Prime World: Defenders

Prime World: Defenders

Skip · RPG · 2013

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

SKIP IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 0 of 8 sales

It scores 46, under the fair line, at $9.99.

Cost per hourS
$0.38/hr
Reviews▼
75% of 1,054
Critics
58 players 17 higher
Genre rank
Top 23% RPG

Holding it back: Reviews

Why
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Main story
26.2h
To 100%
47.9h 1.8x the story
Finish
41% reach the ending
Achievements
134

Price and sales

Sales
50 on record
Typical cut
70% off
Steam low
$1.99 June 2014
Sale every
49d last June 2022
Lowest now $9.79 at Fanaticalall-time low $1.50 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
4 now
Cheaper than
38% of its genre
Better reviewed
58% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

52% start to 41% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

Steam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

It has been discounted 50 times in the 14 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 70 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 226 weeks ago.

Against its own genre its score lands in the top 23 percent. It is pricier than 62 percent of its genre. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Overdungeon ($14.99, scores 51) and Ratropolis ($17.99, scores 68) both outscore it.

More about Prime World: Defenders

The press gave it 58; the people who bought it give it 75 percent. A 17-point gap in the buyer's favour.

Steam's global achievement data puts 41 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 18.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Not discounted in any of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 1585 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Cost per hour$0.38/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Engagement41% finish
How far players get (achievements). It can only add points
Holding it back
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 108 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

What players say

just a great tower defense game. very straight forward and cut and dry. the way it should be
chromemosquitoRecommendedafter 12hAug 2024Read on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
At times frustrating and needlessly esoteric, this is nevertheless a solid Tower Defense game with a card-collecting mechanic that tends to be a bit too random to be 100% useful. Depending on your luck with drops, you may have to spend extra time grinding some levels to advance. HUGE hint: Lightning is OP - but is also one of the most expensive towers in the game.
ScruffitudeRecommendedafter 108hJul 2024Read on Steam
Your dumbass loading screen freezes the entire machine for minutes at a time, Task Manager and all, even on a sufficiently fast computer. That's as good of a reason as any to give a negative review.
RobNot recommendedafter 1.3hJul 2026Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

About the game

Fight off hordes of monstrous mutants created from a strange cataclysmic event in the new tower defense game, Prime World: Defenders. Join a group of exile treasure hunters who have ventured into the capital of an ancient empire, vast with mystery and danger.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, GeForce 9500 GT or equal, 1.5 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.

Cite this score

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Prime World: Defenders scores 46/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/235360/prime-world-defenders
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Reviews 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 Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+17
Critics58
Players75
Player favorite. The critics underrated it.
Metacritic critics · 1,054 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperNival
PublisherNival
GenreRPG
Released2013
Players350Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements134