# Gratuitous Space Battles: The Swarm

Summer DB entity ID: 4e0fdd7a\-1279\-42d7\-8109\-c4d965ce8ee0

Steam App ID: 41804

Pack up your spacesuits and head for the exits\. Your time in this galaxy is over\. The swarm is on the way\. They are heading towards us, and like the tide, they cannot be stopped\. Your lasers and missiles may destroy the first wave, but that is the first of many\. There seems to be no end to their numbers and they will never give up\. The swarm have no home to retreat to, no territory to fall back to\. They will attack in wave after wave with suicidal determination\. There can be no negotiation, we must flee\. THE SWARM are upon us\. 					  					 Key Features:  					  					    A whole new race for Gratuitous Space Battles 					    10 new ships 					    New ship bonuses 					    New weapons types \(Fusion Guns, Disruptor beams, Smart Bombs\) 					    2 new scenarios to play single player or online

## Game information

- Type: dlc

- Developer: Positech Games

- Publisher: Not collected

- Release date: May 19, 2010

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: 41800

- Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

- Categories: Single\-player, Multi\-player, Downloadable Content, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows, mac

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/41804/ss\_9444f6e78f6377656c41cb053075659c8befb07a\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1447353179, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/41804/ss\_729228ecc7167eeecc40aa1288037fbeeb542be6\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1447353179, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/41804/ss\_a16e6a4991769c75c9e1761a3d622df0557b4890\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1447353179, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/41804/ss\_9d897f1d00bfa4af9696d20c5dbb265badcb6c1b\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1447353179, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/41804/ss\_b5f841b695193ad4f9132180853f809ae8c14d5b\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1447353179, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/41804/ss\_051f088e1ef76c558972bb55aa9a4fbb07655b8a\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1447353179, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/41804/ss\_769a7e2e485454794e2c52363bdcefac8f35fc44\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1447353179, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/41804/ss\_d123c5b8fde2dc473d1c08b90ece24ffc9af40b4\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1447353179, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/41804/ss\_f44a021116c96fa160d01c733f873dab573c7b1d\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1447353179

- Price: 599 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: Not collected

- Steam review count: 5

- Steam positive reviews: 4

- Steam negative reviews: 1

- Steam positive percentage: 80%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}

## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/4e0fdd7a-1279-42d7-8109-c4d965ce8ee0/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/4e0fdd7a-1279-42d7-8109-c4d965ce8ee0/player-metrics?days=7)

Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-28T19:39:19\.37339\+00:00

- Player count observed: Not collected

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-28T19:39:20\.42436\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

[Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/41804/) · [JSON](/api/v1/games/4e0fdd7a-1279-42d7-8109-c4d965ce8ee0)