. 6.8%
Cold Blood - Challenge Beat "Cold Blood" with the challenge active. 6.6%
Grab The Bull By The Horns Beat "Cold Blood" on medium difficulty with both enemy colonies still alive. 6.5%
Drive Them Back - Medium Beat "Drive Them Back" on medium difficulty. 6.5%
The First Experiment - Impossible Beat "The First Experiment" on impossible difficulty. 6.2%
Free Willis Beat "Rising Tide" on medium difficulty after returning the full unharvested sardine to the ocean. 6%
Clever Little Ants Beat "The Final Experiment" without a single ant being hit by the Dragantula's charge attack. 6%
New Home - Extreme Beat "New Home" on extreme difficulty. 5.9%
A Bridge Too Far - Challenge Beat "A Bridge Too Far" with the challenge active. 5.7%
Sitting Ducks Beat "Front Line" with the challenge active without building any level 3 ants. 5.5%
The First Experiment - Extreme Beat "The First Experiment" on extreme difficulty. 5.4%
Cold Blood - Hard Beat "Cold Blood" on hard difficulty. 5.4%
A Bridge Too Far - Hard Beat "A Bridge Too Far" on hard difficulty. 5.3%
The Final Experiment - Hard Beat "The Final Experiment" on hard difficulty. 5.2%
New Home - Extreme Challenge Beat "New Home" on extreme difficulty with the challenge active. 4.7%
The Second Experiment - Extreme Beat "The Second Experiment" on extreme difficulty. 4.7%
Vanilla Beat "The First Experiment" without unlocking black ants. 4.2%
Stand Your Ground Beat "New Home" on extreme difficulty without letting any enemies within 3 tiles of the queen. 4.2%
Subjugation - Impossible Beat "Subjugation" on impossible difficulty. 4.1%
Subjugation - Extreme Beat "Subjugation" on extreme difficulty. 4.1%
Speedy Setup Beat "New Home" on hard difficulty within 17 minutes. 3.7%
Work With What You’ve Got Beat "Rising Tide" without building additional workers with the challenge active. 3.7%
Triage - Challenge Beat "Triage" with the challenge active. 3.5%
The Second Experiment - Impossible Beat "The Second Experiment" on impossible difficulty. 3.4%
Possibly the Final Experiment - Extreme Beat "Possibly the Final Experiment" on extreme difficulty. 3.4%
Last Mound Standing - Challenge Beat "Last Mound Standing" with the challenge active. 3.2%
Queen of the Hill - Extreme Beat "Queen of the Hill" on extreme difficulty. 3.1%
Trypanophobia Beat "The Harvest" with no casualties from phorid flies with the challenge active. 3.1%
Rising Tide - Extreme Beat "Rising Tide" on extreme difficulty. 3%
Regicide Beat "The Harvest" on medium difficulty by eliminating the enemy queen. 3%
Subjugation - Extreme Challenge Beat "Subjugation" on extreme difficulty with the challenge active. 2.9%
Toad In The Hole Beat "Cold Blood" on hard difficulty after tunnelling out all underground food before the end of the first day. 2.9%
Drive Them Back - Challenge Beat "Drive Them Back" with the challenge active. 2.8%
Possibly the Final Experiment - Impossible Beat "Possibly the Final Experiment" on impossible difficulty. 2.7%
My Pet Scorpion! Beat "Last Mound Standing" with the emperor scorpion still alive. 2.7%
The REAL Final Experiment - Hard Beat "The REAL Final Experiment" on hard difficulty. 2.7%
Front Line - Extreme Beat "Front Line" on extreme difficulty. 2.6%
Triage - Hard Beat "Triage" on hard difficulty. 2.6%
I Love Sashimi Beat "Queen of the Hill" on hard difficulty after harvesting and bringing home 100 food from a fish. 2.5%
Last Mound Standing - Hard Beat "Last Mound Standing" on hard difficulty. 2.5%
Factor 50 Beat "Last Mound Standing" on medium difficulty without taking any sun damage. 2.5%
The Harvest - Extreme Beat "The Harvest" on extreme difficulty. 2.4%
Entomophobia Beat "A Bridge Too Far" on hard difficulty without collecting any additional aphids. 2.4%
Cold Blood - Extreme Beat "Cold Blood" on extreme difficulty. 2.2%
Picky Eater Beat "New Home" on impossible difficulty with the last 10 tunnelled out creatures being woodlice. 2.1%
Just Isn't Cricket Beat "New Home" on impossible difficulty after 50 mole crickets have attacked with the challenge active. 2.1%
Military Bridge In "A Bridge Too Far", defeat the little black ant colony on the first day you can reach them with the challenge active. 2.1%
Drive Them Back - Hard Beat "Drive Them Back" on hard difficulty. 2.1%
Quick March Beat "Front Line" on medium difficulty before the second night. 1.9%
Fool's Checkmate Beat "Possibly the Final Experiment" after placing only a single marker down and not moving ants between groups. 1.9%
The Final Experiment - Extreme Beat "The Final Experiment" on extreme difficulty. 1.9%
