Gung Beetle
Release date: May 12, 2025
Developers: Secretly Ants Studios
Publishers: Secretly Ants Studios
Genres: Action, Casual, Indie, Early Access
Categories: Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Camera Comfort, Color Alternatives, Custom Volume Controls, Playable without Timed Input, Stereo Sound, Surround Sound, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing
Supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese

Defend your dung ball from the fearsome Arachnant horde - an unrelenting onslaught of ant enemies. Build out your ultimate arsenal by upgrading different weapon parts to suit your gameplay style, fight through the levels of the enemy nest, and satisfy all your destructive needs.  When you level up you get a selection of gun parts to build you main guns with. Every gun is built using 4 customisable components: The Barrel, The Core, The Clip and the Bullets.   Mix and match all different parts to try and create impossible and devastating combos.  Nearly 500 parts across 6 different manufactures enabling millions of cursed combinations. Want dual rotating barrels with armour piercing vampire rounds while launching charged plasma on reload? hell yeah, why not. Different gun manufacturers will supply you with weapon components to assist a run, each offering unique parts with powerful modifiers enabling you to tailor your guns to your preferred style of play. Twin-stick physics based movement, manual aiming. Equip different balls to gain the upper hand and unlock special movement mechanics. Blast yourself forward with the Cannon ball. Jump over enemies with the Golf ball. Run rings around the enemy with the Turbo ball. Decimate the hoards with the Barrage ball. Build out the inside of the ball to boost production of advanced weaponry. 24 customisable build slots to add new weapon parts manufacturers, health boosters, ability upgrades, or fill it with XP magnets and efficiency boosters. Unlock new factories and upgrade existing ones to become more powerful.