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X-Morph: Defense cover art

X-Morph: Defense

EXOR Studios · 2017-08-30

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

Releases: Feb 21, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 30, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 30, 2017 (Xbox One), Aug 30, 2017 (PlayStation 4)

Unique fusion of a top-down shooter and tower defense strategy. You are the invader! Use destructive weapons or lead your enemies into a maze of towers. Strategize in the build mode by carefully selecting various types of alien towers or throw yourself right into the heat of the battle.

15
playing now
92%
positive of 4.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
64/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

15 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

The X-Morph's goal is to take over the entire planet by placing their harvester cores in key strategic locations. These structures transform Earth's surface around them and drain energy straight from the planet. The X-Morph unlock new upgrades and technologies after securing each harvester core. Their influence affects the globe after each successful mission. There's a large variety in gameplay sceneries ranging from urban centers and industrial complexes to dense forests.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 15 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 171 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~21/week).
  • · Review velocity up 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 104k–250k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,165 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2024-10-26) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 17 of 34 observed days · $19.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
17417420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2602026-08-06 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 13 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 17 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 21 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 24 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 18 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 13 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 13 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 15 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 14 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 25 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 16 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 26 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 11 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 19 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 25 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 17 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 12 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 23 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 18 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 15 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.992017-08-312026-08-282017-08-31 — best price $17.992018-01-22 — best price $19.992018-05-21 — best price $10.002018-08-31 — best price $7.992019-01-14 — best price $19.992019-07-09 — best price $19.992019-11-28 — best price $5.992020-02-20 — best price $19.992020-05-26 — best price $16.682020-06-19 — best price $17.882020-07-22 — best price $19.992020-08-23 — best price $17.882020-09-28 — best price $19.992020-11-06 — best price $19.992020-12-07 — best price $16.882021-01-07 — best price $19.992021-02-17 — best price $16.882021-03-13 — best price $16.882021-04-05 — best price $16.882021-04-29 — best price $16.882021-06-01 — best price $19.992021-08-10 — best price $19.992021-10-28 — best price $3.992022-01-14 — best price $3.992022-03-10 — best price $2.992022-06-27 — best price $2.992022-09-19 — best price $2.992022-12-02 — best price $19.992023-03-15 — best price $19.992023-05-29 — best price $3.992023-09-14 — best price $2.992023-11-30 — best price $19.992024-02-13 — best price $15.742024-05-03 — best price $3.992024-11-04 — best price $19.992025-05-09 — best price $3.992025-11-07 — best price $19.992026-04-21 — best price $3.992026-08-28 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
70.4%
earned "I hate spiders"
7.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopCamera Comfort4 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,8592%40
PS4 (PlayStation)2,69510%31
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)1,0124%40
Switch (Nintendo)290%0

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

Player tags

Co-opIndieActionAliensSci-fiShooterStrategyTop-DownFuturisticDestruction

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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