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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.

1
playing now
82%
positive of 207 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 58% of 10,962 Action games in the census by review count.
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)

Players online

102026-08-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 1 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).

Details

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

Player tags

IndieActionStrategyTower Defense

Census log

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

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