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Not Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 0.3 hrs on record
Posted: Oct 3, 2015 @ 2:34pm

I know the game is cheap, but honestly, it's the equivalent of a free, mediocre flash game from 10 years ago (which I think it might literally be). The graphics are awful, with it not being clear which screen elements are part of the UI and which are just there for looks, and the gameplay is dull and repetitive.

You basically take turns adjusting which kinds of ants you want, buying upgrades, and occasionally engaging in a random battle with bugs and such. Every part of this is dull; even the battles consist of clicking "Attack" or "Retreat" and then seeing numbers change.

Also, if you are getting SimAnt vibes, you're wrong; it's more like a crappy business management sim that replaces business with ants. There is no real time aspect to this at all; it's just tweaking numbers and then clicking the button to move on to the next turn and see what happens.

Highly advise against wasting your time on this.
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29 Comments
Nimta Aug 20, 2023 @ 10:22pm 
This is a 2003 version of a 90s game. Be nice.
Druglord456 May 27, 2019 @ 7:43am 
It is a flashplayer game
athena1390 Aug 24, 2017 @ 3:30pm 
Flash??? The world must know... THIS WAS A DOS GAME!!!
(grin)
I played Ants as a kid in the late eighties. Ten-Year-Old-Me liked it, but notes that it does devolve hard by the 4-hour mark. Justice demands that I tell you only the cartoon-style artwork is original to the game. The scary clip art "upgrades" are... scary.
I can tell you the Ants shareware/demo was thrown in on a LOT of computers around the time that Windows was first introduced, so there are indeed two versions but this appears to be complete. "There's no fool like an old fool" - I may just shell out the 99 cents. (again, grin)
HONK IF YOU REMEMBER ALL-TEXT "LEMONADE TYCOON" XD
Clandenas Jul 13, 2017 @ 7:27am 
This game is on many sites, from which I played on was miniclip. It's old, it's not worth the $1 they're trying to get from it, but I loved the game so I did anyway.
Qwerty-Space May 19, 2017 @ 4:14pm 
That's because it IS a 10+ year old flash game. I remember playing this years ago and loving it!
Sage_Voltz Jan 7, 2017 @ 1:28pm 
where is the game free???/ its all betas "never full version" I remember it as well and never found a full game free
Rocky McRockerson Nov 27, 2016 @ 5:28am 
Funny enough the flash version is free but it's not the full version, I guess this is just a game for kids because I remember loving the flash version as one
KellyJ Sep 18, 2016 @ 9:18pm 
totally agreed
Lorne Armstrong Sep 11, 2016 @ 3:50am 
Ant War: Domination
Gamer Sep 11, 2016 @ 12:10am 
Not true!