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Rock 'N' Roll Defense cover art

Rock 'N' Roll Defense

NukGames · 2016-08-10

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 10, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Rocked by an explosive soundtrack, choose your band, place your equipments and defend the Rock 'N' Roll from everyone and everything who try to pull it down, on a totally hardcore tower defense!

Rock 'N' Roll Defense is an Action, Adventure, Casual, and Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and Very Positive (87% of 3970 reviews) sentiment.

37
playing now
87%
positive of 3.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

37 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 37 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 935 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~117/week).
  • · Review velocity up 112% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 28,442 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 97k–232k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,867 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.16 at Nuuvem (2026-02-11) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 26 of 37 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
17517520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.0k72026-09-16 21:00 — 21 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 11 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 9 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 961 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 808 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 828 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 28 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 55 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 125 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 168 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 20 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 78 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 79 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 20 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 48 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 260 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 19 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 68 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 13 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 36 players2026-10-15 19:00 — 37 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.2k0Feb 2016Aug 2026Feb 2016 — avg 0 · peak 4Jun 2016 — avg 5 · peak 34Oct 2016 — avg 5 · peak 18Feb 2017 — avg 4 · peak 17Jun 2017 — avg 5 · peak 68Oct 2017 — avg 4 · peak 26Feb 2018 — avg 5 · peak 61Jun 2018 — avg 19 · peak 147Oct 2018 — avg 7 · peak 103Feb 2019 — avg 10 · peak 168Jun 2019 — avg 6 · peak 324Oct 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Feb 2020 — avg 4 · peak 202Jun 2020 — avg 18 · peak 793Oct 2020 — avg 6 · peak 397Feb 2021 — avg 9 · peak 52Jun 2021 — avg 42 · peak 416Oct 2021 — avg 19 · peak 385Feb 2022 — avg 37 · peak 595Jun 2022 — avg 160 · peak 1,890Oct 2022 — avg 16 · peak 306Feb 2023 — avg 50 · peak 1,274Jun 2023 — avg 30 · peak 1,204Oct 2023 — avg 4 · peak 23Feb 2024 — avg 3 · peak 13Jun 2024 — avg 24 · peak 368Oct 2024 — avg 52 · peak 1,691Feb 2025 — avg 7 · peak 106Jun 2025 — avg 60 · peak 1,555Oct 2025 — avg 1,224 · peak 5,162Feb 2026 — avg 265 · peak 1,841Jun 2026 — avg 77 · peak 3,619Aug 2026 — avg 133 · peak 1,582
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.162016-02-232026-08-062016-02-23 — best price $4.492016-07-13 — best price $0.492016-09-20 — best price $4.292017-07-20 — best price $1.992017-12-15 — best price $0.992018-07-06 — best price $0.992019-01-03 — best price $0.992019-04-30 — best price $0.992019-10-28 — best price $0.492020-04-08 — best price $0.242020-06-04 — best price $0.732020-07-07 — best price $0.992020-08-13 — best price $0.892020-09-17 — best price $0.492020-10-22 — best price $0.892020-12-04 — best price $0.742021-01-14 — best price $0.992021-02-20 — best price $0.742021-04-05 — best price $0.742021-05-02 — best price $0.722021-06-08 — best price $0.742021-09-30 — best price $0.992022-01-05 — best price $0.992022-03-08 — best price $0.722022-05-26 — best price $0.742022-09-12 — best price $0.492022-12-16 — best price $0.192023-04-06 — best price $0.992023-08-14 — best price $0.992023-11-21 — best price $0.492024-02-17 — best price $0.992024-07-29 — best price $0.192024-10-10 — best price $0.992025-01-23 — best price $0.992025-04-30 — best price $0.992025-10-20 — best price $0.992026-01-19 — best price $0.492026-06-12 — best price $0.162026-08-06 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

002026-10-09 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 20:35 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
7.9%
earned "Pop Fan 1 x1"
5.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, German, Czech, French, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-08-10 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,25934%240

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

2DIndieMusicRetroActionCasualComedyStrategyTacticalAdventure

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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