Desperate Place
BruceGalaxy · 2025-04-21
Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric
Releases: Apr 22, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))
Desperate Place is a strategic tower defense game where you play as a crew member who wakes up early on a damaged colonization starship. Stranded on an unknown planet, you must gather resources, repair the ship, and defend against alien monsters to survive and escape.
Health check
- · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
- · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
- · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (120 reviews).
- · Top 37% of 23,562 Indie games in the census by review count.
Review-multiple estimate from 300 total reviews — how this is computed.
Review momentum
Details
5 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Korean
Console footprint
| Platform | Players tracked | Completion | Trophies/achievements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam (Steam) | 139 | 1% | 33 |
Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.
Player tags
2DSpaceSci-fiFantasyShooterBuildingStrategySurvivalTop-DownAdventure
Census log
- 2025-04-22First review activity on record (week of 2025-04-22).
- 2025-04-22Biggest review week on record: 120 reviews (week of 2025-04-22).
Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.
Players also track
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Similarity via IGDB.