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Dungeon Defenders: Awakened cover art

Dungeon Defenders: Awakened

Chromatic Games · 2020-05-28

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Aug 04, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 17, 2021 (Xbox One), TBD (PlayStation 4), May 28, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Dungeon Defenders: Awakened is co-op Tower Defense combined with epic Action RPG combat. You’re able to join forces with up to four players to take on a never-ending army of orcs, demons, and dragons! Are your defenses strong enough to save the world of Etheria?

25
playing now
66%
positive of 4.8k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
57/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 25 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 71 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity up 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (336 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 97k–217k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,832 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.74 at Steam (2026-03-19) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 11 of 15 observed days · $26.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
21821820202026Week of 2020-02-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

41102026-08-11 19:00 — 32 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 10 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 35 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 26 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 20 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 29 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 33 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 18 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 24 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 27 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 12 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 24 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 20 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 17 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 18 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 35 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 23 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 28 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 38 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 16 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 22 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 24 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 17 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 21 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 22 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 21 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 41 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 29 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 25 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$0.002020-02-212026-08-272020-02-21 — best price $39.992020-06-25 — best price $25.492020-09-03 — best price $29.992020-10-29 — best price $20.992020-12-01 — best price $29.992021-02-11 — best price $20.992021-04-26 — best price $29.992021-08-04 — best price $19.792021-11-01 — best price $29.992021-12-22 — best price $19.792022-02-03 — best price $29.992022-08-15 — best price $19.792022-10-31 — best price $29.992022-12-12 — best price $29.992023-01-05 — best price $29.992023-02-04 — best price $29.992023-02-18 — best price $29.992023-03-31 — best price $12.002023-05-13 — best price $29.992023-06-29 — best price $14.992023-08-06 — best price $29.992023-10-13 — best price $10.192023-11-21 — best price $10.192023-12-15 — best price $12.002024-01-06 — best price $29.992024-03-14 — best price $10.192024-05-25 — best price $29.992024-07-29 — best price $10.192024-10-08 — best price $29.992024-11-22 — best price $4.802024-12-13 — best price $4.802025-01-11 — best price $29.992025-03-13 — best price $7.492025-07-10 — best price $29.992025-12-18 — best price $5.992026-02-04 — best price $29.992026-03-19 — best price $3.742026-05-08 — best price $14.992026-08-27 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
72.3%
earned "Pupil"
11.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsRemote Play Together8 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,1781%95
PS4 (PlayStation)77712%34
Xbox One (Xbox)7751%94
Switch (Nintendo)110%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

Co-opFunnyBuildingCartoonyStrategySurvivalTacticalAction RPGMultiplayerOnline Co-Op

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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