- 0.5.3 Patch Notes - 17 September 2026
0.5.3 patch notes:* Workers have extra info in their tooltip. Tooltip will now show the status of the worker (Idle, Working, Charging etc), as well as which station and bay it may be assigned to.* You are now able to place non blocking obstacles like trails even if there's a ground unit (or the player) in the way.* Added extra yellow arrows in the second level of the tutorial to help with the first objective.* Fixed an issue where the starting gold cluster wasn't able to spawn due to water.* Fixed an issue where a UI panel would remain open even after an entity got deselected.* Fixed an issue where drones kept appearing and disappearing on the player.* Fixed an audio issue that sometimes caused crashes.* Fixed an issue where putting chest restrictions would remain enabled if chest panel was closed.* Fixed an issue when using the pipette tool on accumulators.* Fixed an issue when trying…
- 0.5.2 Patch Notes - Combat balances - 13 September 2026
0.5.2 patch notes:* Fixed the Swarm sometimes attacking itself.* Resource clusters on the map now show total amount of resources.* Worker bays now distribute workers to the workstation with the lowest amount of workers so that workers are distributed more evenly instead of stacking up one workstation at a time.* Dragging on the map with the mouse and WASD should now feel smoother at all zoom levels.* Bloodroses have been enhanced with higher range and a bigger buffer for bloodflies.* Piercing and striker bloodflies are more energy resistant.* Colossal blasters have reduced damage.* When bloodflies kill all targets in their target area they will now immediately return to their workstation instead of chilling at their last target's location for a few seconds. This is toavoid getting obliterated by blasters outside their range.* Acid pod tech now requires red DNA instead of green.* Bloodro…
- 0.5.1 Patch Notes - 6 September 2026
0.5.1 patch notes:* Assembly loading is now supported for mods. This means you can write your own code. Check the modding channel on Discord for steps to do so.* Fixed issue where blobbers wouldn't shoot at enemies when they're offscreen.* Fixed issue where blobbers were too slow to react to incoming bad guys by adding a rage mode. Its animation speed becomes 4x faster when an enemy is spotted.* Increased attack speed of blobbers from 3.5 to 2.5.* Increased speed when placing units.
- 0.5.0 Patch Notes - Tutorial rework - 3 September 2026
0.5.0 Patch Notes:* Completely reworked the tutorial. Tutorial is now divided into 4 levels, each explaining one or two core mechanics of the game. EXISTING TUTORIAL SAVES WILL NO LONGER WORK. More info below the patch notes. * Fixed an issue related to manually crafting items with x2 intermediary ingredients* Rebalanced some mid to late game recipes and techs. * Green DNA yields 2 instead of 1 * Yellow DNA yields 8 instead of 2 * Teal DNA yields 8 instead of 2 * T2 and T3 movers, miners, snatchers, fireflies now yield 2 instead of 1 * Reduced DNA costs of most military bonuses by a factor of 2, sometimes 3 * Reduced DNA costs of Wormpit, Drone Speed, Energy Carrier Charge Rate, Worker Bay Capacity * Needle spires will now yield 2 per craft* Added options menu to quickbar for configurable shortcut buttons. Most are disabled by default to prevent new players from accidentally interacting…
- 0.4.20 Patch Notes - 23 August 2026
0.4.20 Patch Notes:* Fixed an issue where modules could result in weird behavior when replaced with other modules directly.* Fixed an issue where with enough random clicking you were able to mess up module stacks where they would eventually end up stacking as 1 instead of 5.* Fixed an exception caused by a null localization string.* Fixed an exception that happened when trying to deselect a no longer existing entity.* Click, hold and dragging items is now supported. Useful for players who are used to holding mouse button down while dragging items from inventory to quickbar for example.* Fixed an issue where some movers would become homeless and wouldn't look for a new home, appearing to be stuck underground* Hovering over a worker now highlights the workstation they're assigned to, if any.* Fixed Pipette tool not working on walls.
- 0.4.19 Patch Notes - 23 August 2026
0.4.19 Patch Notes:* Fixed crash that happens when researching a genetic code in the main game then quit and try to do tutorial* Trail buffers now retain references to movers. They now have a max capacity of 100. If your path exceeds 100 tiles, you can always add more trail buffers on the path (or adjacent) and movers should fill up the rest of the path. This removes the need of worker bays in the early game. Also adjusted the tutorial to reflect this.* Changed a few earlier game recipes to make progression feel a bit faster. Every basic worker (mover, firefly, snatcher, miner, feastling, bloodfly) now crafts 2 for the price of one. Same with Swarm trails and short tunnels. Expect more balances like these in the future, so keep the feedback coming!* Removed Acid Projectile II as an ingredient from green DNA blocks* Fixed issue where grabbers would ignore chest locked slots sometimes.
- Dev blog #16 - Next steps - 21 August 2026
With yesterday's release, I thought now would be a good time to write about what the next steps are for Swarmdustry. This is not a roadmap, this is just a list of a few critical next steps. First of all, thank you to everyone who has tried out the game so far! Thank you streamers as well, watching you guys play the game gave me a lot of good feedback.Three things are very clear right now: 1. The mover system is not fun.2. The tutorial is confusing and not newbie friendly enough.3. German and Japanese translations were poorly done.First off, the mover system just ain't fun. That's the overwhelming opinion of the community. People seem to enjoy every type of worker except movers. They are unintuitive and require too many clicks to set up something that should be simple and a core base mechanic of the game. And to make matters worse, when you saturate a trail full of movers, the system bec…
- Swarmdustry IS OUT NOW! - 20 August 2026
The Hive is ready to spread... Will you help it reclaim what it has lost?The wait is finally over! Swarmdustry is now out in Early Access!Thank you everyone for showing interest and supporting this solo project that I started over 2 years ago. You guys are truly amazing, and it feels very rewarding to see the response the game has received so far!I'm really proud of how far the Swarm has come, but rest assured there is so much more coming. I would say Early Access is only the beginning of the journey. There will be significant updates throughout the next few years as the game matures. Stay tuned!Thank you,M
- 0.4.18 Patch Notes - 18 August 2026
0.4.18 Patch Notes:* Popup now appears when switching languages telling the player in the selected language that the game needs to be restarted for changes to take effect.* Genetic tree is now zoomable.* Pressing Q or selecting an item from quickbar now exits tab mode.* Fixed issue where snatchers would load a forge's fuel inventory even if it had plenty of fuel but no coal in input slot.
- Dev blog #15 - 27 July 2026
Today I want to talk about the shiny new official Swarmdustry wiki, henceforth to be referred to as the Swarmpedia. (Picture is zoomed out so more stuff can fit in the screenshot)Link: wiki.swarmdustry.comAs the game is approaching the Early Access release date, I thought having a centralized knowledge repository about the game is an important thing. I know for myself when I play similar games, I tend to google things to try to deeply understand how a certain mechanic works or how to obtain an item in a more efficient matter. Because 100% of the time that knowledge is not readily available in the game. And that's because the stuff you usually find on a Wiki comes from players and there's no reasonable way for a dev to offer all that knowledge inside the game. For instance, when I played Factorio for the first time a few years ago, I had no idea what I was doing or how things worked and…
- 0.4.17 Patch Notes - 23 July 2026
0.4.17 Patch Notes:* Added a button to link to the Swarmpedia (wiki) in the main menu.* Fixed some issues related to the full game.
- 0.4.16 Patch Notes - 15 July 2026
0.4.16 Patch Notes:* Snatchers will now lose any item they're holding when they're reassigned to a different building. This is to prevent poluting your logistics.* Fixed issue where sometimes projectiles wouldn't despawn on impact.* Damage dealt by an entity is now always at least 1 instead of 0. * Worker bay's first dropdown text font size fixed.* Strong and tough feastlings now appear in intermediate tab.* Fixed genetic research speed not working as expected.* Fixed swift and fast snatchers flying at the same speed as normal snatchers when working.* Fixed issue related to using the filtering menu on filter grabbers and splitters.* Fixed one frame flashes of certain UI elements.* Fixed obsidian bar not showing in crafting window of player.* Breathing blob's tooltip now shows energy production rate.
