HOW TO PLAY?

WHAT IS Bacttle?

A High-Stakes Microbial Survival Game

Bacttle turns the hidden world of microbiology into a dramatic, competitive adventure. The board is your environment. Your tokens are your colony. Your mission: grow, adapt and overcome ever-changing challenges.

Each round the world shifts: intense sunlight, viral invaders, resource scarcity, changing habitats. Play Trait Cards to defend your colony, exploit opportunities, and sabotage other species in an all-out microbial showdown.

Choose your species. Build your colony. Survive the challenge.

In Bacttle, you play as a bacterial species trying to survive in nature.

The board represents the environment and each token is a member of your species.

Your goal is to populate the board with as many tokens of your color as possible, and avoid extinction!


Each turn, a challenge is revealed.

Negative challenges threaten your life while positive challenges allow you to multiply.

You will always have four trait cards in your hand.

Each turn you can play one, to defend yourself or to benefit from the environment.

Special challenges unleash the Bacttle!

Use special traits to attack other players or to defend yourself.

Track your colony’s health. Last species standing wins.

Quick to learn, endlessly replayable — ideal for classrooms, families, and gamers alike.


HOW TO PLAY?

WHAT IS Bacttle?

A High-Stakes Microbial Survival Game

Bacttle turns the hidden world of microbiology into a dramatic, competitive adventure. The board is your environment. Your tokens are your colony. Your mission: grow, adapt and overcome ever-changing challenges.

Each round the world shifts: intense sunlight, viral invaders, resource scarcity, changing habitats. Play Trait Cards to defend your colony, exploit opportunities, and sabotage other species in an all-out microbial showdown.

Choose your species. Build your colony. Survive the challenge.

In Bacttle you play as a bacterial species trying to survive in nature.

The board represents the environment and each token is a member of your species.

Your goal is to populate the board with as many tokens of your color as possible, and avoid extinction!

Each turn, a challenge is revealed.

Negative challenges threaten your life while positive challenges allow you to multiply.

You will always have four trait cards in your hand.

Each turn you can play one, to defend yourself or to benefit from the environment.

Special challenges unleash the Bacttle!

Use special traits to attack other players or to defend yourself.

Track your colony’s health. Last species standing wins.

Quick to learn, endlessly replayable — ideal for classrooms, families, and gamers alike.

LEARN THROUGH PLAY

FOR TEACHERS & EDUCATORS

Serious Science. Seriously Fun.

Created with education in mind, Bacttle supports real learning through immersive play:

  • Covers microbiology fundamentals: adaptation, ecosystems, survival.
  • Designed for ages 7–14 (and beyond).
  • Perfect for science lessons, STEM clubs, and hands-on workshops.
  • Builds teamwork, decision-making, and curiosity.

Bring biology to life — and keep students engaged, challenged and motivated.

FOR FAMILIES & GAMERS

Fast. Competitive. Addictively Replayable.

Science doesn’t have to be serious — Bacttle is a thrilling experience for players of all ages:

  • 20–30 minutes of fun per session.
  • Easy to pick up, hard to master.
  • Blends strategy, chance and real science.
  • Perfect for game nights, family time and friendly competitions.

Experience the rare game that’s both wildly fun and genuinely educational.



  • Bacttle has been proven to teach microbiology.
  • We tested the educational component of the game with more than 150 players.
  • No matter your age or background, if children play on their own or together with family, everybody learns!

Created By

  • Tania Miguel Trabajo - Environmental Microbiology, Ph.D.
  • Focus Games - the developers of educational games.

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