Buggos 2

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Buggos 2 is a single player city builder game with violence and science fiction themes. It was developed by Intrepid Marmot and was released on September 25, 2025. It received positive reviews from players.

Buggos 2 is a horde-based auto-battler where players command a sentient hivemind to evolve and deploy massive swarms of alien insects against human forces. The game features permanent upgrades, specialized unit types, and strategic control of the battlefield to overwhelm increasingly advanced enemies.

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84%Audience ScoreBased on 483 reviews

story10 positive mentions

stability10 negative mentions

Fun and addicting RTS gameplay with a unique swarm mechanic, allowing the player to control thousands of bugs with strategic depth.
Improvements over the first game including better graphics, more control options, an expanded tech tree, and quality-of-life features like control groups and rally points.
Developer is active and responsive, regularly releasing balance patches and free content updates including new planets, units, and a survival mode.

Campaign is relatively short, often completed within 5-10 hours, and lacking sufficient content for the full price.
Balance issues with certain units (e.g., wasps overpowered, artillery nerfed, some bugs and enemy types frustratingly strong), leading to repetitive meta strategies and forced playstyles.
Technical problems including frequent crashes, AI and pathfinding issues, and game mechanics that can lead to long, tedious stalemates on higher difficulties.

story
66 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The story campaign is engaging and humorous, with a unique premise allowing players to adapt and evolve their swarm across diverse missions. However, it is relatively short and often criticized for sudden spikes in difficulty, especially in later missions, which some find frustrating and exhausting. Many players also desire more variety, additional content, and a longer post-game experience to extend replayability.
- “The art is cute and the campaign missions are well constructed, not too hard and fun to traverse.”
- “Buggos 2 may not drown the screen in insects the way I hoped, but it delivers a story you write with every failed assault and every triumphant overrun.”
- “The story is a chef's kiss.”
- “The other planets were hard and some even made me spend way too much time beating them, but I've beaten 1 mission of this planet and I already don't want to play it anymore since the two that I've tried to beat afterwards gave me such a horrible feeling.”
- “Also, I don't know what you did with this new planet but one of the missions forces you into the smallest cavern, which has a breakable wall in the middle which your builders will break or goo until it dies, making it a war on three fronts, which is the most unfun thing I've had to play since buying this game.”
- “Now I have successfully slogged through the entire story mode for an absolute joke of an ending and at no point do any of my complaints get better.”
gameplay
28 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay is generally praised for being fun, satisfying, and an improvement over the first game with engaging RTS mechanics and added variety, especially after updates introducing new units. However, criticisms include an overly short and repetitive experience, limited map design, perceived imbalance favoring the human side, and slower pacing due to linear unit pathing and spawn cap mechanics. Overall, it offers a unique, casual RTS loop but could benefit from more content and refined challenge design.
- “Fun gameplay, a little less strategy required from the first one but there's a genuine dopamine rush when your swarm of bugs makes intermittent goals against the enemy.”
- “I loved the first game and this sequel is even better than the first, and since the new update I have loved the new bugs, it just adds a lot of variety to the gameplay.”
- “The core of this game is very fun, and has a unique flavour of casual RTS gameplay.”
- “Don't know if I suck or what but I feel like it's insanely overpowered on the human side. I get you don't want to go through fast rounds, but I also don't want to sit through 20 minutes of the same thing just to somehow break the stalemate in these weird mechanics.”
- “Short gameplay cycle (7 hours), repetitive, poor map design, only one map for survival mode.”
- “The gameplay is definitely too short for the price and the ending is lacking.”
graphics
13 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics feature an improved, cleaner art style with satisfying animations, colors, and lighting, representing a noticeable upgrade from the first game. While some users note occasional performance issues and minor crashes at high unit counts, the aesthetic—particularly the retro pixel art—receives high praise for its charm and appeal. Overall, the visuals significantly enhance the gameplay experience with both refinement and style.
- “The art style is improved with a cleaner look with satisfying animations, colors, and lighting.”
- “It is certainly an improvement when comparing to Buggos 1 as the controls and graphics have improved.”
- “Overall an improvement over the first graphically & gameplay wise such as your control over the bugs.”
- “I was also hoping for a bit more refinement from the second game, not just the exact same game with better graphics.”
- “Graphics somehow got worse.”
- “I have no idea why, most other games are fine even ones that are much more demanding on either graphics, RAM, or CPU.”
replayability
11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Replayability in the game is mixed, with some players appreciating the depth from features like the tech tree and survival mode potential, while others find it limited and lacking significant variety. Suggestions for improvement include allowing customization of units and buildings to enhance long-term engagement. Overall, the replay value is considered moderate but could benefit from additional content and better balance.
- “But in my opinion, what would exponentially increase replayability would be to allow the modification of unit and building stats and attributes.”
- “The new survival mode is still a bit undercooked, but I see great potential in the replayability here!”
- “Simple in theory to play, however has more depth than at first glance, namely the tech tree, it truly is what creates the replayability.”
- “Poor balance and low replayability.”
- “Lacks replayability.”
- “The lack of replayability is a major downside in a game this short.”
stability
10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game suffers from frequent crashes and freezes, especially during building phases, making it largely unplayable in its current state. While fans of swarm-type enemies enjoy the concept, the persistent stability issues significantly hinder the overall experience. However, ongoing updates suggest the developer is actively working on improvements.
- “Stability: this game frequently freezes or completely crashes.”
- “Currently, the game is completely unplayable as the instant you attempt to build anything the game freezes.”
- “Until these constant freezes are fixed, I cannot recommend this game.”
grinding
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Users find the grinding aspect of the game to be excessively tedious and slow, especially on higher difficulties where progress becomes agonizingly incremental and punishing. The repetitive nature and RNG mechanics contribute to a frustrating experience that feels more like an idle game than an engaging RTS. While early gameplay can be enjoyable, the grind significantly detracts from overall satisfaction in later levels.
- “Insanely grindy and boring, it's just pure attrition and good god is it not good at it.”
- “Mission time: on higher difficulties the game slows to a crawl, becoming extremely tedious.”
- “Progressing through each level becomes tediously incremental.”
humor
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game is widely praised for its humorous and absurd tone, featuring funny bug puns and entertaining story elements. Players find it amusing and lighthearted, with comedic moments that enhance the overall fun of the bug-themed RTS gameplay.
- “Amazing fun and humorous bug swarm strategy game that allows you to control and evolve armies of various bugs to battle with pesky humans and their machines for dominance over different planets.”
- “Oh yeah, and there's some funny bug puns too. I've had a lot of fun with this game and if you've ever played an RTS like Starcraft or Red Alert, then this might be something worth buying. It's unique enough that you won't really find anything like it, and the devs are working on new bug phenotypes to make the game even better as I write, so really give this game a fair shot!”
- “The opening sequence made me laugh more than it probably should have done.”
music
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music is generally praised for being engaging and enjoyable, with some users likening it to the iconic StarCraft soundtrack. However, there are occasional technical issues where the music continues playing even if the game crashes, which can be frustrating. Overall, the soundtrack is considered a strong and memorable aspect of the game.
- “The music is also very reminiscent of StarCraft, I greatly enjoyed listening to it on my conquest.”
- “The art style is great, and the music is bangin'!”
- “There's no warning if it'll crash, just making progress and the next thing I know, everything stops - the music keeps playing as if to tease that it'll unlock but nope!”
optimization
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game is generally well-optimized, running smoothly with no major bugs or performance issues. However, occasional crashes occurred early on, and some stuttering was noted during large unit counts, possibly influenced by multitasking.
- “I encountered no bugs and no performance issues.”