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Defense Clicker

Albatros Softworks · 2017-10-31

Steam

CasualStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 31, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Defense Clicker is an clicker game which will be soon F2P, with an tower defense theme and a few twists which make it very unique. You have to build an defense line with towers and upgrade them to stay alive as long as possible. when you die the map resets but you get a few special points depending on how long you survived.

Defense Clicker is a 2017 Casual, Strategy, and Early Access game that is free-to-play, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (73% of 172 reviews) and an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners.

3
playing now
73%
positive of 172 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Free
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 29,339 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

All-time low: $0.79 at Steam (2018-03-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
252520172026Week of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-16 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 22:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
381Oct 2017Aug 2026Oct 2017 — avg 1 · peak 13Jan 2018 — avg 22 · peak 36Apr 2018 — avg 16 · peak 28Jul 2018 — avg 13 · peak 22Oct 2018 — avg 8 · peak 24Jan 2019 — avg 9 · peak 18Apr 2019 — avg 14 · peak 30Jul 2019 — avg 13 · peak 23Oct 2019 — avg 5 · peak 11Jan 2020 — avg 6 · peak 13Apr 2020 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2020 — avg 3 · peak 9Oct 2020 — avg 4 · peak 9Jan 2021 — avg 6 · peak 14Apr 2021 — avg 3 · peak 12Jul 2021 — avg 4 · peak 10Oct 2021 — avg 5 · peak 11Jan 2022 — avg 5 · peak 11Apr 2022 — avg 4 · peak 10Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2022 — avg 4 · peak 9Jan 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Jul 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2023 — avg 5 · peak 9Jan 2024 — avg 6 · peak 14Apr 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2024 — avg 3 · peak 7Oct 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2025 — avg 2 · peak 5Jun 2025 — avg 2 · peak 4Sep 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2026 — avg 2 · peak 4Jun 2026 — avg 2 · peak 4Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 7
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$1.99$0.002017-10-312019-03-302017-10-31 — best price $1.492017-11-07 — best price $1.992017-12-21 — best price $0.992018-01-04 — best price $1.992018-02-15 — best price $0.992018-02-19 — best price $1.992018-03-16 — best price $0.792018-03-30 — best price $1.992018-06-21 — best price $0.992018-07-05 — best price $1.992018-10-30 — best price $0.992018-11-01 — best price $1.992018-11-21 — best price $0.992018-11-27 — best price $1.992018-12-20 — best price $0.992019-01-04 — best price $1.992019-02-04 — best price $0.992019-02-12 — best price $1.992019-03-30 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
85.5%
earned "KILL A GREY GOLEM"
31.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing2 DLC

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2017-10-31, latest 2017-11-08 (Steam store data)

Player tags

CasualClickerStrategyEarly AccessTower Defense

Census log

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

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