Dungeon Defenders

Dungeon Defenders

BANGER · RPG · 2011

Steam Deck Unsupported

The verdict

WAIT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

A BANGER today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 80% in the Winter Sale 2025.

Today

$14.99BANGER

Typical seasonal cut

$2.9980% offBANGER

Cost per hourS
$1.03/hr
ReviewsS
93% of 19,075
Critics
81 players 12 higher
Genre rank
Top 1% RPG

Recent reviews trending down: 84% over the last 30 days against 93% all-time.

Watch this gameOne alert at $2.99 or less.

Time and effort

Main story
14.6h
To 100%
459.3h 31.5x the story
Achievements
169

Price and sales

Sales
71 on record
Typical cut
75% off
Steam low
$1.49 December 2014
Sale every
52d last October 2026
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $1.49 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
266 now
Recent reviews
84% 30 days
Cheaper than
22% of its genre
Better reviewed
97% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

54% start to <1% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

This site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

Across all 71 discounts in the 14 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.

Its score puts it in the top 1 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 79 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 97 percent. It outscores the games it most resembles, including Dungeon Defenders II (free, scores 49) and Cultivation Tales ($19.99, scores 0).

More about Dungeon Defenders

Critics scored it 81. Players sit 12 points higher at 93 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.

Players rate it 93 percent positive over its lifetime, but the last 30 days run 84 percent. Something recent has soured the room. Of the 599 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 5 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 60 percent of the 561 reviews written there were positive, against 93 percent overall, and those are 5 percent of everything written about it.

The main story runs 14.6 hours. Doing everything runs 459, 31 times as long.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Last discount ended 31 days ago.

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$1.03/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
Replayability~88h to replay
Co-op and replay time. The value score counts hours well past the 15h main story
MonetizationNone
No in-game purchases. Paid DLC exists and is not docked
For context
Refunds5 of 599 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

This is a old style game that I love. It is fun to play and reminds me of playing games when I was younger
ShortsRecommendedafter 368h2 found this helpfulRead on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I gotta be honest, this review is tethering the line between a recommend and not. Right now I think its still worth for anything less than 10 dollars. At first I was excited about my favorite game from Xbox 360 getting updates again, but this might be another lesson in being careful what you wish for. The game was done, the package was there, you had a full game you could enjoy from begging to end with nothing...
krakenpriestRecommendedafter 67h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam
The Devs will probably never read this but this has gone from a great game to a data mining sham. 18th October 2026 - I started the game this morning and was forced to accept two EULAs before I could play my game. I don't want them digging through my PC for any scrap of MY data that they think they can sell, so this game is now dead to me. I will be uninstalling it after this review. Shame that all good things must...
richard.copemanNot recommendedafter 1129hOct 2026Read on Steam

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

About the game

Create a hero from one of four classes to save Etheria in this 4-player coop Tower Defense Action-RPG. Includes Steam exclusive Portal gun & TF2 familiars!
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Graphics Card with Shader Model 3 support, 256 MB video memory, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.

Cite this score

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Dungeon Defenders scores 89/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/65800/dungeon-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 4, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+12
Critics81
Players93
Player favorite. The critics underrated it.
Metacritic critics · 19,075 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperChromatic Games
PublisherChromatic Games
GenreRPG
Released2011
Players3.5Mowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements169