The Ant Game

One ant in the colony

The Ant Game is a real-time colony sim for PC, played from the perspective of a single ant rather than from a god’s-eye view. You walk through the meadow and nest, forage, carry food, dig, and fight with your mandibles. The colony keeps working around you: its ants choose jobs such as foraging, digging, nursing, hauling, and defending, based on what the colony needs.

You can affect the colony’s direction, but don’t issue orders from above. When food runs low, more ants go foraging; when beetles reach the nest entrance, ants join the fight. You can also take on practical tasks yourself, such as dragging seeds home or feeding the queen by hand.