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Nomad Defender

Nomad Defender

You wake up in a gloomy room. Become the test subject of a shady software program that feeds on Tower Defense - Roguelike - Deckbuilder simulations.

Released Mar 10, 2025 Developer Dhelpra Games Platforms Windows StrategyCard GameRogue-likeTower DefenseReal Time Tactics
View on Steam ↗ $8.99 (US · as of 2026-05-15)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

86.3%positive51 reviews
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“I can tell you why this game has problems, and it's only because it invented them itself. -Bad and arbitrary fixed tower building positions that punish range -Almost no economy -Inability to retry waves without giving up completely -Bad pricing scheme for upgrades There would be…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

18achievements
17.0%median completion
12.2%rarest: \flawlessSuffering
59.7% of players 52.8% of players 29.6% of players 26.9% of players 26.7% of players 23.3% of players 21.1% of players 20.5% of players 19.0% of players 17.0% of players 16.6% of players 16.0% of players 15.5% of players 14.4% of players 14.1% of players 13.8% of players 12.8% of players 12.2% of players 59.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
59.7%\fullPotential — Upgrade a Building to the maximum level.
52.8%\siege — Have 8 or more Buildings placed at the same time.
29.6%\constellation — Stack 60 or more Orbiting Projectiles during a TD battle.
Rarest badges of honor
12.2%\flawlessSuffering — Graduate in "God Gaming" after completing a simulation with full Perfect Defense, on Hard difficulty.
12.8%\collector — Discover all Projectiles and Abilities.
13.8%\stonks — Have a Card with negative Play Cost.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

May 27, 2026
Nomad Defender is now FREE

Hello everyone, we are very excited to share that Nomad Defender is now free! Sadly, the game did not perform as well as we hoped. We are aware of the issues the game has, but unfortunately, we are no

Mar 20, 2025
Patch Notes #2

Hi everyone! First of all, a huge thank you to everyone playing and enjoying Nomad Defender! Your support and feedback mean the world to us. Today, we’re releasing a new update focused on bug fixes an

Mar 12, 2025
Day 1 Patch

Hi everyone! Yeah, we know—technically, it’s a Day 2 Patch… but if we count launch day as Day 0, then today is Day 1, and if there’s a patch on Day 1, well… it’s a Day 1 Patch :) After release, we’ve

Feb 24, 2025
🎮 Steam Next Fest has started! 🎮

Hey everyone! We’re back, and this time we’re celebrating Steam Next Fest! 🎉 With so many new players discovering Nomad Defender, we wanted to give you a quick rundown of what you’ll find in the demo.

Feb 20, 2025
🚨 Demo Update! 🚨

Hello everyone! It's been a while since our last update, but we've been work hard improving Nomad Defender! Today, we’re excited to share new content and major improvements in the demo – now available

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresStrategy, Free To Play
Player tagsStrategy · Card Game · Rogue-like · Tower Defense · Real Time Tactics · Rogue-lite · 3D · Isometric · Dark · Futuristic · Post-apocalyptic · Robots (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
Achievements18
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Dual Core 2 GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX9 compatible with at least 500MB of memory DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 250 MB available space