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Royal Defense

Good Games · 8Floor · 2014-11-10

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AdventureCasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

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.

1
playing now
72%
positive of 386 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
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)
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 45% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.
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 10 of 21 observed days · $12.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

402026-08-11 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.492015-01-012026-08-292015-01-01 — 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 $14.992026-08-29 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing2 DLC

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

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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