Fieldrunners
Skip · Strategy · 2012
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 21, under the fair line, at $4.99.
- Length
- 7.1h 164.4h to 100%
- Value
- $0.70/hr
- Reviews
- 67% of 349 positive
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Buy now or wait
Not discounted in any of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 1929 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Fieldrunners is now available on Steam! Download it now to play the hit tower defense game critics and fans have been raving about. Descend into the world of Fieldrunners, the most anticipated and visually stunning game in tower defense history!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, hardware and driver support for OpenGL 3.0, 287 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
17 discounts in the 14 years on record, a median of 75 percent off across all of them, roughly 26 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 276 weeks ago.
It is less well reviewed than 80 percent of its genre. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Rise of Legions (free, scores 58) and Super Sanctum TD ($4.99, scores 74) both outscore it.
More about Fieldrunners
Finishing takes 7.1 hours; clearing it takes 164, which is 23 times the campaign.
At 7.1 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
86% start to 2% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 4 when we last checked, on Oct 13, 07:57 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
The Fieldrunners games (1 & 2) are two of my favorite tower defense games. They're probably my favorite TD games that don't have the words Defense Grid in the title. They're not perfect, they're WAY too juggle heavy in the Endless modes, mostly due to the low rate of earning money to upgrade. But even with that HUGE flaw, it's still a super fun game to play. Would definitely recommend it, even at full price (since...
1 more review
My time in this game is short because I played it back when it was on Mobile. Since then, I have been looking for the game. It took me a couple years to find it on Steam, and I was overjoyed to buy it. It is a great game, and a classic Tower Defence icon. If you have any interest in a TD game that doesn't have to do with Monkeys and "Balloons," then here is a classic just as old and just as fun. Note: Yes, the music...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Fieldrunners scores 21/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/209690/fieldrunnersReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.