After a long development journey, we’re excited to finally open the gates of Volucris and let players jump into the war against the chaos. Early Access is the beginning of a bigger journey for Bug Alliance, and we’ll be expanding the game with new chapters, maps, characters, systems, balance improvements, and community-driven updates throughout development.
Thank you to everyone who played the demo, shared feedback, wishlisted the game, or supported us along the way.
Our Early Access roadmap is designed to expand Bug Alliance step by step with major content updates.
At launch, the first 4 story chapters are available. Future chapters will arrive through major updates as the story continues. Throughout Early Access, we plan to add new maps, enemies, bosses, playable content, weapons, abilities, tactical gears, progression systems, achievements, and the Resistance game mode.
Here’s a quick overview of what we’re planning:
Launch — May 2026: Early Access launch with core Onslaught mode, 4 playable maps, Chaos Surge mode, the first 4 story chapters, 4 unique bug warriors, weapons, abilities, Tactical Gears, challenges, achievements, tasks, synergies, and build combinations.
June 2026 — Stabilizations & Fixes Update: Balance improvements, bug fixes, UI/QoL updates, progression tuning, difficulty and reward adjustments, and player feedback changes.
August 2026 — The Cold Horizon Major Update: 1 new map, 1 new race, new enemies and bosses, 1 new story chapter, new achievements, and a new playable character: Prizrak.
October 2026 — The Blight Dunes Major Update: 1 new map, 1 new race, new enemies and bosses, 1 new story chapter, new achievements, and 1 new weapon for each character.
December 2026 — Evolution of War Major Update: 3 new maps, 3 new story chapters, new achievements, a Prestige system, a Relic system, and additional balance/QoL improvements.
February 2027 — The Hollow Spores Major Update: 2 new maps, 2 new story chapters, 1 new ability for each character, the mysterious fungal island, and a new sub-class system.
April 2027 — The Final Stand Major Update: New Resistance game mode, 2 Resistance maps, 2 new Onslaught maps, final story chapters, new achievements, and a new playable character chosen with the community.
Roadmap content and timing may shift based on player feedback, development priorities, and Early Access balancing needs.
At launch, Bug Alliance includes a solid core experience with multiple modes, playable characters, progression systems, challenges, achievements, and the first part of the story.
Core Onslaught mode with 4 playable maps
Chaos Surge mode — endless action with escalating difficulty and stacking Chaos Curses
First 4 story chapters available at launch. Future chapters will arrive through major updates
Background and origin story for each playable character
4 playable characters, each with a unique playstyle, weapons, and abilities
2 weapons and 4 abilities for each character
11 Tactical Gears
56 in-game challenges and 40 Steam achievements
Tasks with generous Essence rewards
Synergies and hundreds of build combinations
Survive intense 20-wave Onslaught maps, fight through enemy swarms, and face boss finales as your build grows stronger throughout each run. Reveal the story of Bug Alliance, while you progress through the maps.
Bug Alliance is built around replayability, progression, and build creation. Each run gives you new opportunities to combine weapons, abilities, Tactical Gears, power-ups, and synergies into powerful combinations.
Experiment with different bug warriors, discover strong builds, complete challenges, collect Essence, and keep improving your characters across runs.
Create powerful builds by combining weapons, abilities, Tactical Gears, and synergies.
For players who want to push their builds even further, Chaos Surge offers endless action with escalating difficulty and stacking Chaos Curses.
The longer you survive, the more dangerous the run becomes. Choose your risks, adapt your build, and see how far you can go.
Push your build into endless chaos with rising difficulty and dangerous curse choices.
We chose Early Access because we want to grow Bug Alliance together with the community. The game already has a solid foundation, but there’s still a lot of room to expand — especially around balance, progression, and new content.
Early Access gives us the chance to listen closely to players, refine what’s already here, and shape upcoming features based on real feedback.
To celebrate the Early Access launch, Bug Alliance is available with a 20% launch discount for the first week.
If you’ve been waiting to jump in, this is a great time to join the fight and help shape the future of the game.
Community feedback is extremely important to us during Early Access.
You can share your suggestions, bug reports, and ideas through Steam Discussions, our Discord server, and our social channels.
We’ve also added a Bug Report / Feedback button and a Discord link directly to the main menu so it’s easy to reach us from inside the game.
We’ll be actively reading feedback and using it to help shape future updates and improvements.