Defense Grid: The Awakening
Defense Grid: The Awakening is a unique spin on tower defense gameplay that will appeal to players of all skill levels. A horde of enemies is invading, and it's up to the player to stop them by strategically building fortification towers around their base.
- Price:$2.49
- Release Date:12/8/2008
- Developer:Hidden Path Entertainment
- Publisher:Hidden Path Entertainment
- Last Updated:12/20/2024
- Steam App Id:18500
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, Defense Grid: The Awakening has 75 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 51% lower than its previous all-time peak of 154 players achieved on 8/4/2024.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for Defense Grid: The Awakening. It has received a total of 5,053 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 93 (Overwhelmingly Positive).
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for Defense Grid: The Awakening and its growth over time. It currently has 7,905 followers on its community page.
Defense Grid: The Awakening Price
Defense Grid: The Awakening costs $2.49 in the Steam store as of 12/20/2024 which is a 75% discount off its base price. It can be purchased as a standlone game or through a bundle like Tower Defense Bundle which offer a discount off the game's base price.
Explore the price history chart below to track historical price changes and other pricing stats for Defense Grid: The Awakening.
About Defense Grid: The Awakening
Defense Grid: The Awakening is an Indie, and Strategy game developed by Hidden Path Entertainment. On 12/8/2008, it was released on the Steam Store by Hidden Path Entertainment.
Players have rated Defense Grid: The Awakening as "Overwhelmingly Positive" out of 5,053 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 4,861 positive reviews and 192 negative reviews — an overall 96% positive review rating. Additionally, Defense Grid: The Awakening has earned a metascore of 81 on Metacritic.
It can be played and ran on Windows systems. At the moment, it is possible to play Defense Grid: The Awakening on the Steam Deck but some functionaliy may not be fully supported.
It also supports 5 languanges in-game including English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish (Spain). Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
According to Steam’s category system, Defense Grid: The Awakening supports the following features:
- Family Sharing
- Full controller support
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Single-player
- Remote Play on TV
From the Steam community, Defense Grid: The Awakening has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Futuristic
- Touch-Friendly
- Aliens
- Controller
- RTS
- Replay Value
- Tower Defense
- Addictive
- Sci-fi
- Strategy
- Indie
- Action
- Adventure
- Singleplayer
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for Defense Grid: The Awakening and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
DLC & Related Apps
Defense Grid: The Awakening is referenced by 6 other related apps in the Steam Store.
Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
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Defense Grid: Resurgence Map Pack 2 | DLC | 6/9/2010 | View | |
Defense Grid: Resurgence Map Pack 1 | DLC | 6/2/2010 | View | |
Defense Grid: Containment DLC | DLC | 1/23/2013 | View | |
Defense Grid: Resurgence Map Pack 3 | DLC | 6/16/2010 | View | |
Defense Grid: Resurgence Map Pack 4 | DLC | 6/23/2010 | View | |
Defense Grid: The Awakening - You Monster DLC | DLC | 12/7/2011 | View |
Related Bundles
Defense Grid: The Awakening is included in 1 bundle in the Steam Store.
Image | Name | Apps | Packages | Price | Actions |
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Tower Defense Bundle | 5 | 5 | $26.74 | View |
Related Packages
Defense Grid: The Awakening is referenced by 2 packages in the Steam Store.
Name | Price | Actions |
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Defense Grid: The Awakening | $2.49 | View |
Defense Grid: Containment Bundle | $4.99 | View |
Supported Languages
Defense Grid: The Awakening is available in 5 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
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English | Yes | No | No |
French | Yes | No | No |
Italian | Yes | No | No |
German | Yes | No | No |
Spanish (Spain) | Yes | No | No |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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Defense Grid: The Awakening data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2024, December 20). Defense Grid: The Awakening on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/18500
- Valve Corporation. (2024, December 20). Defense Grid: The Awakening. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/18500
- Metacritic. (2024, December 20). Defense Grid: The Awakening for PC Reviews. Metacritic. https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/defense-grid-the-awakening
- Hidden Path Entertainment. (2023, July 8). Defense Grid: The Awakening. Defense Grid: The Awakening. https://www.hiddenpath.com/game/defense-grid/