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First Day: Home Defender cover art

First Day: Home Defender

BadWolf Games · HandMade Games · 2020-01-29

Steam

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 02, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Build and protect your home after a nuclear apocalypse!

65%
positive of 52 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$0.49
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 53% of 19,317 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.0k–2.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 52 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.49-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2026-05-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 15 of 23 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320202026Week of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$10.99$0.492020-01-292026-09-122020-01-29 — best price $1.872020-04-30 — best price $0.672020-06-25 — best price $0.672020-10-26 — best price $0.672020-12-22 — best price $0.672021-02-22 — best price $1.992021-06-24 — best price $3.392021-07-19 — best price $3.992021-12-01 — best price $3.992022-02-03 — best price $3.992022-04-04 — best price $3.992022-07-11 — best price $0.992022-09-26 — best price $0.992022-11-23 — best price $0.992023-02-24 — best price $0.992023-03-28 — best price $10.992023-09-09 — best price $10.992023-11-21 — best price $0.992023-12-22 — best price $0.992024-02-25 — best price $0.992024-04-09 — best price $0.992024-06-27 — best price $0.792024-08-28 — best price $0.992024-11-27 — best price $0.792025-01-22 — best price $0.792025-05-05 — best price $0.792025-07-17 — best price $0.792025-09-29 — best price $0.792025-12-10 — best price $0.792026-01-16 — best price $0.792026-03-19 — best price $0.792026-05-28 — best price $0.492026-07-12 — best price $0.492026-09-12 — best price $0.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Russian, Japanese

Player tags

GoreIndieLogicCasualStrategySimulationReplay ValueSingleplayerTower Defense

Census log

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

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