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Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense cover art

Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense

Ironhide Game Studio · 2014-01-06

SteamGOGMicrosoft Store

Strategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 29, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 06, 2014 (Mac), Jan 25, 2023 (Xbox One), May 2012 (Android), Jan 06, 2014 (Linux), Jan 06, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Get ready for an epic journey to defend your kingdom against hordes of orcs, trolls, evil wizards and other nasty fiends using a vast arsenal of towers and spells at your command!Fight on forests, mountains and wastelands, customizing your defensive strategy with different tower upgrades and specializations!

232
playing now
97%
positive of 17k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (115 ratings)
11h
to beat · rushed 6h · completionist 5h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

232 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Kingdom Rush is a 2011 tower defense game developed by Ironhide Game Studio and published by Armor Games. In the game's medieval fantasy setting, players take control of a general serving under King Denas of Linirea, who must defend the land from an onslaught of evil monsters. Each level is composed of a number of pre-set roads, which the player can place defensive towers around to fight off the approaching monsters. Slaying enemies gives the player gold, which they can use to buy new towers or upgrade existing ones to improve their capabilities.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 232 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,218 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~152/week).
  • · Review velocity up 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 5,887 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 425k–1.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,983 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$6.49-35%
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2016-08-25) · bundled 13×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 30 of 47 observed days · $5.49 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
31431420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

8441832026-08-06 21:00 — 203 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 239 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 396 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 197 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 281 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 399 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 184 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 292 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 420 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 214 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 234 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 366 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 193 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 268 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 395 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 300 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 502 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 839 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 403 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 474 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 803 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 342 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 387 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 582 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 343 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 249 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 426 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 316 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 232 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.992015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-09-11 — best price $9.992016-01-05 — best price $9.992016-09-08 — best price $2.492017-03-17 — best price $2.002017-12-21 — best price $4.992018-11-21 — best price $4.992020-01-30 — best price $9.992020-06-10 — best price $8.892020-07-29 — best price $8.892020-09-06 — best price $9.992020-10-15 — best price $9.992020-11-21 — best price $9.992020-12-28 — best price $8.892021-02-04 — best price $9.992021-03-25 — best price $8.892021-05-04 — best price $9.992021-08-20 — best price $8.892021-12-22 — best price $6.992022-05-26 — best price $8.892022-11-16 — best price $8.992023-03-20 — best price $5.992023-08-15 — best price $5.992023-11-01 — best price $3.992024-01-13 — best price $7.342024-03-09 — best price $7.342024-05-08 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $5.992024-11-27 — best price $6.492025-03-19 — best price $5.992025-08-18 — best price $9.992026-01-03 — best price $9.992026-08-29 — best price $6.492026-08-30 — best price $6.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

231952026-05-29 — 127 pageviews2026-06-01 — 112 pageviews2026-06-04 — 212 pageviews2026-06-07 — 140 pageviews2026-06-10 — 113 pageviews2026-06-13 — 100 pageviews2026-06-16 — 175 pageviews2026-06-19 — 119 pageviews2026-06-22 — 133 pageviews2026-06-25 — 131 pageviews2026-06-28 — 163 pageviews2026-07-01 — 138 pageviews2026-07-04 — 135 pageviews2026-07-07 — 138 pageviews2026-07-10 — 101 pageviews2026-07-13 — 115 pageviews2026-07-16 — 112 pageviews2026-07-19 — 101 pageviews2026-07-22 — 109 pageviews2026-07-25 — 122 pageviews2026-07-28 — 185 pageviews2026-07-31 — 131 pageviews2026-08-03 — 116 pageviews2026-08-06 — 141 pageviews2026-08-09 — 119 pageviews2026-08-12 — 122 pageviews2026-08-15 — 203 pageviews2026-08-18 — 149 pageviews2026-08-21 — 143 pageviews2026-08-24 — 153 pageviews2026-08-26 — 125 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

502026-08-26 19:15 — 5 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 1 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 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 0 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 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
94%
earned "First Blood"
49%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Spanish - Latin America

Where its players are

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

Player tags

2DFunnyIndieActionCasualCartoonFantasyCartoonyMedievalStrategy

Census log

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

Recent updates

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