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DEVELOPERTessaroApps
RELEASENOV 3, 2026
PLATFORMSteam
TAGSstrategytower defenseincrementalsci fialiensreal time tacticstop down2dsingleplayerreal time with pause
Hold a mining outpost on an alien world while thousands of insects pour through the rock tunnels like a flood. Place towers on the high ground, aim their firing arcs, and spend the biomass from every run, won or lost, on upgrades that let you hold a little longer next time.
Hivetide is an incremental tower defense game about holding one extraction rig against a hive that moves like water.
We came to this planet for biomass. The insects living under the crust need it too, and they have noticed. Every stage is a shift at the extractor: keep it standing until it can be pulled out, then spend what you harvested and go back down.
A horde, not a line of enemies
The insects don't walk a fixed path. They flow toward the extractor, fill every tunnel, and when a corridor gets crowded the ones behind look for another way around. Thousands can be on screen at once. Your job is to decide where that flood gets squeezed and what is waiting there when it does.
Towers on the rock, aimed by hand
- Towers go only on the high ground: solid rock next to a tunnel, looking down into it.
- Drag the edges of each tower's firing arc to narrow what it covers.