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Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition)

Level Up Labs, LLC · Level Up Labs · 2012-10-30

SteamGOG

IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 30, 2012 (Mac), Oct 30, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 30, 2012 (Linux)

Defender's Quest is a Tower-Defense/RPG Hybrid tightly focuses on three things: tactical depth, customization, and story

Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition) is an Indie, RPG, and Strategy game released in 2012, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (95% of 3511 reviews).

4
playing now
95%
positive of 3.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
11h
time to beat (IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten is a tower defense and role-playing video game developed by American studio Level Up Labs. Originally a flash game distributed on web gaming portals like Kongregate and Newgrounds, it later released for Microsoft Windows via Steam in October 2012. In 2016, an HD remaster, Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten: DX Edition, was released for free to all existing owners. This version was ported to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PlayStation Vita. The game received positive reviews from critics, primarily praising its gameplay. A sequel to the game, Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin, was released January 30, 2025.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 35 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 49,650 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 141k–281k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,517 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2014-01-25) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 3 of 53 observed days · $13.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
212120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2383Nov 2012Aug 2026Nov 2012 — avg 155 · peak 461Apr 2013 — avg 24 · peak 50Sep 2013 — avg 28 · peak 66Feb 2014 — avg 184 · peak 738Jul 2014 — avg 58 · peak 248Dec 2014 — avg 56 · peak 112May 2015 — avg 28 · peak 56Oct 2015 — avg 41 · peak 114Mar 2016 — avg 17 · peak 39Aug 2016 — avg 35 · peak 68Jan 2017 — avg 60 · peak 193Jun 2017 — avg 34 · peak 109Nov 2017 — avg 23 · peak 61Apr 2018 — avg 19 · peak 37Sep 2018 — avg 15 · peak 32Feb 2019 — avg 22 · peak 61Jul 2019 — avg 15 · peak 32Dec 2019 — avg 15 · peak 40May 2020 — avg 23 · peak 77Oct 2020 — avg 10 · peak 24Mar 2021 — avg 11 · peak 26Aug 2021 — avg 9 · peak 21Jan 2022 — avg 12 · peak 25Jun 2022 — avg 8 · peak 18Nov 2022 — avg 7 · peak 18Apr 2023 — avg 8 · peak 18Sep 2023 — avg 6 · peak 14Feb 2024 — avg 7 · peak 17Jul 2024 — avg 7 · peak 49Dec 2024 — avg 5 · peak 14May 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2026 — avg 14 · peak 35Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$0.002015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $3.742015-06-07 — best price $2.292015-06-15 — best price $14.992015-08-27 — best price $0.002015-10-19 — best price $14.992015-11-10 — best price $14.992015-12-01 — best price $14.992016-06-14 — best price $7.492016-09-22 — best price $14.992016-11-29 — best price $14.992017-01-26 — best price $14.992017-06-21 — best price $14.992017-09-21 — best price $14.992017-12-21 — best price $4.942018-05-10 — best price $4.942018-10-30 — best price $11.242018-12-17 — best price $14.992019-01-24 — best price $14.992019-06-18 — best price $14.992020-01-23 — best price $3.742020-12-22 — best price $4.942021-10-28 — best price $4.942023-09-20 — best price $7.492024-04-10 — best price $7.492024-07-23 — best price $3.742024-10-28 — best price $14.992025-02-05 — best price $4.492025-08-09 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-09-03 — best price $14.992026-09-09 — best price $14.992026-09-15 — best price $14.992026-09-21 — best price $14.992026-09-27 — best price $14.992026-10-03 — best price $14.992026-10-09 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1212026-05-31 — 4 pageviews2026-06-04 — 9 pageviews2026-06-08 — 5 pageviews2026-06-12 — 4 pageviews2026-06-16 — 4 pageviews2026-06-20 — 7 pageviews2026-06-24 — 4 pageviews2026-06-28 — 5 pageviews2026-07-02 — 5 pageviews2026-07-06 — 5 pageviews2026-07-10 — 5 pageviews2026-07-14 — 2 pageviews2026-07-18 — 3 pageviews2026-07-22 — 2 pageviews2026-07-26 — 5 pageviews2026-07-30 — 2 pageviews2026-08-03 — 7 pageviews2026-08-07 — 3 pageviews2026-08-11 — 4 pageviews2026-08-15 — 4 pageviews2026-08-19 — 1 pageviews2026-08-23 — 1 pageviews2026-08-27 — 3 pageviews2026-08-31 — 5 pageviews2026-09-04 — 2 pageviews2026-09-08 — 1 pageviews2026-09-12 — 6 pageviews2026-09-16 — 2 pageviews2026-09-20 — 4 pageviews2026-09-24 — 9 pageviews2026-09-28 — 12 pageviews2026-10-02 — 5 pageviews2026-10-06 — 8 pageviews2026-10-10 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
68%
earned "You get a Gold Star!"
14.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: English, Czech, German, Japanese, Russian, Korean, Spanish - Spain, Italian, French, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGRetroComedyFantasyZombiesMedievalModdableStrategyAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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