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Mainframe Defenders: Meltdown - Prologue

Synthetic Domain · 2021-06-02

Steam

IndieStrategyFree To Play

Mainframe Defenders: Meltdown - Prologue is a free version of the turn-based tactical game Mainframe Defenders with a focus on interesting items and customization. Combine upgrades and collected loot to protect the Stargazer complex.

Mainframe Defenders: Meltdown - Prologue is an Indie, Strategy, and Free To Play game released in 2021, priced at free-to-play, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a Positive review sentiment (97% of 37 reviews).

0
playing now
97%
positive of 37 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 57% of 50,072 Indie games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220212026Week of 2021-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Hungarian, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Japanese

Player tags

2DJRPGMechsRobotsStrategyTacticalTop-DownRogue-likeAtmosphericSingleplayer

Census log

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