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Defend the Rook cover art

Defend the Rook

One Up Plus · Goblinz Publishing · 2021-10-26

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IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 14, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 26, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 16, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Aug 17, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Mar 16, 2023 (Xbox One)

A roguelike tactics board combat combined with tower defense elements. Defeat the invading hordes to stay alive and save the land! Enjoy more tactics than a normal TD game, combined with the added challenge of building towers and fighting off waves of enemies!

76%
positive of 244 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.73★
PlayStation Store rating (45 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$17.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (53 reviews).
  • · Top 24% of 47,000 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.9k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 244 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99
GOG$17.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$17.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.54 at GameBillet (2023-02-11) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 51 of 86 observed days · $14.45 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
444420212026Week of 2021-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$17.99$3.592021-10-262026-10-112021-10-26 — best price $13.902021-12-14 — best price $14.392022-01-27 — best price $14.392022-03-10 — best price $17.992022-04-28 — best price $11.862022-06-18 — best price $9.352022-07-27 — best price $8.992022-08-30 — best price $13.502022-10-06 — best price $17.992022-11-14 — best price $10.792022-12-18 — best price $17.992023-01-19 — best price $4.262023-02-22 — best price $5.392023-03-24 — best price $14.612023-06-29 — best price $4.492023-09-07 — best price $17.992023-10-26 — best price $3.982023-12-13 — best price $4.492024-02-14 — best price $4.492024-03-28 — best price $17.992024-05-14 — best price $4.492024-07-19 — best price $17.992024-09-02 — best price $17.992024-10-25 — best price $4.502024-12-04 — best price $17.992025-02-10 — best price $17.992025-04-09 — best price $17.992025-07-10 — best price $17.992025-09-29 — best price $3.592025-11-25 — best price $3.592026-02-28 — best price $3.592026-04-26 — best price $17.992026-06-25 — best price $3.592026-08-15 — best price $17.992026-09-22 — best price $17.992026-10-04 — best price $3.592026-10-11 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
57.8%
earned "Blitzed"
28.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-10-26 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3974%18
Xbox One (Xbox)814%18
PS5 (PlayStation)3614%19
PS4 (PlayStation)2520%19
PS4 (PlayStation)186%19
Switch (Nintendo)90%0

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

Player tags

RPGStrategyTabletopDifficultRogue-likeRogue-liteTurn-BasedPerma DeathCity BuilderStrategy RPG

Census log

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

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