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Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense

Cartoon tower defense built around upgrades, spells, and heroes

Ironhide Game Studio · Released Jan 6, 2014

Strategy

Reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
97% of 18K
Recent reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
96% of 1,145 in 30 days
Players
804
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
2 months ago
Aug 12, 2026
Minimum PC
OpenGL 3.0 compliant with…
1 GB RAM · 1.5 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense?

A single-player 2D fantasy tower defense game about protecting a kingdom from Vez’nan’s forces. Across campaign stages and bonus missions, you build and upgrade towers, deploy heroes and troops, cast spells, and stop waves of enemies and bosses.

For you if...

  • +you like tactical tower placement and upgrade choices
  • +you enjoy cartoon fantasy battles and boss fights
  • +you want a stage-based single-player strategy game

Not for you if...

  • −you dislike trial-and-error difficulty in later stages
  • −you want many equally viable tower strategies
  • −you prefer multiplayer strategy games

What players say

97% of 18,021 reviews are positive · 96% of 1,145 in the last 30 days

Players praise the tactical tower defense, cartoon art, and replayability. The most common complaint is that bonus stages and harder challenges become punishing and restrictive, often requiring trial and error to find a narrow solution.

Players over time

▼ -74% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 4,939 players on Sep 27, 2026.

Show the data
DayPlayers
Nov 7, 2026804
Nov 6, 2026614
Nov 5, 2026611
Nov 4, 2026646
Nov 3, 2026662
Nov 2, 2026666
Nov 1, 20261,161
Oct 31, 20261,109
Oct 30, 2026888
Oct 29, 2026880
Oct 28, 2026909
Oct 27, 20261,295
Oct 27, 2026834
Oct 26, 2026837
Oct 25, 20261,458
Oct 24, 2026885
Oct 23, 2026737
Oct 22, 20260
Oct 21, 2026759
Oct 20, 2026831
Oct 19, 2026896
Oct 18, 20261,466
Oct 17, 20261,377
Oct 16, 20261,168
Oct 15, 20261,282
Oct 14, 20261,344
Oct 13, 20261,546
Oct 12, 20261,576
Oct 11, 20262,462
Oct 10, 20262,221
Oct 9, 20262,625
Oct 8, 20262,607
Oct 7, 20263,129
Oct 6, 20263,033
Oct 5, 20263,638
Oct 4, 20263,669
Oct 3, 20263,676
Oct 2, 20263,690
Oct 1, 20263,924
Sep 30, 20263,456
Sep 29, 20263,868
Sep 28, 20263,622
Sep 27, 20264,939
Sep 26, 20263,750
Sep 25, 20261,528
Sep 24, 2026178
Sep 23, 2026266
Sep 23, 2026137
Sep 22, 2026134
Sep 21, 2026196

How many players finish Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense?

52% of Steam players have unlocked «Great Defender», the achievement for finishing the main story.

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Screenshots and trailer

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Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense system requirements

Minimum: OpenGL 3.0 compliant with…, 1 GB RAM, 1.5 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows XP Service Pack 3
Processor
Dual Core CPU
Graphics
OpenGL 3.0 compliant with 512MB of video RAM.
Memory
1 GB RAM
Storage
1500 MB available space

Recommended

OS
Windows XP Service Pack 3
Processor
Dual Core CPU
Graphics
OpenGL 3.0 compliant with 1.0GB of video RAM.
Memory
2 GB RAM
Storage
1500 MB available space

Does Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense run on Steam Deck?

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

  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • The native resolution is not the default one
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements
74
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese.

Does Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense 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 Nov 6, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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