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Gnomes

DYSTOPIAN · 2025-04-04

Steam

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 04, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Gnomes is a turn-based tower defense with deep roguelike progression, set in ever-expanding, procedurally generated biomes. Build, farm and defend your village as you push deeper into goblin-infested territory. Unlock powerful upgrades and craft your environment to survive the endless goblin horde

Gnomes is a $9.99 Casual, Indie, and Strategy game released in 2025, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (95% of 1839 reviews).

18
playing now
95%
positive of 1.8k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

18 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Use your gnomes to defend your crops from the goblins on a map that expands every day. On your turn, position your gnomes, prepare your defenses and grow your economy. Test your strategy against endless, procedurally generated encounters and survive long enough to face the goblin king. Every run in Gnomes is created one of a kind and using a carefully crafted combination of bespoke content and procedurally generated elements. Purchase randomly dealt upgrades and create strategic combinations to unlock your build’s potential. As you progress you gain access to more maps and guilds, each with u(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 18 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 49 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (287 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 29,044 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 37k–83k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,839 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2026-06-10)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 10 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
28328320252026Week of 2025-04-04: 283 positiveWeek of 2025-04-04: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-11: 141 positiveWeek of 2025-04-11: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-18: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-04-25: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-04-25: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-02: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-05-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-09: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-05-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-16: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-05-23: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-05-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-30: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-06-06: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-06-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-13: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-20: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-27: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-06-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-04: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-11: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-18: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-25: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-08: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-08-08: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-15: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-08-15: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-22: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-08-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-29: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-05: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-12: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-12: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-19: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-03: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-10: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-17: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-17: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-31: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-07: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-21: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-05: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-12: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-19: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-02: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-16: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-30: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-13: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-06: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-13: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-20: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-10: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-24: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-22: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-12: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-19: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-26: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-31: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-14: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-21: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4492026-09-15 06:00 — 28 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 32 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 39 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 21 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 32 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 39 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 26 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 15 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 30 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 42 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 17 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 18 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 21 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 14 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 22 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 29 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 12 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 20 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 23 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 16 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 16 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 26 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 18 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
12717Apr 2025Aug 2026Apr 2025 — avg 127 · peak 410May 2025 — avg 61 · peak 119Jun 2025 — avg 52 · peak 141Jul 2025 — avg 28 · peak 66Aug 2025 — avg 107 · peak 435Sep 2025 — avg 34 · peak 69Oct 2025 — avg 21 · peak 49Nov 2025 — avg 17 · peak 38Dec 2025 — avg 25 · peak 75Jan 2026 — avg 29 · peak 65Feb 2026 — avg 17 · peak 42Mar 2026 — avg 60 · peak 147Apr 2026 — avg 33 · peak 63May 2026 — avg 21 · peak 48Jun 2026 — avg 38 · peak 79Jul 2026 — avg 22 · peak 47Aug 2026 — avg 27 · peak 109
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$3.992025-04-042026-08-142025-04-04 — best price $8.992025-04-18 — best price $9.992025-06-03 — best price $7.992025-06-09 — best price $9.992025-06-27 — best price $7.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-07-31 — best price $6.992025-08-14 — best price $9.992025-09-13 — best price $7.492025-09-27 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $8.492025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-10-27 — best price $6.992025-11-10 — best price $9.992025-12-10 — best price $6.992025-12-18 — best price $7.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-01-17 — best price $5.992026-01-31 — best price $9.992026-03-03 — best price $4.992026-03-17 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-04-16 — best price $4.992026-04-30 — best price $9.992026-06-10 — best price $3.992026-06-24 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $6.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-07-31 — best price $4.992026-08-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
62.1%
earned "King of the Forest"
6.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeStereo SoundSteam Cloud

18 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Spanish - Latin America…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,2811%69

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

Player tags

DwarfEconomyColorfulStrategySurvivalColony SimRogue-likeTurn-BasedAtmosphericFarming Sim

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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