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Here Comes the Swarm

Here Comes the Swarm is a survival RTS with a pause button! Create your strategy, build, manage, and defend your settlements at your own pace. Take the fight to the hive mind and lead expeditions to deliver a…

5 March 2026

Here Comes the Swarm is an indie developed by CableHook Games, released 5 March 2026 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Here Comes the Swarm is

Here Comes the Swarm is an indie game developed by CableHook Games and released in 2026. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Here Comes the Swarm is a survival RTS with a pause button! Create your strategy, build, manage, and defend your settlements at your own pace. Take the fight to the hive mind and lead expeditions to deliver a deadly blow and eradicate your foes. Will you reclaim Ulora from the relentless Swarm?
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Here Comes the Swarm launched on 5 March 2026, within three weeks of Resident Evil Requiem, Crimson Desert Enhanced, Reanimal and Marathon.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil Requiem, Crimson Desert Enhanced, Reanimal, Marathon.

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When did Here Comes the Swarm come out?
Here Comes the Swarm was released on 5 March 2026 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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