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Dungeon Defenders II

Chromatic Games · 2017-06-20

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieRPGStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 29, 2015 (PlayStation 4), Jun 20, 2017 (Xbox One), Dec 05, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Dungeon Defenders II is a cooperative Action Tower Defense game packed with roleplaying elements like loot, leveling, and pets.

Dungeon Defenders II is a 2017 Action, Indie, RPG, Strategy game priced at free-to-play, with an owner estimate of 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 and a review sentiment of Mostly Positive (77% of 22171 reviews).

148
playing now
77%
positive of 22k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
IGDB user rating (34 ratings)
4.13★
PlayStation Store rating (22,524 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
steam price (US)

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

Trailer

Dungeon Defenders II trailer thumbnail

Dungeon Defenders II - Launch Trailer

≈378,578 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 148 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 387 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~48/week).
  • · Review velocity down 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 27,738 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $11.99 at Steam (2015-09-04)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 7 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
31631620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 316 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5361482026-09-15 11:00 — 319 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 167 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 328 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 363 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 536 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 329 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 235 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 390 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 310 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 275 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 351 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 293 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 190 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 250 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 337 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 194 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 220 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 243 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 201 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 248 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 323 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 201 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 148 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5.8k0Apr 2013Aug 2026Apr 2013 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2013 — avg 0 · peak 1Dec 2013 — avg 0 · peak 0Dec 2014 — avg 1,012 · peak 3,163Apr 2015 — avg 306 · peak 2,536Aug 2015 — avg 1,507 · peak 4,613Dec 2015 — avg 2,571 · peak 5,809Apr 2016 — avg 1,544 · peak 3,972Aug 2016 — avg 1,068 · peak 2,249Dec 2016 — avg 1,104 · peak 2,276Apr 2017 — avg 881 · peak 1,659Aug 2017 — avg 1,352 · peak 2,693Dec 2017 — avg 634 · peak 1,264Apr 2018 — avg 572 · peak 1,103Aug 2018 — avg 610 · peak 1,042Dec 2018 — avg 683 · peak 1,228Apr 2019 — avg 591 · peak 1,197Aug 2019 — avg 495 · peak 840Dec 2019 — avg 507 · peak 985Apr 2020 — avg 883 · peak 1,349Aug 2020 — avg 468 · peak 737Dec 2020 — avg 457 · peak 871Apr 2021 — avg 501 · peak 859Aug 2021 — avg 690 · peak 1,179Dec 2021 — avg 415 · peak 738Apr 2022 — avg 531 · peak 885Aug 2022 — avg 396 · peak 656Dec 2022 — avg 383 · peak 616Apr 2023 — avg 729 · peak 1,221Aug 2023 — avg 543 · peak 1,025Dec 2023 — avg 447 · peak 751Apr 2024 — avg 545 · peak 939Aug 2024 — avg 396 · peak 659Dec 2024 — avg 373 · peak 694Apr 2025 — avg 327 · peak 545Aug 2025 — avg 370 · peak 619Dec 2025 — avg 404 · peak 715Apr 2026 — avg 269 · peak 486Aug 2026 — avg 353 · peak 573
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
222026-09-222026-10-132026-09-23: 1 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$0.002015-01-012026-10-092015-01-01 — best price $19.992015-02-14 — best price $19.992015-04-28 — best price $16.742015-05-16 — best price $19.992015-05-22 — best price $19.992015-06-11 — best price $18.742015-06-20 — best price $18.742015-07-28 — best price $14.992015-08-28 — best price $16.742015-09-05 — best price $12.492015-09-07 — best price $14.992015-09-11 — best price $14.992015-10-14 — best price $0.002017-07-05 — best price $24.992017-11-01 — best price $24.992017-11-28 — best price $24.992018-01-04 — best price $24.992026-08-28 — best price $0.002026-09-11 — best price $0.002026-09-25 — best price $0.002026-10-09 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

6002026-10-01 00:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-01 11:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-01 14:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-01 17:34 — 60 viewers2026-10-01 20:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-01 23:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-02 02:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-02 05:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-02 08:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-02 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 14:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-04 00:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 09:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-05 22:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-06 01:35 — 4 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 17:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-07 20:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-08 12:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-12 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-13 20:34 — 7 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
65%
earned "Defender Initiate"
14.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing6 DLC

Post-launch support: 6 DLC released, first 2017-10-26, latest 2024-04-26 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)48,0392%18
PS4 (PlayStation)21,4697%11
Xbox One (Xbox)17,5571%18

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

LootBuildingCartoonySurvivalTacticalAction RPGMultiplayerOnline Co-OpSingleplayerStrategy RPG

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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