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Road Defense: Outsiders cover art

Road Defense: Outsiders

Minicactus Games · 2023-05-28

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 23, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 12, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 12, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Sep 12, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Sep 12, 2024 (Xbox One), Sep 12, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S)

Protect vehicles on the road and survive! Road Defense: Outsiders is a game that combines elements of the 'roguelike' and 'tower defense' genres. Upgrade the towers and your own skills to be able to annihilate all the life around you!

Road Defense: Outsiders is an Action, Indie, Strategy game released in 2023, priced at $2.99, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 168 reviews).

0
playing now
84%
positive of 168 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.97★
PlayStation Store rating (58 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 31% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.4k–7.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 168 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$3.24-35%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.39 at Steam (2023-02-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 30 of 36 observed days · $0.85 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020222026Week of 2022-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$2.392022-09-242026-10-152022-09-24 — best price $2.692022-11-23 — best price $2.692022-12-22 — best price $2.692023-03-16 — best price $2.392023-05-08 — best price $2.392023-06-30 — best price $2.392023-09-22 — best price $2.392023-10-31 — best price $2.392023-11-22 — best price $2.392024-01-04 — best price $2.992024-02-13 — best price $2.392024-03-14 — best price $2.392024-04-08 — best price $2.392024-05-20 — best price $2.392024-07-11 — best price $2.992024-09-09 — best price $2.392024-10-21 — best price $2.392024-12-18 — best price $2.392025-01-17 — best price $2.392025-03-03 — best price $2.392025-03-26 — best price $2.392025-05-15 — best price $2.392025-06-27 — best price $2.392025-07-31 — best price $2.992025-09-18 — best price $2.992025-10-20 — best price $2.392025-12-11 — best price $2.392026-01-12 — best price $2.392026-03-02 — best price $2.992026-04-06 — best price $2.392026-06-11 — best price $2.992026-07-16 — best price $2.392026-08-27 — best price $4.992026-09-24 — best price $4.992026-10-15 — best price $3.24
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
84%
earned "Killer"
42.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, German, Russian, Korean

Player tags

IndieActionArcadeCasualIsometricAction RPGRogue-likeRogue-liteBullet HellScore Attack

Census log

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

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