Faithful satire and FMV cutscenes
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Such a perfect level of cringe and 90s nostalgia.”
Steam review · 10.3 h played ↗
Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War!
Worth buying? What 234 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 234 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 92%Very Positive · 92%Auroch Digital2026Shooter · Action · Adventure
−50%$24.99$12.49
US Steam price, checked 3 h ago
The verdict
A short, punchy retro shooter that nails the Starship Troopers satire with FMV cutscenes and big open maps. Skip it if you want lots of content, co-op, or full price value.
Great for
Starship Troopers fans and retro shooter players who want a short, campy single-player romp on sale
Main risk
Only about 4-6 hours of repetitive missions, which feels overpriced at full cost
What players love
Punchy, satisfying gunplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Shooting feels great, weapons have a punch and impact (and there's a solid selection, too), and just shredding chunks off of bugs is awesome.”
Steam review · 4.8 h played ↗
Large open maps with free objective order
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“every map is open, really big, and has enough tools at the player's disposal to feel like a sandbox”
Steam review · 5.5 h played ↗
Retro PS2/Doom-style visuals
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“nice retro art style fitting for this game to feel like you are back in the 90s watching the movie again”
Steam review · 4.3 h played ↗
Playable bug campaign adds variety
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“the bug missions are a pure power trip!”
Steam review · 12.5 h played ↗
Replayable with hard difficulties and secrets
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“100%-ing it is actually a fun little side quest that'll keep you occupied for a bit.”
Steam review · 15.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Too short for the price
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“4 hours of gameplay for $25 isnt worth it.”
Steam review · 5.5 h played ↗
Cringe writing, voice acting and protagonist
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The writing and voice acting are so bad it's not funny.”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗
Repetitive mission objectives
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“at the end of the day it's just generic bugs and 'grab the satchel charges' objectives.”
Steam review · 3 h played ↗
Boring bug missions
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“an hour is the bug missions which are so boring i barely even looked at the screen while doing them.”
Steam review · 6.4 h played ↗
Dumb squad AI
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“The allies' AI is as dumb and useless as it can possibly be.”
Steam review · translated · 1.2 h played ↗
Crashes, soft locks and loading hangs
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Game constantly soft locks you forcing you to replay the entire level”
Steam review · 3.7 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i7-6700K or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
Memory12 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780, 3GB or AMD Radeon RX 6400, 4GB or Intel Arc A380, 6GB
Recommended
OSWindows 11
ProcessorIntel Core i5-8600K or AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, 6GB or AMD Radeon RX 5600, 6GB or Intel Arc A750, 8GB
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i7-6700K or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
Memory12 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780, 3GB or AMD Radeon RX 6400, 4GB or Intel Arc A380, 6GB
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