Rising Tide - Impossible Beat "Rising Tide" on impossible difficulty. 1.8%
Toad-al Annihilation Beat "Cold Blood" on extreme difficulty after defeating both of the enemy colonies. 1.8%
A Bridge Too Far - Extreme Beat "A Bridge Too Far" on extreme difficulty. 1.8%
NOPE Beat "Subjugation" on hard difficulty after eliminating 10 funnel web spiders in the first 6 minutes. 1.7%
Get Your Own Eggs Beat "Subjugation" on impossible difficulty after losing no more than 1 egg to the slave makers. 1.7%
Queen of the Hill - Impossible Beat "Queen of the Hill" on impossible difficulty. 1.7%
Shoot The Messenger Beat "Front Line" on hard difficulty without any army ant scouts reporting back to their colony. 1.7%
Queen's Guard Beat "Triage" on medium difficulty with your queen taking no damage. 1.6%
Hands Off Beat "The REAL Final Experiment" without the scientist's help. 1.6%
No Entry Beat "The Second Experiment" without enemies entering your nest. 1.5%
The Harvest - Impossible Beat "The Harvest" on impossible difficulty. 1.4%
Boundary Dispute Beat "The Harvest" on hard difficulty before the enemy colony harvests 5000 leaves. 1.4%
Cold Blood - Impossible Beat "Cold Blood" on impossible difficulty. 1.4%
Rising Tide - Extreme Challenge Beat "Rising Tide" on extreme difficulty with the challenge active. 1.3%
Queen of the Hill - Extreme Challenge Beat "Queen of the Hill" on extreme difficulty with the challenge active. 1.3%
Front Line - Impossible Beat "Front Line" on impossible difficulty. 1.3%
The Final Experiment - Impossible Beat "The Final Experiment" on impossible difficulty. 1.3%
The REAL Final Experiment - Extreme Beat "The REAL Final Experiment" on extreme difficulty. 1.3%
Whip Lash Beat "Front Line" on impossible difficulty after defeating the huge whip spider before the third day. 1.2%
Front Line - Extreme Challenge Beat the level "Front Line" on extreme difficulty with the challenge active. 1.2%
A Bridge Too Far - Impossible Beat "A Bridge Too Far" on impossible difficulty. 1.2%
No Mound Left Behind Beat "Drive Them Back" on medium difficulty with all termite colonies still alive. 1.2%
It's My Beach Now Beat "Rising Tide" on extreme difficulty after eliminating two tiger beetles before the first night. 1.1%
At Arm's Length Beat "Queen of the Hill" on extreme difficulty without building any melee wood ant brood tiles. 1.1%
The Harvest - Extreme Challenge Beat "The Harvest" on extreme difficulty with the challenge active. 1.1%
The REAL Final Experiment - Impossible Beat "The REAL Final Experiment" on impossible difficulty. 1.1%
Live and Let Live Beat "The Harvest" on extreme difficulty without digging out any underground enemies. 1%
Triage - Extreme Beat "Triage" on extreme difficulty. 1%
Giant Bear Beat "Rising Tide" on impossible difficulty after eliminating the large sand bear wolf spider to the south of the nest. 0.9%
New Year's Feast Beat the level "New Year's Feast". 0.9%
Collector Beat "A Bridge Too Far" on medium difficulty after collecting all the aphids. 0.9%
Cold Blood - Extreme Challenge Beat "Cold Blood" on extreme difficulty with the challenge active. 0.9%
Last Mound Standing - Extreme Beat "Last Mound Standing" on extreme difficulty. 0.9%
Impenetrable Beat "Last Mound Standing" on hard difficulty whithout any enemies entering your mound. 0.9%
Enemy Of My Enemy Beat "Subjugation" after getting a cricket to eliminate a funnel web spider with the challenge active. 0.8%
Fast Food Beat "The Harvest" on impossible difficulty by gathering leaves within 43 minutes. 0.8%
Workforce Beat "Front Line" on extreme difficulty without building any major ant brood tiles. 0.8%
Drive Them Back - Extreme Beat "Drive Them Back" on extreme difficulty. 0.8%
I Can Eat 50 Eggs Beat "Subjugation" on impossible difficulty after losing at least 50 larvae to the slave makers with the challenge active. 0.7%
Within Reach Beat "Queen of the Hill" on impossible difficulty without upgrading any ranged wood ant brood tiles. 0.7%
Beach Cleanup Beat "Queen of the Hill" with the challenge active after eliminating all the tiger beetle larvae. 0.7%
Triage - Impossible Beat "Triage" on impossible difficulty. 0.7%
Shoot Yourself In The Foot Beat "Triage" on hard difficulty with no termite queens left alive. 0.7%
Last Mound Standing - Impossible Beat "Last Mound Standing" on impossible difficulty. 0.7%
Against The Odds Beat "Subjugation" on extreme difficulty after losing over 80% of the brood to a single wave of slave makers. 0.6%
The Way Is Shut Beat "Rising Tide" on hard difficulty without enemies entering your nest. 0.6%
