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Defense of the Oasis

Mind Control Software · 2020-08-25

Steam

CasualStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: 2010 (iOS), Aug 25, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

One part Minesweeper, one part Civilization. With every click of the mouse your empire grows stronger. But will it be strong enough to withstand the barbarian hordes?

1
playing now
92%
positive of 62 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 66% of 9,617 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.2k–2.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 62 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2020-08-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Input API SupportPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2D4XLogicRetroCasualBuildingColorfulStrategyTop-DownMythology

Census log

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

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