Defend the Rook
A roguelike tactics board combat combined with tower defense elements. Defeat the invading hordes to stay alive and save the land! Enjoy more tactics than a normal TD game, combined with the added challenge of building towers and fighting off waves of enemies!
- Price:$17.99
- Release Date:10/26/2021
- Franchise:Goblinz Publishing
- Developer:One Up Plus
- Publishers:
- Last Updated:4/9/2025
- Steam App Id:1531250
Defend the Rook
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck (Verified)
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, Defend the Rook has 1 concurrent player online and in-game. This is 91% lower than its previous all-time peak of 11 players achieved on 7/6/2024.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for Defend the Rook. It has received a total of 226 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 72 (Mostly Positive).
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for Defend the Rook and its growth over time. It currently has 3,942 followers on its community page.
Defend the Rook Price
Defend the Rook costs $17.99 in the Steam store as of 4/9/2025. It can be purchased as a standlone game or through a bundle like Defend the Rook - Supporter Edition which offer a discount off the game's base price.
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About Defend the Rook
Defend the Rook is a RPG, Indie, and Strategy game developed by One Up Plus. On 10/26/2021, it was released on the Steam Store by Maple Whispering Limited, and Goblinz Publishing.
Players have rated Defend the Rook as "Mostly Positive" out of 226 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 175 positive reviews and 51 negative reviews — an overall 77% positive review rating.
It can be played and ran on Windows systems. It is verified by Valve as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.
It also supports 8 languanges in-game including English, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), French, and German. Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
According to Steam’s category system, Defend the Rook supports the following features:
- Family Sharing
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Achievements
- Full controller support
- Stats
- Single-player
From the Steam community, Defend the Rook has been tagged with the following user tags:
- City Builder
- Roguelike
- Strategy RPG
- Difficult
- Roguelite
- Tactical
- Medieval
- Turn-Based
- RPG
- Perma Death
- Tower Defense
- Party-Based RPG
- Base Building
- Strategy
- Turn-Based Strategy
- Turn-Based Combat
- Singleplayer
- Tabletop
- 2D
- Tactical RPG
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for Defend the Rook and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
DLC & Related Apps
Defend the Rook is referenced by 1 other related app in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Defend the Rook - Supporter Pack | DLC | 10/26/2021 | View |
Related Bundles
Defend the Rook is included in 1 bundle in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Apps | Packages | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Defend the Rook - Supporter Edition | 2 | 2 | $23.38 | View |
Related Packages
Defend the Rook is referenced by 1 package in the Steam Store.
| Name | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Defend The Rook | $17.99 | View |
Supported Languages
Defend the Rook is available in 8 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
| Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Chinese (Simplified) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Chinese (Traditional) | Yes | No | Yes |
| French | Yes | No | Yes |
| German | Yes | No | Yes |
| Japanese | Yes | No | Yes |
| Korean | Yes | No | Yes |
| Russian | Yes | No | Yes |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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Defend the Rook data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2025, April 9). Defend the Rook on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1531250
- Valve Corporation. (2025, April 9). Defend the Rook. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/1531250
- One Up Plus. (2023, July 22). Defend the Rook. Defend the Rook. https://www.oneupplustrust.com/defendtherook.html