Grow Defense
Incremental tower defense with castle upgrades and boss fights
SoftCowGames · Released Jan 10, 2021
CasualIndieStrategyFree To Play
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 76% of 607
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 16
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update
- 1 year ago
- Aug 24, 2025
What is Grow Defense?
This single-player defense game has you upgrade a castle, weapons, and skills to fend off monsters and bosses. You advance through harder zones, collect and improve dropped equipment, and spend rebirth tokens on permanent upgrades.
For you if...
- +you enjoy incremental games with long-term upgrade goals
- +you like solo defense games with boss encounters
Not for you if...
- −you expect an idle game with minimal clicking
- −you dislike grinding through repeated upgrades and zones
What players say
76% of 607 reviews are positive
Players praise the progression through stages and the ongoing upgrade goals. They report bugs affecting combat and saved progress; one player links cloud-save reversions to the mining update.
Screenshots and trailer
Grow Defense system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7
- Processor
- Intel i3
- Graphics
- Onboard
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 150 MB available space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- Intel i5
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 150 MB available space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 17
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, In-app purchases
Steam Deck: Verified
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Tags
- Casual
- Idler
- Tower Defense
- Indie
- Incremental
- Free to Play
- Strategy
- Colorful
- Simulation
- Pixel Graphics
- Cartoony
- Singleplayer
- 3D
- 2D
- 2.5D
Recent updates
- Aug 24, 2025 · Fixed some bugs! Added some more Quest Tiers for a few quests. More to come!
- Aug 20, 2025 · MINING UPDATE!
- Mar 10, 2023 · Store Fixed In-Game
- Mar 15, 2021 · Hot Fixes
- Mar 13, 2021 · UI Graphical Update and QoL Changes!
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