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Hero Defense

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App ID 423620
App Type Game
Store Name HERO DEFENSE
Developer
Publisher Headup
Franchise Headup
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 28973260
Last Record Update 14 May 2025 – 04:17:39 UTC ()
Release Date 31 May 2016 – 18:21:38 UTC ()
😌 61.41%
761 reviews
0
In-Game
🏰 Tower Defense 💡 Strategy 💥 Action 🎲 RPG 🧟 Zombies

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.

Additional Information

Developer Happy Tuesday
metacritic_name HERO DEFENSE
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Headup
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Store Release Date 31 May 2016 – 18:23:00 UTC ()
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Action (1), Indie (23), RPG (3), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 31 May 2016 – 18:21:38 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 20 November 2019 – 14:30:53 UTC () (1574260253)
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review_score 5
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Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine, Photon SDK, Protocol_Buffers SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
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  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 2 September 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 1702851
  • configuration:
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    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-stable
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
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First seen on SteamDB 26 November 2015 – 12:59:06 UTC (), in changelist #1566656

Supported Languages

7 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes
Portuguese - Portugal Yes Yes

Tags

🏰 Tower Defense 💡 Strategy 🌱 Indie 💥 Action 🎲 RPG 🕹️ Multiplayer 🧟 Zombies 🤝 Co-op 👤 Singleplayer 🗺️ Adventure 🎭 Fantasy 🎶 Great Soundtrack 🫦 Addictive 😓 Difficult 😃 Funny 📚 Story Rich

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Cloud Family Sharing Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Assets

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timestamp29 July 2024 – 13:11:06 UTC
Trailers
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Steam charts

  • 0 players right now
  • 3 24-hour peak
  • 203 all-time peak 26 June 2016
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  • 15 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😌 Mixed
  • 61.41% SteamDB Rating
  • 481 63.2% positive reviews
  • 280 36.8% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
31 May 2016 Steam Release -
1 December 2019 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Yogscast Jingle Jam 2019 -
4 June 2020 ⇄ Fanatical: Staff Picks Bundle -
29 June 2020 ⇄ Fanatical: Pick & Mix Build Your Own Strategy Bundle -
6 November 2020 ⇄ Fanatical: 25th Anniversary Build Your Own Bundle -

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Hero Defense had an all-time peak of 203 concurrent players on 26 June 2016.

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