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Dungeon Defenders: Awakened

Action RPG tower defense with loot and four-player co-op

Chromatic Games · Released May 28, 2020

ActionAdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Reviews
Mixed
68% of 3,470
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Players
18
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
2 months ago
Aug 12, 2026
Minimum PC
GeForce GTX 750
4 GB RAM · 30 GB disk
Full requirements

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

68% of 3,470 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.

Players over time

▼ -38% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 37 players on Oct 8, 2026.

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How many players finish Dungeon Defenders: Awakened?

35% of Steam players have unlocked «A Taste of Victory», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

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Dungeon Defenders: Awakened system requirements

Minimum: GeForce GTX 750, 4 GB RAM, 30 GB of disk space.

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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

Does Dungeon Defenders: Awakened have co-op or multiplayer?

Yes: co-op online and split-screen. It also has a single-player mode. With Remote Play Together, one copy is enough to play the local modes online with friends.

Does Dungeon Defenders: Awakened run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • 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

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Full controller support
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
95
Steam features
Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian.

Does Dungeon Defenders: Awakened use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

8 DLC available.

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