Funny, well-written story and characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“The story, the characters, the dialogs, the journal entries - every bit of writing in this game is fantastic.”
Steam review · 135.6 h played ↗
Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition)
Worth buying? What 254 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 254 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 95%Very Positive · 95%Level Up Labs, LLC2012Tower Defense · Tactical RPG · Strategy
$14.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 1 h ago
The verdict
A charming tower defense/RPG hybrid with a funny story, persistent leveled heroes and big replay value. Skip it if frequent crashes, late-game grind or basic strategy would bother you.
Great for
Tower defense fans who like RPG progression, humorous writing and replaying levels on higher difficulties
Main risk
Frequent random crashes, plus grinding and shallow strategy later in the game
What players love
Party-as-towers RPG hybrid works great
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“It's a tower defense game where each of what would normally be a tower is actually a character that levels up, like in an RPG, complete with a customizable skill tree, equipment, etc.”
Steam review · 67.9 h played ↗
Best-in-class tower defense, addictive
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Defender's Quest is the best Tower Defense game ever made.”
Steam review · 12.2 h played ↗
Huge replayability with New Game+ and difficulties
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“New Game+ I was expecting to be the base game over again but harder and with better stuff - nope, there's a huge extra plot reveal and new sidequests.”
Steam review · 77.5 h played ↗
Flexible options and QoL (XP slider, speed)
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“Really impressive UI design with extensive, granular customization options, from basic accessibility features like control mapping, default speed, and disabling strobe effects”
Steam review · 28.6 h played ↗
Great value and generous developers
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“And just short of four years after the release here come a wonderful HD remaster. For FREE!”
Steam review · 16.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Frequent random crashes
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“But the constant crashing unfortunately makes it nearly unplayable. I got 20+ crashes in the 14.5h I've clocked.”
Steam review · 14.4 h played ↗
Shallow strategy and generic TD
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“You will work out how to place them in waves and probably just copy that for each level.”
Steam review · 11 h played ↗
Dated visuals, clunky UI and resolution
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“the interface looks like a Windows 3.1 era spreadsheet program”
Steam review · 11.5 h played ↗
Weak story and humor for some
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Constant failed attempts at humor was a major turn off.”
Steam review · 2.6 h played ↗
Grindy, level-gated progression
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“It doesn't matter if you have devised the best layout, if you aren't high enough level you will never win.”
Steam review · 27.9 h played ↗
Won't launch or save on some setups
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“I cannot play this game on my modern RTX card”
Steam review · 19.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support100 MB
Minimum
OSWindows XP
Processor1.5 Ghz, single core
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsN/A
Storage100 MB HD space
Recommended
OSWindows XP or better
Processor(2.0 Ghz, single core) or better
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsN/A
Storage100 MB HD space
OSWindows XP
Processor1.5 Ghz, single core
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsN/A
Storage100 MB HD space
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