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Keep Defending

Faster Time Games · 2017-06-19

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 08, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Keep Defending is a first-person VR tower defense archery game where you build up your defenses during the enemy onslaught. Target enemies before they reach your gate and earn gold to set up ever more capable defenses including crossbows, wizards, knights, cannons, and more.

83%
positive of 60 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 68% of 13,720 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.5k–3.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 60 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.74 at Humble Store (2026-02-26) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.73 · on sale 29 of 35 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420162026Week of 2016-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$10.99$0.742016-12-092026-08-312016-12-09 — best price $5.942017-07-21 — best price $10.992018-01-01 — best price $10.992018-07-17 — best price $8.792018-11-27 — best price $7.992019-06-26 — best price $2.392020-01-09 — best price $1.492020-03-30 — best price $4.992020-06-03 — best price $4.992020-06-26 — best price $4.392020-07-25 — best price $4.992020-08-31 — best price $1.492020-10-03 — best price $4.992020-10-29 — best price $1.492020-12-01 — best price $4.992020-12-28 — best price $4.992021-02-08 — best price $4.992021-03-06 — best price $4.992021-04-02 — best price $4.392021-04-25 — best price $4.992021-06-02 — best price $4.992021-08-16 — best price $1.992021-11-01 — best price $4.992021-12-30 — best price $3.662022-03-22 — best price $4.992022-06-13 — best price $1.492022-08-22 — best price $1.492022-12-02 — best price $2.992023-04-10 — best price $1.492023-09-01 — best price $1.492024-01-04 — best price $2.992024-04-25 — best price $1.492024-09-09 — best price $1.492024-12-12 — best price $2.992025-04-10 — best price $2.992025-08-15 — best price $4.992025-12-01 — best price $2.992026-05-26 — best price $3.682026-08-31 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR OnlySteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

VRFPSPvERPGMagicActionArcheryFantasyShooterAdventure

Census log

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

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