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Gnomes

Turn-based tower defense where movable gnomes guard crops from goblins

DYSTOPIAN · Published by DYSTOPIAN, Gamersky Games · Released Apr 4, 2025

CasualIndieStrategy

Reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
95% of 1,812
Recent reviews
Very Positive
93% of 15 in 30 days
Players
29
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
4 months ago
Jun 11, 2026
Minimum PC
2 GB RAM · 0 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Gnomes?

Gnomes is a turn-based tower defense roguelike about protecting a garden from goblins. Each day, you position gnomes, grow crops to fund defenses, and choose upgrades as the map expands. Procedurally generated runs lead toward a confrontation with the goblin king.

For you if...

  • +you like managing crops and defenses across short runs
  • +you enjoy experimenting with relics and randomized upgrades
  • +you prefer turn-based planning to real-time tower defense

Not for you if...

  • −you want defenders that stay put between waves
  • −you dislike random upgrade choices shaping your strategy
  • −you want a relaxed, forgiving endgame

What players say

95% of 1,812 reviews are positive · 93% of 15 in the last 30 days

Players praise the maze-building possibilities, strategic combinations, and soundtrack. Some find repositioning gnomes each round tedious, while others say random upgrades and uneven late-game balance narrow their options.

Players over time

▲ +9% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 39 players on Nov 5, 2026.

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Screenshots and trailer

Gnomes screenshot 1

Gnomes system requirements

Minimum: 2 GB RAM, 0 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

Can my PC run Gnomes?

The published requirements do not name a graphics card we can compare.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 10, Windows 11
Processor
2 Cores / 2.0 GHz+
Memory
2 GB RAM
Storage
40 MB available space

Recommended

OS
Windows 10, Windows 11
Processor
2 Cores / 2.5 GHz+
Memory
2 GB RAM
Storage
40 MB available space

Does Gnomes have co-op or multiplayer?

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

Does Gnomes run on Steam Deck?

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

  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • 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
Full controller support
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
69
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages
Text only: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish, Thai, Russian, Romanian, Ukrainian.

Does Gnomes 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 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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