Empire of the Ants
Embark on an epic journey into the infinitesimal in this photorealistic strategy game. Play as a fearless ant and guide your colony through the dangers of the forest.
Empire of the Ants is an adventure developed by Tower Five, released 7 November 2024 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Empire of the Ants is
Empire of the Ants is an adventure game developed by Tower Five and released in 2024. It was published by Anuman Interactive. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 5.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Take part in the exodus of a doomed, lost colony! Experience an immersive journey and defend your lands through tactical and strategic battles in an epic, microscopic world. Become #103,683, the Ant Savior: lead your colony, rebuild a home, protect it, make it prosper, and conquer new territories throughout different seasons. Exploration, strategy, combat skills, and alliances with local wildlife will be crucial to emerge victorious from the many challenges lying ahead. Inspired by Bernard Werber's bestselling Empire of the Ants, the game offers a strategic experience right off the pages of the iconic book series.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 41 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Empire of the Ants holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored about average for its year.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5 9400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600, 8 GB RAM and 6GB VRAM / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 / AMD Radeon RX 580. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 40GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Empire of the Ants launched on 7 November 2024, within three weeks of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Life is Strange: Double Exposure. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Life is Strange: Double Exposure.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Empire of the Ants yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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