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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?

Defense of the Oasis is a Casual and Strategy game released in 2020, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment (92% of 62 reviews).

0
playing now
92%
positive of 62 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 41% of 28,977 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

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

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520202026Week of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-14 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
21Sep 2020Feb 2025Sep 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Jun 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Jan 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6May 2022 — avg 1 · peak 3Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Sep 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2022 — avg 1 · peak 3Jan 2023 — avg 1 · peak 3Jun 2023 — avg 1 · peak 3Jul 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2023 — avg 1 · peak 5Feb 2025 — avg 2 · peak 5
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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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