The Game Census
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Type Defense

Göksan Güner · 2018-07-18

Steam

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jul 18, 2018 (Mac), Jul 18, 2018 (Linux), Jul 18, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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63%
positive of 89 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.49
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 35% of 26,187 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.2k–5.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 89 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.49-51%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2020-08-09) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 10 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620182025Week of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$1.99$0.492018-07-182026-10-012018-07-18 — best price $0.842018-10-06 — best price $0.992018-12-03 — best price $0.742019-02-18 — best price $0.992019-06-26 — best price $0.592019-09-23 — best price $0.992019-11-26 — best price $0.592020-01-27 — best price $0.992020-06-08 — best price $0.642020-08-23 — best price $0.992020-11-25 — best price $0.542021-01-05 — best price $0.992021-04-11 — best price $0.992021-07-18 — best price $0.592021-12-01 — best price $0.992022-01-27 — best price $0.492022-04-14 — best price $0.992022-07-07 — best price $0.992022-10-14 — best price $0.642022-12-17 — best price $0.992023-03-16 — best price $0.492023-06-19 — best price $0.992023-09-01 — best price $0.492023-11-28 — best price $0.992024-03-14 — best price $0.492024-06-17 — best price $0.992024-09-02 — best price $0.492024-12-18 — best price $0.992025-03-03 — best price $0.492025-04-29 — best price $0.992025-07-16 — best price $0.492025-10-06 — best price $0.992026-02-05 — best price $0.492026-05-10 — best price $0.992026-07-23 — best price $0.492026-10-01 — best price $0.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Turkish

Player tags

2DIndieCasualTypingCartoonCartoonyMedievalSpellingStrategyWord Game

Census log

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

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