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Artificial Defense

Thiemo Bolder, ONEMANGAMES · 2016-06-01

Steam

ActionIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 01, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Artificial Defense is a one man made, real time strategy game combining orbital shooter and tower defense components within an electrifying, virtual reality setting. You are the machine, a mighty computer-system defending its servers against swarms of intruding creeps.

Artificial Defense is an Action, Indie, Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $2.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 207 reviews).

0
playing now
82%
positive of 207 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 60% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 29% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.2k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 207 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2017-06-22) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920162025Week of 2016-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$0.492016-06-012026-07-092016-06-01 — best price $3.952016-07-04 — best price $5.992016-09-05 — best price $2.492016-10-04 — best price $4.992016-10-28 — best price $0.992016-11-13 — best price $4.992016-11-23 — best price $1.242017-01-02 — best price $4.992017-02-13 — best price $1.492017-04-24 — best price $4.992017-06-22 — best price $0.492017-08-07 — best price $4.992017-12-25 — best price $0.492018-01-11 — best price $0.542018-01-24 — best price $0.992018-04-30 — best price $0.742018-05-24 — best price $4.992018-07-18 — best price $2.992018-08-20 — best price $2.992018-10-29 — best price $0.982018-11-21 — best price $0.982018-12-17 — best price $2.992019-01-10 — best price $0.982019-02-11 — best price $2.992019-11-26 — best price $0.592020-01-02 — best price $2.992020-06-25 — best price $0.592020-11-02 — best price $2.992020-12-22 — best price $0.592021-07-08 — best price $2.992021-10-28 — best price $1.492021-12-01 — best price $2.992023-07-07 — best price $2.242024-01-04 — best price $2.992024-11-27 — best price $1.492025-01-02 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $2.092026-07-09 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
25%
earned "Offense Certificate"
3.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSave AnytimeSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7692%16

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

Player tags

IndieActionStrategyTower Defense

Census log

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

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