Defense Grid: The Awakening

Last updated: 2026-03-08
  • Classic and successful tower defense gameplay.
  • Variety in gameplay, modes, and towers.
  • High replayability with well-designed maps and levels.
  • Strategic tower placement and diverse enemy types.
  • Difficulty and level design issues reported.
  • Performance and technical issues affect gameplay.
Defense Grid: The Awakening header

Emotions

Archetypes

Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
Total reviews
5,279
Positive
5,07696.2%
Negative
2033.8%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
389,508
Estimated revenue
$3,891,185
Game price
$10
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
31.09%
Estimated copies lost
221
Estimated revenue lost
$2,208
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment Ă— Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
31.1%
Avg playtime 0.8h
31.1%
Avg playtime 1h
> 2h playtime
103.6%
Avg playtime 24.6h
26094.2%
Avg playtime 296.6h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day0.1 rev/day
Last 30d0.6 rev/day
Quarterly4.3 rev/qtr
Days covered5,391.7 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
276 total
Organic purchasers23183.7%
Voted up: 96%
Key activations4516.3%
Voted up: 93%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
276 total
First impression0-2h113.99%
Voted up: 73%
Mid game2-10h5319.2%
Voted up: 92%
Late game10-20h3914.1%
Voted up: 95%
Endgame20h+17362.7%
Voted up: 98%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
1.09% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 95.3%
3 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 5,279 total.