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Fort Defense

Creobit · 8Floor · 2015-05-22

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 27, 2013 (PlayStation Vita), Sep 27, 2017 (PlayStation 4), May 22, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), 2015 (Android), Jul 26, 2024 (Xbox One), 2015 (iOS)

All hands on deck! Pirate armada dead ahead! Take part in an uncompromising struggle repelling freebooters' assaults. Watch out, the enemy may catch the tide for ruining your fortress. Build towers, collect crystals, upgrade spells and believe in your victory!

Fort Defense is an Adventure, Casual, Indie, and RPG game released in 2015, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and Mostly Positive reviews (77% of 423 reviews).

7
playing now
77%
positive of 423 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 89% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 28,914 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 11k–25k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 423 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2018-04-02) · bundled 14×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 21 of 29 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020162026Week of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7802026-09-15 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 61 players2026-09-26 06:00 — 18 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1341May 2015Aug 2026May 2015 — avg 5 · peak 17Aug 2015 — avg 3 · peak 11Nov 2015 — avg 2 · peak 9Feb 2016 — avg 3 · peak 10May 2016 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2016 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Feb 2017 — avg 3 · peak 14May 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Feb 2018 — avg 108 · peak 1,682May 2018 — avg 4 · peak 84Aug 2018 — avg 4 · peak 191Nov 2018 — avg 2 · peak 16Feb 2019 — avg 54 · peak 2,193May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2019 — avg 1 · peak 8Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Feb 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2020 — avg 2 · peak 11Aug 2020 — avg 2 · peak 4Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2021 — avg 6 · peak 65May 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2021 — avg 28 · peak 333Nov 2021 — avg 6 · peak 90Feb 2022 — avg 6 · peak 177May 2022 — avg 28 · peak 501Aug 2022 — avg 15 · peak 408Nov 2022 — avg 11 · peak 587Feb 2023 — avg 25 · peak 798May 2023 — avg 33 · peak 574Aug 2023 — avg 16 · peak 71Jan 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2026 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2026 — avg 134 · peak 801Aug 2026 — avg 29 · peak 339
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$0.492015-03-262026-10-102015-03-26 — best price $9.992015-06-11 — best price $4.012016-02-05 — best price $1.492016-07-04 — best price $5.992016-09-27 — best price $2.492016-11-23 — best price $3.592017-02-06 — best price $0.592017-03-20 — best price $4.992017-07-05 — best price $5.992017-10-27 — best price $1.792018-01-04 — best price $5.992018-04-17 — best price $4.992018-08-13 — best price $4.992018-11-01 — best price $4.992019-01-03 — best price $4.992019-04-30 — best price $4.992019-09-02 — best price $4.992019-12-07 — best price $4.992020-02-13 — best price $4.992020-04-21 — best price $3.662020-09-14 — best price $4.992021-03-29 — best price $4.992021-10-11 — best price $4.992022-03-07 — best price $4.992022-07-25 — best price $4.992022-12-26 — best price $4.992023-07-03 — best price $2.492023-11-27 — best price $0.742024-03-26 — best price $9.992024-08-12 — best price $1.342024-11-22 — best price $6.692025-02-24 — best price $1.342025-06-26 — best price $1.792025-11-24 — best price $5.992026-03-20 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $1.492026-09-26 — best price $9.992026-10-10 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
11%
earned "Matrose"
6.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing3 DLC

4 supported languages: English, Russian, French, German

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2015-06-29, latest 2023-04-27 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,53834%13
PS Vita (PlayStation)63857%10
PS Vita (PlayStation)38251%10
PS4 (PlayStation)27654%10
PS4 (PlayStation)22652%10
Xbox One (Xbox)6239%12

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

Player tags

2DRPGAnimeIndieArcadeCasualPiratesShooterStrategyAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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