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Band of Defenders

Alda Games · 2018-04-05

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Mar 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A Co-Op FPS game with base building in a post-apocalyptic world. Craft weapons, build barricades and automated turrets, unlock new gear and items for visual customization and kill all savages and mutants trying to destroy the remnants of human civilization.

Band of Defenders is a 2018 Action title priced at $3.99, estimated to have 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (49% of 399 reviews).

0
playing now
49%
positive of 399 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$3.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (190 reviews).
  • · Top 22% of 27,914 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 10.0k–24k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 399 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2024-02-26) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 10 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11311320182026Week of 2018-04-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$13.99$2.492018-04-072026-08-242018-04-07 — best price $9.792018-07-16 — best price $13.992018-11-12 — best price $9.792019-01-04 — best price $13.992019-03-14 — best price $8.392019-07-09 — best price $13.992019-10-28 — best price $12.592019-12-03 — best price $13.992020-01-23 — best price $6.992020-03-23 — best price $13.992020-04-30 — best price $6.992020-06-15 — best price $13.992020-09-21 — best price $9.792020-11-16 — best price $13.992021-01-11 — best price $6.992021-03-08 — best price $13.992021-06-25 — best price $5.592021-09-27 — best price $13.992021-11-24 — best price $7.692022-01-24 — best price $13.992022-04-18 — best price $13.992022-07-18 — best price $4.192022-10-03 — best price $13.992022-12-05 — best price $6.992023-01-30 — best price $13.992023-06-19 — best price $6.992023-08-07 — best price $13.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-02-26 — best price $2.492024-04-22 — best price $9.992024-07-15 — best price $2.492024-11-18 — best price $9.992025-01-06 — best price $2.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-06-27 — best price $3.992025-09-01 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $3.992026-03-19 — best price $3.992026-05-18 — best price $9.992026-08-24 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

47
achievements tracked
79.2%
earned "First blood"
13.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, Czech, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5480%47

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

Player tags

FPSPvESandboxShooterWargameBuildingStrategyReal-TimeFirst-PersonBase-Building

Census log

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

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