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IS Defense cover art

IS Defense

Destructive Creations · 2016-04-19

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 19, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 19, 2016 (Linux)

IS Defense is a game set in politically-fictional 2020 – where the expansion of ISIS went out of hand. The player takes the role of NATO’s heroic machine-gun operator, deployed to defend the shores of Europe.

4
playing now
91%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
20/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
90/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

IS Defense is a tower defense video game released on April 19, 2016, by Destructive Creations set in a politically fictional 2020 scenario where the Islamic State (IS) has expanded and is invading Europe. The player takes on the role of a NATO stationary machine-gun operator, deployed to defend the shores of Europe against the invaders. According to Destructive Creations, IS Defense was not made to spark controversy unlike its game Hatred which débuted a year prior, and instead is a political video game that represents feeling about the situation of the Middle Eastern conflict and the expansion of the Islamic State. It is also considered one of the first video games to feature combat against the Islamic State as a militant organization.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 50 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 27% of 10,962 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 43k–103k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,714 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.92-18%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.44 at Fanatical (2024-11-22) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 77 of 101 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-08-11 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.99$0.472016-04-192026-08-212016-04-19 — best price $7.992017-04-10 — best price $5.992018-07-23 — best price $2.392019-05-06 — best price $5.992019-11-05 — best price $1.792020-02-05 — best price $1.792020-09-21 — best price $1.792021-08-09 — best price $5.992022-03-28 — best price $5.992022-08-15 — best price $4.912022-12-08 — best price $4.972023-01-19 — best price $1.792023-04-24 — best price $5.992023-06-29 — best price $5.992023-08-23 — best price $1.702023-11-13 — best price $5.992023-12-20 — best price $5.992024-02-06 — best price $4.852024-03-16 — best price $4.432024-04-19 — best price $0.782024-06-13 — best price $3.642024-07-31 — best price $5.212024-09-16 — best price $0.472024-10-21 — best price $5.992024-12-04 — best price $5.992025-01-06 — best price $5.692025-03-20 — best price $5.992025-05-23 — best price $1.052025-07-01 — best price $0.992025-07-31 — best price $5.992025-09-03 — best price $4.732025-10-05 — best price $0.882025-11-14 — best price $5.992025-12-18 — best price $1.792026-03-21 — best price $1.492026-05-30 — best price $1.202026-07-24 — best price $1.472026-08-21 — best price $4.92
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2602026-05-28 — 4 pageviews2026-05-31 — 5 pageviews2026-06-03 — 6 pageviews2026-06-06 — 4 pageviews2026-06-09 — 8 pageviews2026-06-12 — 6 pageviews2026-06-15 — 7 pageviews2026-06-18 — 6 pageviews2026-06-21 — 1 pageviews2026-06-24 — 9 pageviews2026-06-27 — 2 pageviews2026-06-30 — 5 pageviews2026-07-03 — 5 pageviews2026-07-06 — 12 pageviews2026-07-09 — 5 pageviews2026-07-12 — 12 pageviews2026-07-15 — 5 pageviews2026-07-18 — 2 pageviews2026-07-21 — 6 pageviews2026-07-24 — 1 pageviews2026-07-27 — 5 pageviews2026-07-30 — 6 pageviews2026-08-02 — 2 pageviews2026-08-05 — 7 pageviews2026-08-08 — 2 pageviews2026-08-11 — 2 pageviews2026-08-14 — 5 pageviews2026-08-17 — 3 pageviews2026-08-20 — 10 pageviews2026-08-23 — 5 pageviews2026-08-24 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

39
achievements tracked
52.6%
earned "Get Your Blanket!"
24%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,14315%39

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

Player tags

FPSWarIndieActionShooterViolentFirst-PersonSingleplayerOn-Rails Shooter

Census log

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

Recent updates

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