The free game covers the first two years of every colony. You can start as many new colonies as you like, free, for as long as you like.
The full game lets a war run to its end: this colony carries on from exactly here.
Antholm 2War
Ant colony strategy
New colony
Species
Land
Difficulty
Nest site
Load game
Save game
Paused
Language
How to play
You do not steer single ants. Pick a brush on the bottom bar and drag over the map to paint orders. Pinch or scroll to zoom. Use Move to pan, or two fingers at any time.
Scout (teal): scouts roam there and clear the fog. Forage (amber): workers harvest food your species can eat inside it. Defend (blue): soldiers patrol it. Attack (red): attackers march on it; paint over a rival nest to besiege it.
Food feeds the adults. Protein raises the brood, so no protein means no new ants. Each species eats different things: the Food tab shows what yours can use.
Most food has a season. The land changes through the year: water rises in autumn and winter, people and mowers come in summer, and winter is lean for everyone.
Hunting grounds hold spiders, beetles and mantises. Kill one and its body becomes food. Leave them alone and they multiply.
Land matters. The more ground your colony holds, the more room it has to dig. If rivals squeeze you, you lose chambers.
Invaders who get past your surface soldiers go down the tunnels. Keep guards with the queen and watch with the Under button.
In spring and autumn a large colony can send out a new queen from the Nest tab to found an outpost.
Goal: kill every rival queen. The game saves itself, and Menu lets you save to slots.