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DG2: Defense Grid 2 cover art

DG2: Defense Grid 2

Hidden Path Entertainment · 2014-09-23

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IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

Releases: Sep 24, 2014 (Xbox One), Sep 23, 2014 (Linux), Feb 07, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 01, 2014 (PlayStation 4), Sep 23, 2014 (Oculus Rift), Sep 23, 2014 (Mac)

Great strategy is timeless. Build, adapt, and defend across dynamic maps, solo or online - every session brings new strategies, new solutions, and new surprises. Now is the perfect time to enter the grid.

60
playing now
87%
positive of 3.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
87/100
IGDB user rating (23 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

60 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Defense Grid 2 is a 2014 tower defense video game developed by Hidden Path Entertainment and published by 505 Games. As a sequel to the 2008 Defense Grid: The Awakening, the game was crowd-funded on Kickstarter in 2012 and released on Windows, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 on September 23, 2014. Linux and OS X versions were released on October 15, 2014, and the Nintendo Switch version was released on February 7, 2019.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 60 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 168 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~21/week).
  • · Review velocity up 140% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 86k–207k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,446 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Nuuvem (2019-09-04) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 19 of 27 observed days · $13.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
494920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

71212026-08-06 23:00 — 41 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 31 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 45 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 46 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 34 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 69 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 55 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 36 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 70 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 39 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 28 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 54 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 42 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 27 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 52 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 36 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 21 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 43 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 50 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 24 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 36 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 54 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 26 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 53 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 53 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 42 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 38 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 52 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 60 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$26.84$1.492015-01-012026-08-272015-01-01 — best price $12.492015-04-16 — best price $7.502015-04-29 — best price $26.162015-05-22 — best price $14.992015-06-17 — best price $15.792015-09-12 — best price $14.992016-01-04 — best price $14.992016-05-23 — best price $14.992016-09-27 — best price $3.742017-01-12 — best price $3.742017-07-07 — best price $3.742017-09-05 — best price $2.992017-11-22 — best price $3.742018-04-09 — best price $2.992018-06-08 — best price $3.752018-07-20 — best price $2.992018-08-19 — best price $12.592018-11-28 — best price $14.992019-02-04 — best price $3.742019-05-23 — best price $14.992019-11-21 — best price $3.742020-01-30 — best price $14.332020-10-29 — best price $3.742021-02-15 — best price $5.992021-12-01 — best price $14.992021-12-30 — best price $14.992022-02-04 — best price $14.992023-01-10 — best price $11.992023-06-29 — best price $3.742024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $3.742025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992026-02-19 — best price $14.992026-05-04 — best price $9.992026-08-13 — best price $3.742026-08-27 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1912026-05-29 — 9 pageviews2026-06-01 — 18 pageviews2026-06-04 — 9 pageviews2026-06-07 — 8 pageviews2026-06-10 — 8 pageviews2026-06-13 — 19 pageviews2026-06-16 — 8 pageviews2026-06-19 — 3 pageviews2026-06-22 — 9 pageviews2026-06-25 — 12 pageviews2026-06-28 — 7 pageviews2026-07-01 — 8 pageviews2026-07-04 — 17 pageviews2026-07-07 — 5 pageviews2026-07-10 — 3 pageviews2026-07-13 — 9 pageviews2026-07-16 — 17 pageviews2026-07-19 — 12 pageviews2026-07-22 — 17 pageviews2026-07-25 — 17 pageviews2026-07-28 — 11 pageviews2026-07-31 — 9 pageviews2026-08-03 — 10 pageviews2026-08-06 — 10 pageviews2026-08-09 — 5 pageviews2026-08-12 — 13 pageviews2026-08-15 — 13 pageviews2026-08-18 — 11 pageviews2026-08-21 — 12 pageviews2026-08-24 — 7 pageviews2026-08-25 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
86.3%
earned "First Blood"
27.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller support2 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

RTSCo-opIndieSpaceAliensSci-fiStrategyAdventureKickstarterLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

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