Meat’s Back On The Menu Beat "Queen of the Hill" on impossible difficulty after eliminating 3 large hermit crabs with the challenge active. 0.6%
A Bridge Too Far - Extreme Challenge Beat "A Bridge Too Far" on extreme difficulty with the challenge active. 0.6%
Drive Them Back - Impossible Beat "Drive Them Back" on impossible difficulty. 0.6%
Appetite Sated Eliminate all of the uber creatures in the "Hungry Spider" level. 0.5%
Ambush The Ambushers Beat "Rising Tide" on impossible difficulty after eliminating 50 beach tiger beetle larvae with the challenge active. 0.5%
New Year's Feast - Medium Beat "New Year's Feast" on medium difficulty. 0.5%
Raise The Alarm Beat "Cold Blood" on impossible difficulty after alerting both enemy colonies to your presence within the first 5 minutes. 0.5%
No Fishing In "Cold Blood" on impossible difficulty, eliminate 3 fishing spiders within a 30 second interval. 0.5%
Triage - Extreme Challenge Beat "Triage" on extreme difficulty with the challenge active. 0.5%
All The Heals Beat "Drive Them Back" on hard difficulty without building or upgrading any Matabele ant soldier tiles. 0.5%
Termighty Beat "Last Mound Standing" on extreme difficulty by eliminating both termite colonies before they fall to the Matabele raids. 0.5%
Finish Your Vegetables Beat "Last Mound Standing" on impossible difficulty after harvesting 10,000 llignocelluose. 0.5%
Last Mound Standing - Extreme Challenge Beat "Last Mound Standing" on extreme difficulty with the challenge active. 0.5%
Meticulous Harvest Beat "Front Line" on impossible difficulty after harvesting all the available leaves with the challenge active. 0.4%
Multitasking In "A Bridge Too Far" on impossible difficulty, collect all food on the North-West island, and defeat the little black ant colony on the same day. 0.4%
Where's The Heals? Beat "Triage" on extreme difficulty without building any Matabele ant medic tiles. 0.4%
Terrible Assassins Beat "Triage" with the challenge active and no ants being assassinated. 0.4%
Peg On Your Nose Beat "Drive Them Back" on extreme difficulty after closing all stink ant tunnels within 20 minutes. 0.4%
Drive Them Back - Extreme Challenge Beat "Drive Them Back" on extreme difficulty with the challenge active. 0.4%
Fly Swatting Beat "The Harvest" on impossible difficulty after clearing 4 plants of phorid flies with the challenge active. 0.3%
Grinch Repelled Beat the "Festive Spider" level. 0.3%
New Year's Feast - Hard Beat "New Year's Feast" on hard difficulty. 0.3%
New Year's Feast - Extreme Beat "New Year's Feast" on extreme difficulty. 0.3%
Don't Tickle Its Bottom Beat "New Year's Feast" on medium difficulty after rescuing the guests to the west of the nest without engaging the velvet worm. 0.3%
Spring Cleaning Beat "New Year's Feast" on extreme difficulty after eliminating all underground enemies. 0.3%
Disposable bridges Beat "A Bridge Too Far" on extreme difficulty after fully constructing and sacrificing 14 bridges to the rising water. 0.3%
Stealth Beat "Cold Blood" after collecting all aphids before engaging either enemy colony with the challenge active. 0.3%
Monogamy Beat "Triage" on impossible difficulty whilst only eliminating termites from a single colony. 0.3%
Just Ignore them! Beat "Triage" on impossible difficulty with the challenge active without eliminating any assassin bugs. 0.3%
Some Naughty Some Nice Beat the "Festive Spider" level with at least half the gifts remaining under the tree. 0.2%
The Perfect Christmas Beat the "Festive Spider" level with all gifts remaining under the tree. 0.2%
New Year's Feast - Impossible Beat "New Year's Feast" on impossible difficulty. 0.2%
Rocket Jump Beat "New Year's Feast" on hard difficulty after cutting the long journey in half with a firecracker. 0.2%
Full House Beat "New Year's Feast" on impossible difficulty, receive all guests and keep them alive until the end of the level. 0.2%
A Bridge Too Many Beat "A Bridge Too Far" on impossible difficulty after fully constructing 15 bridges with the challenge active. 0.2%
Pillage The Pillagers Beat "Drive Them Back" on impossible difficulty after stealing 200 termites from driver ants. 0.2%
Assasinate The Assassins Beat "Drive Them Back" with the challenge active after eliminating 10 assassin bugs within a 2 minute interval. 0.2%
I Am The Assassin! Beat "Drive Them Back" on impossible difficulty after eliminating 3 termite queens before they fall to the driver ants. 0.2%
Take It Outside Beat "Last Mound Standing" on impossible difficulty with the challenge active after eliminating the emperor scorpion on the surface. 0.2%