HERO DEFENSE
Skip · RPG · 2016
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 11, under the fair line, at $29.99.
- Length
- 6.3h 34.6h to 100%
- Value
- $4.76/hr
- Reviews
- 63% of 774 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 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
CREEPS CRUMBLE. HEROES RISE. Command a team of renegade heroes and impale, slash, tear and burn through legions of undead hell-bent on world domination. Your mission: to defeat the world’s most powerful vampire, Count Necrosis.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 512 MB, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
92 discounts in the 11 years on record, a median of 88 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is pricier than 95 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 90 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Orcs Must Die! 2 ($14.99, scores 89) and Deathtrap ($19.99, scores 43) both outscore it.
More about HERO DEFENSE
Inside the two-hour refund window, 35 percent of the 112 reviews written there were positive, against 63 percent overall, and those are 23 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 6.3 hours; clearing it takes 35, which is 5.5 times the campaign.
The drop-off
75% 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
- 1 when we last checked, on Oct 13, 14:54 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Do not buy. Achievements are broken. MP servers are closed so not accessible. The least you can do as a courtesy was to remove the no longer obtainable MP achievements? but did you ? NO so I will no longer buy games from this developer.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
This isn't a bad game, but I found the investment of time to boost my characters wasn't worth it, given the difficulty spike as I moved through. There is very light story, and the characters feel a little 2D, even though the art is enjoyable. If you love TD and MOBA mechanics and games, this might be one to sink you teeth into, for the mechanics. I found it a bit punishing, and not quite worth the full price tag.
Hi, The moving tower defense mechanic which are your heroes in this game is genuinely a good feature. it is fresh and adds a great layer of strategy to each mission. The different heroes are also well-designed - each one deals significantly more damage to certain types of enemies, and the way their attack patterns interact with those enemies is really well implemented. For example, when a hero focuses on...
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Cite this score
HERO DEFENSE scores 11/100 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/423620/hero-defenseReviews 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 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.