Rise of the Ancients
Tower defense with a challenge that starts in the tutorial
Talentplace · Published by KishMish Games · Released May 31, 2016
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 45% of 354
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 30, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 10 years ago
- Aug 16, 2016
What is Rise of the Ancients?
A single-player tower defense game in which you protect a kingdom from the Ancients. You plan defenses across multiple levels and adapt your tactics to different enemy types.
For you if...
- +you prefer straightforward strategy over layers of complex systems
Not for you if...
- −you want a relaxed game with forgiving difficulty
What players say
45% of 354 reviews are positive
One positive review praises the emphasis on careful tower placement. Other players repeatedly criticize missing settings, confusing tower targeting, rough visuals, and poor English translations.
Screenshots and trailer
Rise of the Ancients system requirements
Minimum: 6600, 0.5 GB RAM, 0.3 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Rise of the Ancients?
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- OS
- Windows XP
- Processor
- Pentium 4 @ 3 GGhz/AMD 64 3200+
- Graphics
- nVidia GeForce 6600/ATI Radeon X1600
- Memory
- 512 MB RAM
- Storage
- 300 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
Recommended
- OS
- Windows XP
- Processor
- Pentium 4 @ 3 ГГц/AMD 64 3200+
- Graphics
- с 256 МБ видеопамяти (nVidia GeForce 6600/ATI Radeon X1600)
- Memory
- 512 MB RAM
- Storage
- 300 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
Does Rise of the Ancients have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Rise of the Ancients run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Full audio: English, Russian.
Does Rise of the Ancients 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