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Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense cover art

Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense

Ironhide Game Studio · 2018-10-17

SteamGOGMicrosoft Store

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 16, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 17, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 17, 2018 (Mac), Nov 20, 2014 (iOS), Nov 07, 2014 (Android), May 24, 2023 (Xbox One)

Command your elven army and defend mystical lands from sea serpents, evil sorcerers, and wave after wave of gnoll tribesman, all with the help of brand-spankin’ new towers, heroes, and spells to fend off every last baddie.

Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense is an Indie, Strategy game released in 2018, priced at $8.24, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 8058 reviews).

1,054
playing now
96%
positive of 8.2k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (35 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (1.1k downloads)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$8.24
steam price (US)

1,054 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Kingdom Rush: Origins is a 2014 tower defense game developed by Ironhide Game Studio. The third entry in the Kingdom Rush series, it was released for iOS and Android on November 20, 2014, and for Nintendo Switch on September 17, 2020. In the game, players take control of a nation of elves as they attempt to defend themselves from their evil enemies. Monsters can be defeated using four types of defensive towers, which can all be upgraded in order to better fight against increasing waves of enemies.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,054 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 504 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~63/week).
  • · Review velocity up 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 49,586 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 206k–493k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,220 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.24 at Microsoft Store (2023-07-07) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 33 of 83 observed days · $9.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
43443420182026Week of 2018-10-01: 434 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.6k702026-09-15 13:00 — 253 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 70 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 159 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 271 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 102 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 137 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 195 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 133 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 352 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 865 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 428 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 281 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 959 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 974 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 271 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 1,078 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 1,325 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 160 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 818 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 1,476 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 201 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 792 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 1,054 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
79961Oct 2018Aug 2026Oct 2018 — avg 799 · peak 2,000Jan 2019 — avg 193 · peak 567Apr 2019 — avg 101 · peak 198Jul 2019 — avg 96 · peak 205Oct 2019 — avg 65 · peak 118Jan 2020 — avg 116 · peak 288Apr 2020 — avg 152 · peak 514Jul 2020 — avg 111 · peak 245Oct 2020 — avg 122 · peak 277Jan 2021 — avg 126 · peak 273Apr 2021 — avg 134 · peak 586Jul 2021 — avg 175 · peak 509Oct 2021 — avg 111 · peak 268Jan 2022 — avg 140 · peak 292Apr 2022 — avg 105 · peak 243Jul 2022 — avg 123 · peak 239Oct 2022 — avg 134 · peak 314Jan 2023 — avg 221 · peak 584Apr 2023 — avg 133 · peak 321Jul 2023 — avg 140 · peak 272Oct 2023 — avg 115 · peak 236Jan 2024 — avg 141 · peak 339Apr 2024 — avg 162 · peak 471Jul 2024 — avg 196 · peak 682Oct 2024 — avg 122 · peak 270Jan 2025 — avg 113 · peak 237Apr 2025 — avg 127 · peak 440Jul 2025 — avg 115 · peak 250Oct 2025 — avg 110 · peak 229Jan 2026 — avg 112 · peak 264Apr 2026 — avg 162 · peak 326Jul 2026 — avg 185 · peak 399Aug 2026 — avg 193 · peak 431
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
14142026-09-252026-10-142026-09-25: 9 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 5 new positive2026-09-27: 8 new positive2026-09-28: 8 new positive2026-09-29: 5 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 5 new positive2026-10-02: 14 new positive2026-10-03: 7 new positive2026-10-04: 8 new positive2026-10-04: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 6 new positive2026-10-06: 4 new positive2026-10-07: 7 new positive2026-10-07: 3 new negative2026-10-08: 8 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 9 new positive2026-10-10: 8 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 10 new positive2026-10-12: 11 new positive2026-10-13: 4 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 9 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$6.742018-10-192026-10-142018-10-19 — best price $14.992020-01-23 — best price $8.242020-05-31 — best price $14.992020-07-11 — best price $13.492020-08-10 — best price $13.492020-09-10 — best price $13.492020-10-12 — best price $14.992020-11-10 — best price $13.492020-12-10 — best price $13.492021-01-09 — best price $13.492021-02-08 — best price $13.492021-03-25 — best price $13.492021-04-26 — best price $13.492021-05-25 — best price $14.992021-10-07 — best price $14.992021-12-22 — best price $10.492022-05-26 — best price $13.492022-09-06 — best price $14.992023-01-30 — best price $14.992023-05-26 — best price $14.992023-09-12 — best price $14.992023-12-01 — best price $13.492024-01-25 — best price $10.492024-03-13 — best price $13.492024-05-01 — best price $13.492024-06-08 — best price $10.492024-08-02 — best price $11.012024-12-20 — best price $11.012025-05-01 — best price $14.992025-08-29 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $8.242026-08-13 — best price $8.242026-09-13 — best price $14.992026-10-03 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4662026-05-31 — 10 pageviews2026-06-04 — 7 pageviews2026-06-08 — 8 pageviews2026-06-12 — 8 pageviews2026-06-16 — 14 pageviews2026-06-20 — 14 pageviews2026-06-24 — 16 pageviews2026-06-28 — 21 pageviews2026-07-02 — 13 pageviews2026-07-06 — 14 pageviews2026-07-10 — 16 pageviews2026-07-14 — 14 pageviews2026-07-18 — 10 pageviews2026-07-22 — 8 pageviews2026-07-26 — 26 pageviews2026-07-30 — 19 pageviews2026-08-03 — 6 pageviews2026-08-07 — 13 pageviews2026-08-11 — 9 pageviews2026-08-15 — 22 pageviews2026-08-19 — 15 pageviews2026-08-23 — 14 pageviews2026-08-27 — 15 pageviews2026-08-31 — 11 pageviews2026-09-04 — 15 pageviews2026-09-08 — 13 pageviews2026-09-12 — 13 pageviews2026-09-16 — 9 pageviews2026-09-20 — 19 pageviews2026-09-24 — 21 pageviews2026-09-28 — 29 pageviews2026-10-02 — 17 pageviews2026-10-06 — 9 pageviews2026-10-09 — 26 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

302026-09-30 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 20:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-03 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 17:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 20:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
91.1%
earned "Get the party started"
50.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DActionCasualFantasyBuildingCartoonyMedievalStrategyTacticalAdventure

Census log

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

Recent updates

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