| Empire of the Ants | |
| Developer: | Microïds |
| Designer: | Julien Marty Pascal Mory Xavier-Claude Passeri Bernard Werber |
| Programmer: | Vincent L'Hermite |
| Composer: | Nicolas Varley |
| Platforms: | Windows |
| Genre: | Strategy |
| Modes: | Multiplayer |
Empire of the Ants (known in France as Les Fourmis) is a video game released in 2000, developed by Microïds, and based on a novel of the same name written by Bernard Werber.
A new version of the game by Microids and Tower Five, powered by Unreal Engine 5, was released on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series in 2024.[1]
The game is playable on a network with up to 8 players, and the game contains more than 60 species of insects and different animals. Requiring strategy and management, it is set in the combative world of ants and their anthills.
The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Dan Adams, in reviewing the game for IGN, concluded that the game has the potential but criticized the lack of characters and poor graphics.