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The Defender: Farm and Castle

Kobsoft Kitti · 2019-05-16

Steam

ActionStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 16, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You are an archer tasked with defending a castle from invading monsters. Inside the castle, you can manage resources and harvest crops, gather experience points to level up, and learn new skills and abilities to face stronger enemies.

The Defender: Farm and Castle is a free-to-play Action, Strategy, and Free To Play game released in 2019, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 1095 reviews).

1
playing now
89%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (217 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
19419420192026Week of 2019-05-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 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 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-14 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
951May 2019Jul 2026May 2019 — avg 95 · peak 335Jul 2019 — avg 15 · peak 38Sep 2019 — avg 4 · peak 12Nov 2019 — avg 7 · peak 21Jan 2020 — avg 6 · peak 16Mar 2020 — avg 7 · peak 25May 2020 — avg 8 · peak 20Jul 2020 — avg 6 · peak 18Sep 2020 — avg 5 · peak 14Nov 2020 — avg 5 · peak 17Jan 2021 — avg 4 · peak 13Mar 2021 — avg 4 · peak 85May 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Mar 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2023 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2026 — avg 1 · peak 4
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Completion

12
achievements tracked
55.1%
earned "LV 10"
25%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,53431%12

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

Player tags

2DIndieActionClickerShooterStrategyFree to PlaySingleplayerTower Defense

Census log

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

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