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Kingdom Defense

Mikhail Melnikov · SA Industry · 2017-12-01

Steam

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 29, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 29, 2017 (Linux), Nov 29, 2017 (Mac)

In Kingdom Defense you have to be in the role of the commander of the defense of the kingdom. You will have to keep defense using three towers, soldiers, traps and a variety of improvements for them. For a successful level you need to hold out under the pressure of hostile troops, not allowing him to get to the territory of the kingdom.

Kingdom Defense is a Casual, Indie, Strategy game released in 2017, priced at $4.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (43% of 125 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-01

43%
positive of 125 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
40/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 300% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 32% of 23,082 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.1k–7.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 125 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2018-02-02) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 9 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420172026Week of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$0.492017-12-022026-09-072017-12-02 — best price $0.592018-04-30 — best price $2.992018-10-30 — best price $0.492019-01-03 — best price $0.992019-05-21 — best price $0.492019-07-29 — best price $0.992019-11-26 — best price $0.492020-03-29 — best price $0.992020-06-25 — best price $0.492020-10-27 — best price $0.992020-12-22 — best price $0.492021-02-15 — best price $0.992021-06-25 — best price $0.492021-10-17 — best price $0.992021-12-22 — best price $0.492022-03-11 — best price $0.492022-06-20 — best price $4.992022-09-03 — best price $0.492022-11-29 — best price $4.992022-12-30 — best price $2.992023-03-15 — best price $2.992023-04-23 — best price $4.992023-06-11 — best price $2.992023-08-02 — best price $8.992023-10-09 — best price $1.642023-12-12 — best price $0.892024-03-04 — best price $0.892024-06-27 — best price $0.792024-09-08 — best price $9.992024-12-06 — best price $0.792025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-05-18 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $0.492025-12-05 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $0.492026-06-03 — best price $4.992026-09-07 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
83.6%
earned "Knights Tower"
50.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Player tags

IndieCasualStrategyTower Defense

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.