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Nordhold

StunForge · HypeTrain Digital · 2025-03-25

Steam

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 25, 2025 (Linux), Mar 25, 2025 (Mac), Mar 25, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Enemies are coming! Every decision matters: build your city, grow the economy, and prepare for enemy waves. Strengthen your defenses, adapt your strategy, and unleash your hero’s full potential. This unique Tower Defense will test your skills – are you worthy to claim a place at Valhalla?

Nordhold is a 2025 Indie and Strategy game priced at $19.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 3315 reviews) and an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000.

137
playing now
87%
positive of 3.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

137 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Nordhold trailer thumbnail

Nordhold - Official Release Window Trailer

≈1,546 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 137 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 48 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (770 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 49,650 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 68k–152k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,379 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.94 at GameBillet (2025-11-23) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 113 of 149 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
70270220252026Week of 2025-03-25: 702 positiveWeek of 2025-03-25: 68 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-04-08: 242 positiveWeek of 2025-04-08: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-04-15: 151 positiveWeek of 2025-04-15: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-04-22: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-04-22: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-29: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-04-29: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-06: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-05-06: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-13: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-05-13: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-05-20: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-05-20: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-05-27: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-05-27: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-03: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-03: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-10: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-10: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-17: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-24: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-08: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-07-08: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-15: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-15: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-22: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-22: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-29: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-29: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-05: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-12: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-08-12: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-19: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-26: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-02: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-09: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-16: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-23: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-30: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-07: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-14: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-21: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-28: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-28: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-04: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-11: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-11-11: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-18: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-02: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-16: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-23: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-06: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-13: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-20: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-27: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-03: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-10: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-17: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-24: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-10: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-03-10: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-17: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-24: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-31: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-07: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-21: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-28: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-05: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-12: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-26: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-23: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-28: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

148492026-09-15 14:00 — 110 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 87 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 52 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 140 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 125 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 59 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 62 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 134 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 72 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 113 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 110 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 71 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 57 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 118 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 91 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 73 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 114 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 79 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 62 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 135 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 88 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 54 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 137 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.9k112Apr 2025Aug 2026Apr 2025 — avg 1,868 · peak 4,548May 2025 — avg 804 · peak 1,920Jun 2025 — avg 337 · peak 817Jul 2025 — avg 296 · peak 697Aug 2025 — avg 453 · peak 1,215Sep 2025 — avg 273 · peak 805Oct 2025 — avg 165 · peak 382Nov 2025 — avg 149 · peak 320Dec 2025 — avg 152 · peak 277Jan 2026 — avg 173 · peak 340Feb 2026 — avg 116 · peak 225Mar 2026 — avg 187 · peak 523Apr 2026 — avg 116 · peak 234May 2026 — avg 195 · peak 422Jun 2026 — avg 155 · peak 299Jul 2026 — avg 143 · peak 259Aug 2026 — avg 112 · peak 247
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$9.942025-03-242026-09-282025-03-24 — best price $18.992025-04-01 — best price $15.992025-05-09 — best price $17.882025-05-18 — best price $13.352025-05-26 — best price $12.992025-06-27 — best price $14.992025-08-11 — best price $13.992025-08-30 — best price $15.082025-09-15 — best price $11.492025-10-08 — best price $19.992025-11-03 — best price $11.492025-11-17 — best price $12.492025-11-23 — best price $9.942025-12-06 — best price $15.082026-01-08 — best price $15.082026-02-18 — best price $10.992026-03-18 — best price $19.992026-04-09 — best price $19.992026-04-25 — best price $17.122026-05-02 — best price $12.392026-05-09 — best price $16.362026-05-16 — best price $12.402026-05-23 — best price $12.412026-05-30 — best price $12.422026-06-06 — best price $11.542026-06-15 — best price $17.362026-06-22 — best price $16.912026-06-30 — best price $10.882026-07-08 — best price $12.402026-07-15 — best price $16.852026-07-22 — best price $16.822026-07-29 — best price $12.382026-08-04 — best price $16.972026-08-10 — best price $17.052026-08-17 — best price $17.072026-09-28 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
84.8%
earned "Slayer"
39.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-03-25 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,7654%32

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

3DPvECasualMedievalStrategyTacticalTop-DownManagementRogue-liteCity Builder

Census log

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

Recent updates

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