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DG2: Defense Grid 2

Hidden Path Entertainment · 2014-09-23

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

DG2: Defense Grid 2 is an Indie, Strategy game released in 2014, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and Very Positive (87% of 3460 reviews).

38
playing now
87%
positive of 3.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
87/100
IGDB user rating (23 ratings)
4.55★
PlayStation Store rating (3,048 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

38 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 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
  • · 38 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 5% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 87k–208k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,460 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 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 22 of 31 observed days (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

69202026-09-14 22:00 — 42 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 29 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 27 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 40 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 28 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 34 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 31 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 28 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 31 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 49 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 49 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 28 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 48 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 25 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 43 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 67 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 37 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 31 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 46 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 49 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 36 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 43 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 46 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 38 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
30811May 2014Aug 2026May 2014 — avg 18 · peak 74Sep 2014 — avg 264 · peak 1,315Jan 2015 — avg 158 · peak 443May 2015 — avg 76 · peak 147Sep 2015 — avg 158 · peak 456Jan 2016 — avg 97 · peak 233May 2016 — avg 55 · peak 107Sep 2016 — avg 45 · peak 89Jan 2017 — avg 60 · peak 122May 2017 — avg 41 · peak 77Sep 2017 — avg 43 · peak 90Jan 2018 — avg 48 · peak 92May 2018 — avg 43 · peak 73Sep 2018 — avg 40 · peak 73Jan 2019 — avg 44 · peak 84May 2019 — avg 37 · peak 70Sep 2019 — avg 38 · peak 66Jan 2020 — avg 43 · peak 82May 2020 — avg 81 · peak 258Sep 2020 — avg 38 · peak 61Jan 2021 — avg 50 · peak 98May 2021 — avg 36 · peak 63Sep 2021 — avg 38 · peak 75Jan 2022 — avg 45 · peak 83May 2022 — avg 34 · peak 63Sep 2022 — avg 35 · peak 61Jan 2023 — avg 35 · peak 63May 2023 — avg 36 · peak 60Sep 2023 — avg 38 · peak 78Jan 2024 — avg 38 · peak 69May 2024 — avg 33 · peak 66Sep 2024 — avg 29 · peak 52Jan 2025 — avg 35 · peak 64May 2025 — avg 32 · peak 60Sep 2025 — avg 31 · peak 54Jan 2026 — avg 37 · peak 77May 2026 — avg 58 · peak 123Aug 2026 — avg 43 · peak 75
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$26.84$1.492015-01-012026-10-082015-01-01 — 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 $3.742026-10-08 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1832026-05-29 — 9 pageviews2026-06-02 — 10 pageviews2026-06-06 — 4 pageviews2026-06-10 — 8 pageviews2026-06-14 — 8 pageviews2026-06-18 — 8 pageviews2026-06-22 — 9 pageviews2026-06-26 — 9 pageviews2026-06-30 — 11 pageviews2026-07-04 — 17 pageviews2026-07-08 — 15 pageviews2026-07-12 — 11 pageviews2026-07-16 — 17 pageviews2026-07-20 — 9 pageviews2026-07-24 — 10 pageviews2026-07-28 — 11 pageviews2026-08-01 — 14 pageviews2026-08-05 — 7 pageviews2026-08-09 — 5 pageviews2026-08-13 — 15 pageviews2026-08-17 — 18 pageviews2026-08-21 — 12 pageviews2026-08-25 — 7 pageviews2026-08-29 — 11 pageviews2026-09-02 — 17 pageviews2026-09-06 — 8 pageviews2026-09-10 — 7 pageviews2026-09-14 — 11 pageviews2026-09-18 — 14 pageviews2026-09-22 — 17 pageviews2026-09-26 — 16 pageviews2026-09-30 — 12 pageviews2026-10-04 — 11 pageviews2026-10-07 — 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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2026-03-04, latest 2026-03-08 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RTSCo-opIndieSpaceAliensSci-fiStrategyAdventureKickstarterLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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