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Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance cover art

Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance

Slitherine Ltd. · 2024-02-21

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

Strategy

Franchise: Terminator · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Feb 21, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance is not just a game; it's an adrenaline-fueled journey where your strategic prowess decides the fate of mankind against the machines. After the machines took over, the greatest threats may not come from the machines but rather from other human survivors.

122
playing now
83%
positive of 4.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

122 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 122 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 362 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~45/week).
  • · Review velocity down 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 5,887 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 89k–199k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,430 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$27.99-30%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $19.99 at Fanatical (2025-11-09) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 118 of 174 observed days · $8.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
57957920242026Week of 2024-02-01: 579 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 249 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 446 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

244692026-08-11 19:00 — 191 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 139 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 110 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 177 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 150 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 136 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 244 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 191 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 133 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 99 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 123 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 159 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 102 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 129 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 193 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 123 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 184 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 213 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 110 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 160 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 139 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 91 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 137 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 130 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 69 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 145 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 146 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 122 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$898.10$0.002022-09-142026-08-302022-09-14 — best price $898.102024-04-04 — best price $37.992024-05-10 — best price $33.992024-06-07 — best price $39.992024-07-09 — best price $23.492024-08-10 — best price $39.992024-08-25 — best price $27.702024-09-12 — best price $39.992024-10-21 — best price $29.992024-11-13 — best price $39.992024-11-29 — best price $25.262024-12-16 — best price $29.992024-12-30 — best price $24.822025-01-18 — best price $33.992025-02-03 — best price $34.792025-03-06 — best price $39.992025-03-25 — best price $39.992025-04-15 — best price $22.762025-04-30 — best price $33.992025-05-26 — best price $27.992025-06-10 — best price $29.992025-07-10 — best price $21.472025-08-01 — best price $39.992025-08-25 — best price $33.272025-09-18 — best price $39.992025-10-16 — best price $29.992025-11-09 — best price $19.992025-12-02 — best price $25.932025-12-18 — best price $27.992026-01-23 — best price $27.992026-02-16 — best price $27.992026-03-04 — best price $39.992026-04-01 — best price $27.992026-04-27 — best price $27.992026-05-20 — best price $24.992026-06-13 — best price $39.992026-07-13 — best price $39.992026-08-03 — best price $27.992026-08-30 — best price $27.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

302026-08-26 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
76.2%
earned "Good beginning"
23%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPFamily Sharing4 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,2551%80

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

3DRTSDarkDramaWargameStrategyEmotionalConspiracyDystopian Futuristic

Census log

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

Recent updates

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