Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War!

Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War!

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Auroch Digital · Boomer Shooter · Mar 16, 2026

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $24.99. It has been as low as $18.74.

93%
Very Positive
1k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 77 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 53 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Performance: 52 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 75 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 1k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
55% of themes are praise36% are divided9% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
I've completed the game (outside of doing higher difficulty runs) and now I want more, be it DLC or extra game modes (Random Mission Generator or Horde mode with choosable maps would be absolutely wonderful and add endless replayability).
77 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Also have to mention the amazing visuals which do an excellent job of combining some nice 3D models with Doom like sprites.
53 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
First of all, try the demo, it has the 3rd mission which is relatively representative of the game, in both good and bad which I'll elaborate in a bit, but overall I enjoyed this, there's a niche in FPS games that isn't often catered to, the Halo-C&CRenegade-SWBattlefront type large scale battlefield experiences in with a singleplayer campaign, and this is going for that and doing in my opinion a rather decent job.
52 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The sound effects and music serve the action perfectly.
24 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
I don't quite feel that it surpasses some of the classics, but it certainly felt fun to play a singleplayer game in a FPS niche usually more catered in multiplayer or coop circles traditionally (or modern warfare type environments instead of scifi, horror or fantasy), with mostly older games that did what ST:UBW does here.
20 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
(Would pay for DLC) Played the entire game on Steam Deck LCD and it ran flawlessly.
18 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love6 themes
Gameplay77 reviews
Graphics53 reviews
Performance52 reviews
Audio24 reviews
Co-op20 reviews
Steam Deck18 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters104 reviews
87%
Difficulty58 reviews
91%
Multiplayer17 reviews
88%
Bugs10 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat75 reviews
89%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

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Currently $24.99. The lowest we've tracked is $18.74.

3 points recordedtoday · $24.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
93%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
24
total to unlock
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Average playtime
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