Aegis Defenders

Aegis Defenders

Skip · RPG · 2018

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 41, under the fair line, at $19.99.

Length
9.9h
Value
$2.02/hr
Reviews
78% positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Length
9.9h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
20h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr
$2.02
price ÷ main-story length
Price
$19.99
as of Oct 1
Reviews
78%
1,830 reviews, as of Sep 23
Metacritic
76
critic score
Players
350K
owners, SteamSpy estimate
Released
2018

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GeForce 9800GTX+ (1GB), 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.

Take on wild beasts, ruthless soldiers, and ancient gods in this 2D Action-Platformer inspired by Tower-Defense combat.
Description from the Steam store page.

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

Holding it back
Value$2.02/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews78% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
Length9.9 hours
How much game you get. Hours feed the value per dollar
Reach350K+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). Context here: this game's score does not use it
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 62 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

The value story

The lowest price on record is $4.99, set in January 2020. 52 discounts in the 9 years on record. They run about 75 percent off, roughly 7 weeks apart.

Value puts it in the top 29 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 90 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 68 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Dig or Die ($11.99, scores 79) beats it on value, while it beats Infectonator: Survivors ($0.99, scores 17).

Finishing takes 9.9 hours; clearing it takes 20, which is 2.0 times the campaign.

The drop-off

80% start to 6% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

No 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

5 players online when we last checked, on Oct 1, 17:48 UTC.

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

What players say

This is a very approachable and fun couch co-op tower defense game couple with some puzzle solving and 2D platforming. Super underrated as a couch co-op experience. Some of the dialog is unnecessary but the mechanics are solid and fun.
rkeezyRecommendedafter 14hMay 2026Read on Steam

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

Cite this score

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Aegis Defenders scores 41/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/371140/aegis-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 Sep 23, price as of Oct 1.

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Critics vs players+2
Critics
76
Players
78
Critics and players agree on this one.
Metacritic critics · 1,830 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperGUTS Department
PublisherBalor Games
GenreRPG
Released2018
Achievements31