In this inventive 1994 real-time tactics game, rival insect armies wage war across everyday battlegrounds like kitchen floors and picnic tables. You command a squad of 22 distinct bugs—each with unique strengths, weaknesses, and behaviors—across a 56-mission campaign against an increasingly cunning enemy. Combat revolves around capturing food items and outmaneuvering opposing bugs. Holding a piece of food long enough raises your team’s flag, but the enemy can take it back just as easily. Strategic unit placement, timing, and bug-on-bug counterplay are essential to victory. Matches can be paused at any moment for planning, lending a chess-like rhythm to the action. Multiplayer is available in hotseat mode, where players alternate using a shared timer—adding a competitive twist inspired by chess clocks. With quirky charm and surprising depth, Battle Bugs offers a strategic experience that’s as funny as it is formidable.

One of the very last titles that Epyx worked in, and published by Sierra On-Line, we think it’s a great candidate for a modern revival.  True to the Epyx mantras of Strategy Games Thinkers Play and Strategy Games for the Action-Game Player, this is a strategy game where we think really exploiting today’s high-powered devices and graphics would make this a must-have for any aspiring entomologist.  Imagine photorealistic armies of bugs devouring food and attacking each other (still with some comic/cartoonish element to make sure it doesn’t get too gross).  If you think you can stomach it, please reach out to us via the licensing page.