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Legacy of Kain: Defiance (2003)

Crystal Dynamics · 2012-12-06

SteamGOG

ActionAdventure

Franchise: Legacy of Kain · Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 17, 2003 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 11, 2003 (PlayStation 2), Nov 11, 2003 (Xbox)

Take control of two powerful and highly evolved vampires: Kain, an all-powerful demigod, and Raziel, a demonic angel of death. Each equipped with a legendary sword, Kain & Raziel must battle through a world loaded with conflict and intrigue as they attempt to unravel their destinies and defeat the dark forces that seek to condemn...

1
playing now
85%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
IGDB user rating (76 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$6.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Legacy of Kain: Defiance is a 2003 action-adventure video game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Eidos Interactive for PlayStation 2, Xbox and Windows. It is the fifth and final chronological game in the Legacy of Kain series.

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 31% of 10,793 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 50k–101k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,261 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.49-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.77 at GreenManGaming (2021-08-23) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 26 of 42 observed days · $2.72 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-06 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.18$0.782015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $1.492015-03-15 — best price $6.992015-06-19 — best price $2.392015-11-25 — best price $1.742016-04-28 — best price $3.492016-09-20 — best price $5.992017-04-27 — best price $1.752017-11-23 — best price $1.752018-03-22 — best price $6.992018-09-06 — best price $6.992019-01-23 — best price $1.492019-05-10 — best price $1.742019-08-30 — best price $0.982019-11-25 — best price $1.492020-02-08 — best price $6.992020-05-22 — best price $0.972020-08-01 — best price $6.092020-11-04 — best price $6.992021-01-11 — best price $1.742021-03-22 — best price $0.972021-05-24 — best price $0.972021-08-19 — best price $0.972021-11-03 — best price $6.992022-02-14 — best price $0.972022-05-18 — best price $0.972022-08-08 — best price $6.992022-10-11 — best price $6.992023-01-27 — best price $6.992023-05-27 — best price $6.992023-09-05 — best price $6.992023-11-28 — best price $6.992024-02-14 — best price $1.532024-05-20 — best price $6.992024-08-16 — best price $6.992024-11-22 — best price $0.822025-03-11 — best price $0.972025-06-18 — best price $3.492025-10-08 — best price $6.992026-06-14 — best price $6.992026-08-30 — best price $3.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2851072026-05-30 — 139 pageviews2026-06-02 — 198 pageviews2026-06-05 — 211 pageviews2026-06-08 — 148 pageviews2026-06-11 — 130 pageviews2026-06-14 — 285 pageviews2026-06-17 — 168 pageviews2026-06-20 — 152 pageviews2026-06-23 — 153 pageviews2026-06-26 — 137 pageviews2026-06-29 — 155 pageviews2026-07-02 — 166 pageviews2026-07-05 — 172 pageviews2026-07-08 — 132 pageviews2026-07-11 — 142 pageviews2026-07-14 — 139 pageviews2026-07-17 — 120 pageviews2026-07-20 — 137 pageviews2026-07-23 — 133 pageviews2026-07-26 — 125 pageviews2026-07-29 — 143 pageviews2026-08-01 — 114 pageviews2026-08-04 — 147 pageviews2026-08-07 — 121 pageviews2026-08-10 — 166 pageviews2026-08-13 — 145 pageviews2026-08-16 — 124 pageviews2026-08-19 — 148 pageviews2026-08-22 — 145 pageviews2026-08-25 — 127 pageviews2026-08-26 — 140 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

DarkRetroActionGothicClassicFantasyVampireAdventureStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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