Nest Rivals

You don't just lead a colony. You're part of it.

Between gathering food and building a nest, first discoveries and dangerous encounters, your colony's story takes shape. Nest Rivals combines direct control with a view of the bigger picture: take charge of an individual creature, lead its kin into the world and help your nest grow and survive.

A nest full of life

Your slimes pursue their own tasks, gather food, tend to their needs and travel between the surface and their underground home. Make room for your colony, bring supplies home and protect the queen. A growing nest needs more than full stores: it needs safe routes and your guidance.

A world that matters

Explore procedurally generated landscapes with different living conditions. Weather, time of day, water, temperature and light influence where your creatures thrive and where they are at risk. What offers shelter to one species can be an obstacle to another.

Venture out together

Set out with an escort, find food sources and encounter rival colonies. Decide when to explore, when to retreat and where to stand your ground. Your opponents pursue goals of their own — the world doesn't wait for you.

Discover rather than know everything at once

Record your finds in an illustrated bestiary. Learn about the creatures, habitats and relationships that shape the world, then return to your discoveries after a session. The knowledge you gain stays with you across different worlds.

At a glance

• Colony simulation with direct control of individual slimes

• Autonomous inhabitants, rival colonies and distinct species needs

• A surface world and expandable underground nests

• Food gathering, transport, supplies and reproduction

• Procedural worlds, exploration and fog of war

• Weather and a day-night cycle that affect survival

• An illustrated bestiary with lasting discoveries

• A pixel-art world and an ornate, natural-history-inspired interface