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Mineral Defense

Corestone Games · 2024-11-15

Steam

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 15, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 15, 2024 (Linux)

Mineral Defense combines tower defense with roguelite elements and procedural generation. Build paths, unlock upgrades, and unleash powerful synergies to conquer evolving challenges in an ever-expanding world.

91%
positive of 253 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 180% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 32% of 14,038 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.1k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 253 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.94 at Steam (2024-12-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 11 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
292920242026Week of 2024-11-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-29: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-20: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-03: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-01-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-10: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-01-10: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-17: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-24: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-31: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-07: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-14: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-28: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-14: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-21: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-28: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-25: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-26: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-31: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-21: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$4.942024-11-152026-08-262024-11-15 — best price $8.992024-11-22 — best price $14.992024-12-20 — best price $4.942025-01-09 — best price $14.992025-02-08 — best price $7.492025-02-15 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $4.942025-03-20 — best price $7.492025-03-27 — best price $14.992025-04-26 — best price $7.492025-05-03 — best price $14.992025-06-02 — best price $7.492025-06-09 — best price $14.992025-06-27 — best price $7.492025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-08-05 — best price $7.492025-08-19 — best price $14.992025-09-22 — best price $4.942025-09-29 — best price $7.492025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-10-29 — best price $7.492025-11-12 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $7.492026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-01-19 — best price $7.492026-01-26 — best price $14.992026-03-09 — best price $7.492026-03-16 — best price $14.992026-04-20 — best price $7.492026-04-27 — best price $14.992026-05-27 — best price $7.492026-06-03 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $4.942026-07-09 — best price $7.492026-07-16 — best price $14.992026-08-19 — best price $7.492026-08-26 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
99.7%
earned "Start the Game"
82.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2280%134

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DCasualSci-fiFantasyColorfulStrategyStylizedCard GameManagementRogue-like

Census log

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

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