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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.

165
playing now
96%
positive of 8.0k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (35 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$8.24
steam price (US)

165 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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
  • · 165 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 6% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 199k–478k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,968 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.75-35%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$11.22-25%
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 27 of 45 observed days · $4.51 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

40002026-08-07 00:00 — 76 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 156 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 210 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 91 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 191 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 182 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 76 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 179 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 172 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 76 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 155 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 204 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 169 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 172 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 101 players2026-08-14 22:00 — 161 players2026-08-16 06:00 — 271 players2026-08-17 13:00 — 396 players2026-08-18 21:00 — 128 players2026-08-20 04:00 — 208 players2026-08-21 12:00 — 323 players2026-08-22 19:00 — 163 players2026-08-24 03:00 — 171 players2026-08-25 11:00 — 303 players2026-08-26 19:00 — 134 players2026-08-28 03:00 — 175 players2026-08-29 10:00 — 298 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 165 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$6.742018-10-192026-08-302018-10-19 — 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 $8.242026-08-30 — best price $9.75
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2942026-05-31 — 10 pageviews2026-06-03 — 16 pageviews2026-06-06 — 9 pageviews2026-06-09 — 20 pageviews2026-06-12 — 8 pageviews2026-06-15 — 12 pageviews2026-06-18 — 27 pageviews2026-06-21 — 13 pageviews2026-06-24 — 16 pageviews2026-06-27 — 18 pageviews2026-06-30 — 17 pageviews2026-07-03 — 13 pageviews2026-07-06 — 14 pageviews2026-07-09 — 14 pageviews2026-07-12 — 18 pageviews2026-07-15 — 8 pageviews2026-07-18 — 10 pageviews2026-07-21 — 10 pageviews2026-07-24 — 10 pageviews2026-07-27 — 23 pageviews2026-07-30 — 19 pageviews2026-08-02 — 9 pageviews2026-08-05 — 18 pageviews2026-08-08 — 17 pageviews2026-08-11 — 9 pageviews2026-08-14 — 11 pageviews2026-08-17 — 26 pageviews2026-08-20 — 18 pageviews2026-08-23 — 14 pageviews2026-08-26 — 7 pageviews2026-08-28 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

202026-08-26 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 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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