Antmates: Idle Ant Colony

Antmates is an idle colony sim in a glass ant jar. The ants inside live their own busy lives: they dig tunnels, carry crumbs, nurse the brood, rest in their dormitory and greet visitors at the glass. You decide where the next room goes and what to level up — they do the rest. - Income is counted step by step, and you see every step: foragers, worker strength, crowding, trails, the jam at the entrance, rooms and diet — each with its own multiplier, and the biggest loss marked. - Every room levels up two ways, and the game ranks the income upgrades by how fast they pay off. - Find the weakest link: beds, crowding, the entrance, the queen’s space — the colony grows as fast as its tightest spot allows. - Trail and population milestones multiply your income, and the entrance widens as the colony grows. - Plan your nest with 25 kinds of rooms — from the Royal Chamber and the Nursery to the Pantry, the Well, the Sunroom and even a Cinema. - Every room grows: new levels, finishes from dug to decorated, and spots the ants like better than others. - Watch diggers cut real tunnels and carry the dirt up to the surface. Crumbs come in four kinds — sweet, protein, fatty and salty. A varied diet makes the nest grow faster. - The queen lays eggs, nurses raise larvae and cocoons, and workers grow up through 5 ages — from tots to adults. - Balance the work: foragers, diggers and nurses — or pick a preset and let the colony find its rhythm. - When the colony is ready, winged ants leave on a nuptial flight. Start a new colony and carry your legacy into it; past colonies rest on your shelf. - 14 finds to dig up: a coat button, a 1978 penny, a tin soldier, a glass marble… - 8 visitors come to the glass — a ladybug, a snail, a woodlouse, a scarf moth and more. Keep them all in your album. - The journal tells you what happened while you were away. Decorate the surface with a Windmill, a Barn, Temple Ruins or a Smoking Volcano. Change the soil, paint marks on your ants, give them vitamins — and snap your jar with the instant camera. - Your colony never dies out while you are away. - Soft sounds you can turn down, a slow, calm pace. - No ads, no microtransactions. - A window of any size, fullscreen, or always on top of your work.