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Northend Tower Defense

Northend Games · 2024-09-04

Steam

ActionIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 08, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Jump into a realtime strategy, action filled battlefield, deploy relentless soldiers, unlock powerful troops and vehicles, upgrade your army, decimate the enemy. If that's not enough, jump into a chaotic Zombie mode, with traps, fun upgrades, and a new gameplay!

Northend Tower Defense is a 2024 Action, Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game priced at $3.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (74% of 1458 reviews).

1
playing now
74%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 96 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity up 88% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 29k–66k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,458 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2025-12-10) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 10 of 21 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10310320222026Week of 2022-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2402026-09-15 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 11 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 8 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
593Mar 2022Aug 2026Mar 2022 — avg 8 · peak 32May 2022 — avg 13 · peak 51Jul 2022 — avg 12 · peak 65Sep 2022 — avg 5 · peak 26Nov 2022 — avg 8 · peak 29Jan 2023 — avg 39 · peak 123Mar 2023 — avg 17 · peak 80May 2023 — avg 17 · peak 62Jul 2023 — avg 11 · peak 37Sep 2023 — avg 16 · peak 92Nov 2023 — avg 12 · peak 42Jan 2024 — avg 15 · peak 55Mar 2024 — avg 11 · peak 47May 2024 — avg 12 · peak 60Jul 2024 — avg 14 · peak 51Sep 2024 — avg 59 · peak 545Nov 2024 — avg 10 · peak 33Jan 2025 — avg 6 · peak 17Mar 2025 — avg 7 · peak 18May 2025 — avg 5 · peak 19Jul 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Sep 2025 — avg 7 · peak 67Nov 2025 — avg 3 · peak 14Jan 2026 — avg 6 · peak 22Mar 2026 — avg 15 · peak 108May 2026 — avg 4 · peak 15Jul 2026 — avg 5 · peak 17Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 25
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$7.99$3.992022-03-082026-08-232022-03-08 — best price $4.992022-09-28 — best price $4.792022-12-08 — best price $7.992023-01-21 — best price $5.872023-03-07 — best price $7.992023-05-15 — best price $5.592023-05-29 — best price $5.872023-08-12 — best price $5.872023-09-10 — best price $5.872023-10-02 — best price $5.872023-10-16 — best price $5.872023-11-26 — best price $7.192023-12-07 — best price $5.872023-12-21 — best price $5.592023-12-28 — best price $7.192024-01-09 — best price $5.872024-01-30 — best price $5.872024-02-23 — best price $5.872024-03-11 — best price $5.872024-03-23 — best price $5.872024-04-07 — best price $5.872024-04-16 — best price $5.872024-04-26 — best price $5.872024-05-08 — best price $5.872024-07-30 — best price $5.592024-11-27 — best price $5.592025-02-26 — best price $5.192025-04-26 — best price $7.192025-07-04 — best price $5.872025-09-01 — best price $7.792025-12-10 — best price $3.992026-02-01 — best price $7.992026-04-21 — best price $3.992026-07-17 — best price $3.992026-08-23 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

56
achievements tracked
75.9%
earned "Commander Power"
18.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

16 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian, Korean, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Dutch, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-03-16 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8663%56

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

Player tags

WarIndieActionCombatFightingMilitaryStrategyTacticalAction RTSManagement

Census log

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

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