Fit check
Is Here Comes The Swarm worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Strategy players who want settlement management alongside real-time defense
- RTS fans who prefer pausing to plan construction and army movement
- Players who enjoy adapting expeditions through changing blessings and enemy strength
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a slow, turn-based strategy structure rather than real-time attacks
- Players who prefer small-scale encounters instead of defending settlements against thousands of enemies
- Players looking for a purely economic settlement simulator without army training and combat
Our take on Here Comes The Swarm
The defining format is a survival RTS that can be paused during attacks, letting players plan construction and army movement before resuming the action.
What is Here Comes The Swarm?
Here Comes The Swarm is a survival real-time strategy game centered on settlement management and defense.
Gather resources for expansion and upgrades while keeping the population fed and happy. Build and train units, prepare defenses, and repel attacks by large numbers of swarm creatures. Expeditions send the army against the hive mind, while skirmishes provide Arcane essences for developing the Arcanum. Players can choose among deities and their divine powers, focusing on attack, defense, or another approach. An expedition map introduces changing blessings, empowered enemies, and decisions that shape each session. The pause function allows planning for base construction, army movement, and tactical responses during critical moments.
How Here Comes The Swarm plays
- 01Settlement management
- Resources fund expansion and upgrades while the population requires food and happiness.
- 02Army preparation
- Units can be built and trained before facing the swarm's strongest enemies.
- 03Divine powers
- Different deities offer blessings that support attack, defense, or other strategic approaches.
- 04Arcanum upgrades
- Arcane essences found during skirmishes open new nodes and selectable boons.
- 05Expedition map
- Each session presents new blessings, empowered enemies, and decisions that shape the adventure.
- 06Tactical pausing
- Pausing allows planning for base construction, army movement, and responses to attacks.
Here Comes The Swarm compared to similar games
Here Comes The Swarm combines settlement upkeep, real-time swarm defense, expeditions, divine powers, and a pause function. Xenonauts focuses on turn-based combat with small squads of persistent soldiers, while Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation centers on managing vast armies across an entire world. Old World follows an empire across multiple generations with marriage, heirs, and legacy management.
Here Comes The Swarm: platforms & release
Is Here Comes The Swarm worth it?
It is worth it if: strategy players who want settlement management alongside real-time defense. Skip it if: players seeking a slow, turn-based strategy structure rather than real-time attacks.
Where can I download Here Comes The Swarm?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Here Comes The Swarm's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Here Comes The Swarm on?
Windows only.
