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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 · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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!

Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense is a Strategy title released in 2014, priced at $4.99, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and an Overwhelmingly Positive (97% of 17206 reviews) sentiment.

2,234
playing now
97%
positive of 19k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (115 ratings)
6
Nexus mods (7.4k downloads)
11h
to beat · rushed 6h · completionist 5h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

2,234 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 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
  • · 2,234 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,038 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~255/week).
  • · Review velocity up 99% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 14,241 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-30

Tier history: thriving→healthy (Sep 30), healthy→thriving (Sep 29)

Estimated sales: 487k–1.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 19,495 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99
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 35 of 85 observed days · $8.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.2k1.2k20182026Week 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: 208 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 807 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 1,230 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 34 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

16k1752026-09-15 12:00 — 358 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 183 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 212 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 369 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 232 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 198 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 278 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 648 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 3,272 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 15,405 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 10,032 players2026-09-29 02:00 — 5,300 players2026-09-29 04:00 — 9,085 players2026-09-29 06:00 — 10,067 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 10,681 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 11,889 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 14,022 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 15,538 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 9,752 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 4,100 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 2,396 players2026-09-29 22:00 — 1,578 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 1,854 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 11,838 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 1,539 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 10,952 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 13,743 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 1,376 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 8,619 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 12,989 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 1,320 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 6,430 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 6,688 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 981 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 2,234 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
49256Jan 2014Aug 2026Jan 2014 — avg 378 · peak 978May 2014 — avg 98 · peak 197Sep 2014 — avg 91 · peak 195Jan 2015 — avg 98 · peak 218May 2015 — avg 84 · peak 152Sep 2015 — avg 60 · peak 109Jan 2016 — avg 118 · peak 293May 2016 — avg 73 · peak 139Sep 2016 — avg 159 · peak 412Jan 2017 — avg 107 · peak 219May 2017 — avg 65 · peak 117Sep 2017 — avg 73 · peak 132Jan 2018 — avg 87 · peak 169May 2018 — avg 62 · peak 125Sep 2018 — avg 75 · peak 137Jan 2019 — avg 97 · peak 194May 2019 — avg 70 · peak 125Sep 2019 — avg 58 · peak 105Jan 2020 — avg 82 · peak 164May 2020 — avg 165 · peak 415Sep 2020 — avg 115 · peak 293Jan 2021 — avg 134 · peak 280May 2021 — avg 119 · peak 225Sep 2021 — avg 190 · peak 515Jan 2022 — avg 190 · peak 339May 2022 — avg 145 · peak 247Sep 2022 — avg 325 · peak 1,247Jan 2023 — avg 256 · peak 570May 2023 — avg 143 · peak 253Sep 2023 — avg 261 · peak 832Jan 2024 — avg 203 · peak 413May 2024 — avg 195 · peak 372Sep 2024 — avg 229 · peak 476Jan 2025 — avg 204 · peak 390May 2025 — avg 221 · peak 615Sep 2025 — avg 193 · peak 416Jan 2026 — avg 212 · peak 472May 2026 — avg 202 · peak 374Aug 2026 — avg 384 · peak 932
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
2842842026-09-212026-10-152026-09-21: 20 new positive2026-09-21: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 4 new positive2026-09-24: 3 new positive2026-09-25: 30 new positive2026-09-25: 3 new negative2026-09-26: 99 new positive2026-09-26: 4 new negative2026-09-27: 146 new positive2026-09-27: 7 new negative2026-09-28: 119 new positive2026-09-28: 10 new negative2026-09-29: 136 new positive2026-09-29: 4 new negative2026-09-30: 137 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 112 new positive2026-10-01: 5 new negative2026-10-02: 111 new positive2026-10-02: 3 new negative2026-10-03: 123 new positive2026-10-03: 5 new negative2026-10-04: 119 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new negative2026-10-05: 284 new positive2026-10-05: 7 new negative2026-10-06: 123 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new negative2026-10-07: 103 new positive2026-10-07: 3 new negative2026-10-08: 93 new positive2026-10-08: 3 new negative2026-10-09: 95 new positive2026-10-09: 4 new negative2026-10-10: 72 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 84 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 54 new positive2026-10-13: 60 new positive2026-10-13: 2 new negative2026-10-14: 44 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new negative2026-10-15: 45 new positive2026-10-15: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$1.992015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — 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 $6.492026-09-23 — best price $9.992026-10-15 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

326902026-05-29 — 127 pageviews2026-06-02 — 111 pageviews2026-06-06 — 114 pageviews2026-06-10 — 113 pageviews2026-06-14 — 128 pageviews2026-06-18 — 137 pageviews2026-06-22 — 133 pageviews2026-06-26 — 155 pageviews2026-06-30 — 130 pageviews2026-07-04 — 135 pageviews2026-07-08 — 120 pageviews2026-07-12 — 137 pageviews2026-07-16 — 112 pageviews2026-07-20 — 108 pageviews2026-07-24 — 120 pageviews2026-07-28 — 185 pageviews2026-08-01 — 151 pageviews2026-08-05 — 115 pageviews2026-08-09 — 119 pageviews2026-08-13 — 158 pageviews2026-08-17 — 186 pageviews2026-08-21 — 143 pageviews2026-08-25 — 144 pageviews2026-08-29 — 133 pageviews2026-09-02 — 113 pageviews2026-09-06 — 135 pageviews2026-09-10 — 125 pageviews2026-09-14 — 140 pageviews2026-09-18 — 139 pageviews2026-09-22 — 98 pageviews2026-09-26 — 326 pageviews2026-09-30 — 239 pageviews2026-10-04 — 256 pageviews2026-10-07 — 155 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1902026-10-01 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-01 19:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 13:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-02 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 16:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-04 01:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-04 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-04 19:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-05 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 13:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-05 22:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 16:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-07 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 10:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-07 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-08 22:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 19:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 22:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-15 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 09:34 — 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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