Royal Defense
Fantasy tower defense with spellcasting and a dwarven kingdom under siege
Good Games, Creobit · Published by 8Floor · Released Nov 10, 2014
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 72% of 282
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 31, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 8 years ago
- Jun 9, 2018
What is Royal Defense?
In this single-player strategy game, you defend your headquarters against waves of trolls across 60 single-screen levels. You spend gold on towers and units, upgrade structures, and use spells, with defenses that vary in damage, firing speed, and slowing effects.
For you if...
- +you prefer a structured campaign with progressively harder stages
Not for you if...
- −you want cooperative or competitive multiplayer battles
What players say
72% of 282 reviews are positive
Players praise the defensive variety and challenge of higher difficulties. Recurring complaints focus on grinding for resources, level unlocks, and completion, while some players find the design too similar to other tower defense games.
Screenshots and trailer
Royal Defense system requirements
Minimum: OpenGL 3.0 compliant with…, 0.5 GB RAM, 0.2 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Royal Defense?
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- OS
- Windows XP SP3
- Processor
- 1500 MHz
- Graphics
- OpenGL 3.0 compliant with 1.0GB of video RAM
- Memory
- 512 MB RAM
- Storage
- 250 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7 or later
- Processor
- 2000 MHz
- Graphics
- OpenGL 3.0 compliant with 1.0GB of video RAM
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 250 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0
Does Royal Defense have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Royal Defense run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- 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
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 14
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Text only: English, Russian, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Portuguese - Brazil.
Does Royal 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 Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Strategy
- Casual
- Indie
- Tower Defense
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Singleplayer
- Arcade
- Visual Novel
- Exploration
- Grand Strategy
- Time Management
- 2D
- Anime
- Cartoon
- Comedy
Recent updates
- Jun 9, 2018 · Business tour's Update!
- Jun 9, 2018 · Business tour's Update!
- Nov 14, 2014 · Royal Defense Update Released
- Nov 14, 2014 · Royal Defense Update Released
2 DLC available.