Empires of the Undergrowth News

[p]Empires of the Undergrowth is now 70% off as part of the Hooded Horse January Publisher Sale.

Command an ant colony and wage strategic battles in the insect kingdom. This ant-based RTS challenges you to build, defend, and expand your colony, using unique pheromone-based strategies and powerful warrior ants to overcome formidable foes.

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Empires of the Undergrowth is now 70% off as part of the Hooded Horse Winter Publisher Sale.

Command an ant colony and wage strategic battles in the insect kingdom. This ant-based RTS challenges you to build, defend, and expand your colony, using unique pheromone-based strategies and powerful warrior ants to overcome formidable foes.

Hooded Horse Winter Publisher Sale

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[p]As we head towards a new DLC, community manager Mike shows some of the UI changes coming to the game and talks about why certain things aren't in Empires of the Undergrowth.

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Also of note (and highlighted in the vlog), on the day of posting (December 2nd) the Festive Spider level has appeared and will be here throughout the Christmas season! Find it by clicking on the gift that has appeared on the main menu for a special tower defense level starring the hungry spider. He's still famished.


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Hello everyone,

The 2025 Steam Awards have begun! Nominations are open, and we’re hoping you’ll support Empires of the Undergrowth by nominating it in the Labor of Love category.

If you’ve been keeping up with our development updates, you know that we’ve released four updates in the last year, including two major updates and two smaller updates.

At the very end of last year, we brought out the Remix update - an entirely new way to play Empires of the Undergrowth by mixing and matching almost any colony creature in the game, in almost any level in the game.

The possibilities are practically endless, and the community had a lot of fun doing things like trapjaw ants alongside big-headed ant supersoldiers and termite majors, in one biology-bending colony.

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Earlier this year came our 1.1 Update, which remastered a whole bunch of graphical assets and brought them kicking and screaming in to 2025. The rainforest biome got a complete makeover, as did all the leafcutter ants, several creatures, and animations. We’re not done with that either; plenty more of those are on the way.

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Alongside 1.1 was the Exploding Ants DLC, which added not only exploding ants (Colobopsis explodens) but exploding termites (Neocapritermes taracua) as well. These species added extra heat to the formicarium and Remix modes, and each one came with its own twist on a rainforest level (The Harvest: Firebreak for the ants, and Front Line: No Ant’s Land for the termites).

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(Side note: those species weren’t invented for the game - they really exist! Granted, the explosions may be exaggerated compared to real life, but still - they’re real critters!)

[h3]And More To Come[/h3]
We’re far from done with our work on Empires of the Undergrowth! You can see our current roadmap here:


Ongoing development for Empires of the Undergrowth has been a labor of love for us, and we’re always excited to see what our players think of each update.

Most importantly, we want to thank you all for your support throughout the last year of Empires of the Undergrowth’s development. It’s been an honor to watch this community grow, and to incorporate your feedback into creating the best game possible.

If you want to show Empires of the Undergrowth some extra love during the Steam Awards, please click the “Nominate” button that’s part of this post and nominate us for the 2025 Labor of Love award.

Thank you again for supporting Empires of the Undergrowth!

– The Slug Disco Team