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Dungeon Defenders: Awakened
Dungeon Defenders: Awakened is co-op Tower Defense combined with epic Action RPG combat. You’re able to join forces with up to four players to take on a never-ending army of orcs, demons, and dragons! Are your defenses strong enough to save the world of Etheria?
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“If you are looking for DD1 remastered this is not it. It's similar but also has its differences. It feels easier and loot/itemization is a lot easier. It feels more chill than DD1 on the higher difficulties but still with a slight challenge. The new maps and story is fun and…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“This game gets a deserved mixed reputation, but it is turning around. They have a community development team, and the core gameplay you expect from a Dungeon Defenders game is present. It is clear that there were some budget and development issues behind the scene…”
— a player, Steam review · 48 hrs played“the devs ignore bugs and issues and just continue to add content. want to play with your friend? go ahead. however there's a high chance you crash after the game and lose your current money unless your host. want to do a survival? ok have fun emptying your inventory afterwards.…”
— a player, Steam review · 110 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:52 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Hot-Fix 7/10/26
Greetings Defender, This update focuses on bug fixes. Thank you to everyone who continues to provide feedback and report issues. Your support helps us improve the game with every update. Event Updates
No Map of The Week Rotation This week
Greetings Defenders, We've decided not to rotate the Map of the Week this week. Instead, we're extending the current Glitterhelm Caverns rotation for one additional week to give players more time to f
Patch 6/30/26
Greetings Defenders, A new Map of the Week rotation has arrived! This week we're heading to Glitterhelm Caverns, featuring double Rune rewards, boosted challenge rewards, and another opportunity to ea
Patch 6/23/26
Greetings Defenders, Today’s update changes the Map of the Week. We wanted to give you guys another week to farm Lil Bombers. The emerald Barron will be a rare drop from the Promenade challenge next w
Hot Fix 6/19/26
Greetings Defenders, With today's hot-fix, The Keep and The Forsaken Temple drop double arcanist pieces in mix mode until our patch Tuesday. Happy Defending, The Community Development Team
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy |
| Player tags | Multiplayer · Online Co-Op · Singleplayer · Co-op · Tower Defense · Strategy · Action RPG · Character Customization · Tactical · Family Friendly · Survival · Funny (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 95 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 (64-bit Only) Processor: Intel Core i3-3210 or AMD FX-4350 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 or AMD Radeon HD 8760 DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 30 GB available space Additional Notes: Shader Model 5 GPU Required