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Anomaly Defenders

11 bit studios · 2014-05-29

SteamGOG

ActionIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 29, 2014 (Mac), May 29, 2014 (Linux), Sep 23, 2014 (Android), Sep 23, 2014 (iOS), May 29, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Anomaly Defenders is the closing installment of the Anomaly series. The original incarnation of the Tower Offense sub-genre had players controlling humans fighting alien invaders. Now, the tables have turned. The human counterattack is underway and the alien homeworld is under threat.

0
playing now
77%
positive of 687 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
52/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 40% of 11,000 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 17k–41k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 687 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$0.79-92%
GreenManGaming$0.79-92%
GOG$0.99-90%
Humble Store$0.99-90%
GOG$0.99-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.73 at GameBillet (2023-08-16) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 99 of 146 observed days · $0.26 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-06 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.742015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $3.992015-10-26 — best price $2.492016-06-08 — best price $1.992016-11-23 — best price $0.992017-06-21 — best price $9.992017-12-18 — best price $9.992018-05-10 — best price $1.992018-10-15 — best price $9.992019-01-18 — best price $9.992019-05-23 — best price $1.502019-10-07 — best price $1.992020-02-09 — best price $8.292020-05-28 — best price $9.992020-08-20 — best price $1.802020-11-01 — best price $8.892021-01-17 — best price $9.992021-04-18 — best price $8.382021-07-17 — best price $8.292021-10-14 — best price $9.992021-12-20 — best price $1.992022-04-04 — best price $9.992022-07-23 — best price $9.992022-11-14 — best price $1.602023-02-12 — best price $7.892023-05-27 — best price $7.342023-08-25 — best price $7.892023-11-29 — best price $1.002024-02-14 — best price $1.992024-04-25 — best price $0.872024-07-27 — best price $9.992024-10-18 — best price $1.002025-02-05 — best price $0.992025-06-09 — best price $0.992025-09-16 — best price $1.192026-01-03 — best price $9.992026-04-27 — best price $7.892026-08-10 — best price $0.822026-08-30 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,08912%20

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

IndieActionSci-fiStrategyTop-DownSingleplayerTower Defense

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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