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Royal Defense

Good Games · 8Floor · 2014-11-10

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 08, 2017 (PlayStation Vita), Feb 09, 2013 (iOS), Nov 10, 2014 (Mac), Nov 10, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 28, 2024 (Xbox One), Mar 21, 2017 (PlayStation 4)

The castle needs a hero – hordes of trolls are surrounding it! Build towers, save money, learn spells - don't let the enemy in! Follow the exciting story of the dwarven kingdom's eternal struggle against the troll hordes, who want only to crush the dwarves and claim their territory.

Royal Defense is a 2014 Adventure, Casual, Indie, Strategy game priced at $14.99, with a Mostly Positive sentiment (72% of 386 reviews) and an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners.

0
playing now
72%
positive of 386 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 22% of 29,021 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 9.7k–23k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 386 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$12.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2018-03-19) · bundled 13×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 8 of 23 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920162026Week of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4202026-09-15 17:00 — 42 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 23 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.492015-01-012026-10-102015-01-01 — best price $1.792015-04-07 — best price $9.992015-07-30 — best price $1.002015-12-11 — best price $1.002016-02-16 — best price $5.992016-05-17 — best price $1.242016-08-05 — best price $8.992016-10-28 — best price $1.242016-12-22 — best price $1.792017-04-20 — best price $0.992017-09-04 — best price $5.992018-01-04 — best price $5.992018-04-26 — best price $0.752018-07-16 — best price $4.992018-09-14 — best price $4.992018-11-27 — best price $4.992019-02-18 — best price $4.992019-06-03 — best price $0.492019-09-09 — best price $0.492020-02-13 — best price $4.992020-05-20 — best price $3.662020-10-19 — best price $0.492021-05-03 — best price $0.492021-09-27 — best price $0.492022-02-21 — best price $0.492022-06-18 — best price $4.992022-11-22 — best price $0.492023-06-19 — best price $0.492023-12-11 — best price $1.492024-05-06 — best price $4.992024-09-16 — best price $9.992025-01-13 — best price $1.492025-06-27 — best price $1.992026-02-02 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-10-10 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
13.4%
earned "Merciless Warrior"
4.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing2 DLC

7 supported languages: English, Russian, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2014-12-04, latest 2023-04-27 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,66814%14
PS4 (PlayStation)33332%12
PS Vita (PlayStation)24247%12
PS4 (PlayStation)24129%12
PS Vita (PlayStation)18965%12
Xbox One (Xbox)6819%15

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

Player tags

2DAnimeIndieArcadeCasualCartoonFantasyStrategyAdventureExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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