- 0.4.15 Patch Notes - 12 July 2026
0.4.15 Patch Notes:* As part of the ongoing swarmification efforts, Acid pods have swapped places with Blobbers. * Acid pods are now mid-late game towers while blobbers are early-mid game towers. * Stats and genetic codes have been adjusted to reflect this change.* Enhanced tooltips of acid pod ammo and bombs to display damage modifier and amount of spawns.* Added option to visually disable ground creep.* Fixed issue where damage modifier of acid pod ammo was not being applied.
- 0.4.14 Patch Notes - 6 July 2026
0.4.14 Patch Notes:* Trees are now infected by creep.* Genetic code tree now has grabbers and swarm trails as 2 additional codes. They're unlocked after Weak Heart to nudge the player into using snatchers first.* Fixed issue with genetic code progress button still flashing after a player clicks on it.* Fixed an issue in search bar of genetic codes and crafting panel not accepting spaces
- 0.4.13 Patch Notes - 29 June 2026
* Enhanced creep spread algorithm. * Creep will spread in a more natural fashin instead of random dots across the landscape. * Creep on chunks with Swarm buildings will not fade away.* Creep will fade away faster on chunks with enemy spawners.* Placing creep producing buildings now spawns one ground creep spore underneath them.* Enhanced snatcher tooltips.* Fixed a rendering issue with items on snatchers.
- 0.4.12 Patch Notes - 26 June 2026
Crafting recipe now display numbers in relation to how many of them you can craft, with recipes you can't craft being greyed out. Forge products now added to crafting window Stats panel can now be accessed via clicking on spires too When hovering over depots, it now highlights the resource deposits in range of the depot in yellow, and in blue miners assigned to deposits When pressing Esc to back out of the inventory, if you have an item in your hands, it will keep it in your hands. This behavior is now consistent to just pressing E Shift clicking items can now also be auto transferred into output slots if eligible. Useful for genetic chambers if you craft dna packs manually Tech tree can be opened via T key Reduced buffer size of trail buffers from 8 to 2 Changed 'fine grained' to 'granular' in a tutorial tip. Pressing Tab while in player inventory used to only close the crafting window…
- Dev blog #14 - 24 June 2026
Hello everyone, this blog I want to talk about how Steam Next Fest went, the feedback the game received and the direction the game is going. First off, the stats. The demo was acquired 4,368 times, of which 2,819 actually downloaded and played. About 240 players played more than 3 hours and the median time played is 22 minutes. Number of wishlists gained: 3,299. Reviews gained: 4 positive and 4 negative. Number of bugs reported: less than 10. I am pretty happy about the technical part. Very few bug reports, very good game stability. However, the 'Mixed' review score is a bit demoralizing. Going from 89% the day before Next Fest started to 78% now is hard. I didn't think the demo was in such a bad state. This is certainly a reality check. The game will come out into Early Access on August 20 but development will continue up until whenever 1.0 is ready and meets the high expectations of t…
- 0.4.11 patch notes - 20 June 2026
0.4.11 patch notes:Fixed a few translation errors introduced in last patch.Added a resizable window mode option in Options -> Interface as requested by onlysmug
- 0.4.10 patch notes - 19 June 2026
0.4.10 patch notes:* Improved tutorial by showing how movers work in isolation.* Improved the tutorial by adding 2 hidden tips that appear if the game detects if the player is struggling with editing snatcher inputs/outputs.
- New Trailer drop! - 19 June 2026
Hey everyone, Swarmdustry has a new trailer now! Check it out on youtube here The feedback on the previous trailer was that it wasn't really communicating what the swarm was. It wasn't showing the Swarm aspects of the Factory game and how it's really different from other games. Hopefully this one will do a better job at that!
