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Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense

Fantasy tower defense with upgradeable towers, heroes, and tough bosses

Ironhide Game Studio · Released Jul 25, 2016

Strategy

Reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
96% of 11K
Recent reviews
Very Positive
92% of 242 in 30 days
Players
425
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…
1.5 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense?

This is a single-player, 2D fantasy tower defense game set across deserts, jungles, and the underworld. You place and upgrade specialized towers, command troops and heroes, and use powers such as reinforcements and meteor strikes to defend each level from enemies and bosses.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy strategic tower placement and specialized upgrade paths
  • +you want escalating challenges across varied fantasy stages
  • +you prefer single-player levels with multiple difficulty modes

Not for you if...

  • −you want a relaxed, mostly mindless defense game
  • −you dislike punishing bosses and uneven difficulty spikes

What players say

96% of 10,965 reviews are positive · 92% of 242 in the last 30 days

Players praise the tower and enemy variety, varied stages, and strategy that starts simply but becomes demanding. The most common complaints are uneven difficulty and a final boss many consider unfair; some also find certain achievements tedious.

Players over time

▼ -52% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 984 players on Oct 4, 2026.

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Nov 7, 2026425
Nov 6, 2026355
Nov 5, 2026338
Nov 4, 2026358
Nov 3, 2026383
Nov 2, 2026344
Nov 1, 2026571
Oct 31, 2026598
Oct 30, 2026422
Oct 29, 2026443
Oct 28, 2026520
Oct 27, 2026443
Oct 26, 2026439
Oct 25, 2026730
Oct 24, 2026472
Oct 23, 2026400
Oct 22, 2026398
Oct 21, 2026362
Oct 20, 2026393
Oct 19, 2026369
Oct 18, 2026658
Oct 17, 2026655
Oct 16, 2026502
Oct 15, 2026530
Oct 14, 2026522
Oct 13, 2026551
Oct 12, 2026556
Oct 11, 2026926
Oct 10, 2026725
Oct 9, 2026727
Oct 8, 2026742
Oct 7, 2026876
Oct 6, 2026936
Oct 5, 2026823
Oct 4, 2026984
Oct 3, 2026936
Oct 2, 2026775
Oct 1, 2026811
Sep 30, 2026623
Sep 29, 2026571
Sep 28, 2026491
Sep 27, 2026473
Sep 26, 2026366
Sep 25, 2026226
Sep 24, 2026139
Sep 23, 2026230
Sep 23, 2026135
Sep 22, 2026120
Sep 21, 2026182

How many players finish Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense?

55% of Steam players have unlocked «You shall not pass!», 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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Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense system requirements

Minimum: OpenGL 3.0 compliant with…, 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.
Storage
1500 MB available space

Recommended

OS
Windows 10
Processor
Dual Core CPU
Graphics
OpenGL 3.0 compliant with 1.0GB of video RAM.
Storage
1500 MB available space

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

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

Does Kingdom Rush Frontiers - 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
87
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil.

Does Kingdom Rush Frontiers - 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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