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Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin

Level Up Labs, LLC · Armor Games Studios · 2025-01-30

SteamGOG

IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 30, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Rise above the Mirk and protect your ship from dangers unknown in the latest entry in the classic Defender’s Quest tower defense series!

62%
positive of 330 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (132 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 51,370 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.6k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 330 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $11.99 at Steam (2026-02-20) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 0 of 37 observed days · $8.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
808020252026Week of 2025-01-30: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-01-30: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-02-06: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-02-06: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-13: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-02-13: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-20: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-27: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-20: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-03: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$19.992026-09-102026-10-162026-09-10 — best price $19.992026-09-11 — best price $19.992026-09-12 — best price $19.992026-09-13 — best price $19.992026-09-14 — best price $19.992026-09-15 — best price $19.992026-09-16 — best price $19.992026-09-17 — best price $19.992026-09-18 — best price $19.992026-09-19 — best price $19.992026-09-20 — best price $19.992026-09-21 — best price $19.992026-09-22 — best price $19.992026-09-23 — best price $19.992026-09-24 — best price $19.992026-09-25 — best price $19.992026-09-26 — best price $19.992026-09-27 — best price $19.992026-09-28 — best price $19.992026-09-29 — best price $19.992026-09-30 — best price $19.992026-10-01 — best price $19.992026-10-02 — best price $19.992026-10-03 — best price $19.992026-10-04 — best price $19.992026-10-05 — best price $19.992026-10-06 — best price $19.992026-10-07 — best price $19.992026-10-08 — best price $19.992026-10-09 — best price $19.992026-10-10 — best price $19.992026-10-11 — best price $19.992026-10-12 — best price $19.992026-10-13 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.992026-10-15 — best price $19.992026-10-16 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
74.6%
earned "A-hunting we will go"
33%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportStatsFamily Sharing1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-05-27 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)23314%33

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

Player tags

2DRPGIndieSci-fiCartoonyColorfulStrategyStylizedTacticalNarrative

Census log

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

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