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Nordhold

Nordic roguelite tower defense with village building and randomized upgrades

StunForge · Published by HypeTrain Digital, StunForge · Released Mar 25, 2025

IndieStrategy

Reviews
Very Positive
86% of 2,958
Recent reviews
Mixed
63% of 33 in 30 days
Players
71
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
3 weeks ago
Oct 15, 2026
Minimum PC
2 GB
4 GB RAM · 4 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 80/100 (critic reviews)

What is Nordhold?

A top-down, single-player roguelite tower defense game set around a medieval Nordic village. During each run, you build its economy, place and upgrade towers, choose a general and relics, and defend Nordhold against increasingly strong enemy waves and bosses. Meta-progression unlocks more options between runs.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy demanding, economy-heavy tower defense
  • +you prefer repeatable runs built around escalating waves
  • +you want single-player strategy with long-term progression

Not for you if...

  • −you dislike rebuilding your economy during repeated runs
  • −you want a relaxed, low-complexity tower defense game

What players say

86% of 2,958 reviews are positive · 63% of 33 in the last 30 days

Players praise the ways to combine towers, banners, relics, and heroes, along with the economic planning. The most common complaints are uneven tower balance, sharp enemy scaling, and dependence on favorable random choices; players say these issues narrow viable builds and make repeated early waves feel routine.

Players over time

▲ +11% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 189 players on Oct 18, 2026.

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Nov 1, 2026121
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Oct 20, 2026150
Oct 18, 2026189
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Oct 16, 2026100
Oct 15, 202677
Oct 14, 202673
Oct 13, 202668
Oct 11, 202673
Oct 10, 202669
Oct 9, 202665
Oct 8, 202680
Oct 7, 202665
Oct 6, 202656
Oct 4, 202696
Oct 3, 202676
Oct 2, 202660
Oct 1, 202660
Sep 30, 202672
Sep 29, 202659
Sep 27, 202673
Sep 26, 202663
Sep 25, 202665
Sep 24, 202669
Sep 23, 202664
Sep 23, 202668
Sep 22, 202666
Sep 21, 2026134

Screenshots and trailer

Nordhold screenshot 1

Nordhold system requirements

Minimum: 2 GB, 4 GB RAM, 4 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 10, 11 (64 bit)
Processor
3.5 GHz
Graphics
2 GB
Memory
4 GB RAM
Storage
4 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11

Recommended

OS
Windows 10, 11 (64 bit)
Processor
4 GHz
Graphics
4 GB
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
4 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11

Does Nordhold have co-op or multiplayer?

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

Does Nordhold 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
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • The native resolution is not the default one
  • 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
32
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Text only: English, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish.

Does Nordhold 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 7, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

1 DLC available.

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