Dungeon Defenders: Awakened
Action RPG tower defense with loot and four-player co-op
Chromatic Games · Released May 28, 2020
ActionAdventureIndieRPGStrategy
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 66% of 4,840
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 11
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 1 month ago
- Aug 12, 2026
Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.
Metacritic: 74/100 (critic reviews)
What is Dungeon Defenders: Awakened?
Dungeon Defenders: Awakened is an action RPG and tower defense game set in Etheria, where the past has changed and enemy armies threaten the Eternia Crystals. Choose a hero, place towers, traps, blockades, and auras, then fight enemy waves across maps to earn gear and levels. Play alone or with up to three others online.
For you if...
- +you like building defenses and fighting alongside them
- +you want cooperative wave defense with friends
- +you enjoy collecting gear and leveling different heroes
Not for you if...
- −you prefer combat without placing and managing defenses
- −you dislike repeating enemy waves to improve your gear
What players say
66% of 4,840 reviews are positive
Players praise improvements over the original game and ongoing updates from the community development team. They complain most about co-op disconnects and crashes between maps, sometimes accompanied by lost currency. Some find it less engaging than the original.
Screenshots and trailer
Dungeon Defenders: Awakened system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10 (64-bit Only)
- Processor
- Intel Core i3-3210 or AMD FX-4350
- Graphics
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 or AMD Radeon HD 8760
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 30 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Notes
- Shader Model 5 GPU Required
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 (64-bit Only)
- Processor
- Intel Core i7-4770K or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
- Graphics
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 or AMD RX 470
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 30 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Notes
- Shader Model 5 GPU Required
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 95
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Display output has nonblocking issues
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian.
Tags
- Multiplayer
- Online Co-Op
- Singleplayer
- Co-op
- Tower Defense
- Strategy
- Action RPG
- Character Customization
- Tactical
- Survival
- Family Friendly
- Funny
- Building
- Third Person
- Cartoony
- Fantasy
Recent updates
- Aug 12, 2026 · Patch 8/11/16
- Jul 10, 2026 · Hot-Fix 7/10/26
- Jul 1, 2026 · Patch 6/30/26
- Jun 24, 2026 · Patch 6/23/26
- Jun 20, 2026 · Hot Fix 6/19/26
8 DLC available.
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