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Gensokyo Defenders cover art

Gensokyo Defenders

Neetpia · Phoenixx Inc. · 2019-04-24

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionStrategy

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

Releases: Nov 29, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Apr 24, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 29, 2018 (Nintendo Switch)

Use Traps and Spell Cards to fight back the magical masses! Blistering shoot-em-up action meets tactical tower defense as you choose from almost 20 popular characters to stop the fairy onslaught! Take advantage of their unique powers and tricky Traps to freeze, fry, and blow your enemies away!

93%
positive of 136 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
4.69★
PlayStation Store rating (83 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$5.99
steam price (US)

Cirno, the ambitious icy fairy, has drawn attention from Aya, the Tengu reporter, who's been looking for the best scoop among the hoopla.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 42% of 20,505 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.4k–8.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 136 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.99-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2021-06-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820192026Week of 2019-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$5.992019-04-252026-09-172019-04-25 — best price $13.992019-07-09 — best price $19.992020-01-23 — best price $9.992020-05-06 — best price $19.992020-10-20 — best price $9.992020-12-01 — best price $19.992021-02-11 — best price $9.992021-03-21 — best price $19.992021-06-24 — best price $5.992021-08-03 — best price $19.992021-10-20 — best price $5.992021-12-01 — best price $19.992022-01-27 — best price $5.992022-05-10 — best price $19.992022-07-19 — best price $5.992022-09-20 — best price $19.992022-11-22 — best price $5.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-04-25 — best price $5.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $5.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-04-25 — best price $5.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-09-24 — best price $5.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $5.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-11-27 — best price $5.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-04-27 — best price $5.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-09-17 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
92%
earned "Even a (9) Could Do It"
9.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Traditional Chinese, Japanese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-04-24 (Steam store data)

Player tags

CuteAnimeCo-opFaithIndieActionFantasyStrategyBullet HellMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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