Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-10-23
- Fun and addictive gameplay
- Classic pioneering tower defense
- Simple yet strategic depth
- High overall difficulty
- No speed-up option
- Levels lack guidance
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMmixedWindows <8GB VRAM / 16-31GB RAMnegative
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 19,760
- Positive
- 19,19897.2%
- Negative
- 5622.8%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 1,392,445
- Estimated revenue
- $13,910,526
- Game price
- $10
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 270.61%
- Estimated copies lost
- 1,903
- Estimated revenue lost
- $19,011
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 270.6% Avg playtime 0.7h | 591.3% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 1212.7% Avg playtime 20.6h | 4,21695.3% Avg playtime 26.5h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 12.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 84.9 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 337.7 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 364.7 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
4,423 total
Organic purchasers3,96389.6%
Voted up: 97%
Key activations46010.4%
Voted up: 97%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
4,423 total
First impression0-2h1784.02%
Voted up: 81%
Mid game2-10h1,95444.2%
Voted up: 97%
Late game10-20h1,15326.1%
Voted up: 98%
Endgame20h+1,13825.7%
Voted up: 98%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
92.9%
Global baseline 96.7%
14 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 19,760 total.