On the surface, the ants claim territory, gather resources. The player excavates their nest underground, constructing tunnels and chambers to store food and raise brood. Empires of the Undergrowth is an ant colony management game, in a fast-paced real-time strategy style. Their priority now is to find food, and there is plenty around but there are other hungry creatures in the undergrowth. Her first brood will need to move quickly if the colony is to survive. Your queen has set up home beneath a rotting log.