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Nordhold
Enemies are coming! Every decision matters: build your city, grow the economy, and prepare for enemy waves. Strengthen your defenses, adapt your strategy, and unleash your hero’s full potential. This unique Tower Defense will test your skills – are you worthy to claim a place at Valhalla?
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Extremely well designed game, tons of replayability. I would caution the casual gamer on this one though. It’s casual in the sense that it’s a tower defense, but it is by far the most complex classic tower defense I’ve played, and I’ve played quite a few of them.”
— a player, Steam review · 137 hrs played“✅ Recommended I’m really glad I found this hidden gem on Steam. I’m not an expert in the tower defense genre, but I still remember playing Kingdom Rush as a kid, and Nordhold definitely brought back some of that feeling. What really pulled me in, though, is the mix of roguelite…”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played“This is an interesting game. But it has too many little quirks and lack-of-polish things for me to fully recommend it to everyone. [h3] TL:DR [/h3] - If you're experienced at TD's and like grinding out perfect build orders over multiple failed runs to eventally squeeze out a…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 14:12 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
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Patch 1.1.21 - Season 5 is Live!
Patch 1.1.21 Thanks to everyone who has been sharing feedback, it has been incredible to read! For this patch we are keeping things focused: less about big sweeping changes, more about polish and twea
Season 4 ends soon - Beta Patch live
Beta Patch 1.1.2 Season 4 wraps up in the next few days. The patch for Season 5 is already live on the Beta Branch for anyone who wants an early look at the new content and balance changes.How to join
Hotfix for 1.1.1
Fixxed Issue with Hydra Fusion Banner (Mortar x Runestone) where the Mortar Tower stopped shooting.Fixxed Issue with Elite Enemy Health in later WavesFixxed Issue where sometimes Enemies storming your
Version 1.1.1 is Live: Balancing Patch & QOL Update. Season 4 Start!
Major 1.1.1 PatchBalancing / New Relics & Specialisation / QOL & more New Season: Season 4 starts with todays Patch! Good luck on the leaderboards!New Meta Perk: Unlocked in the Lighthouse – now lets
Last Chance: Double Honor! + Patch 1.1.1 & Steam Awards
Dear Players, We have a packed update for you today regarding the current event, the upcoming patch, and the Steam Awards. Double Honor Event Ending & Permanent Buff! First up, this is your last call
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | Rogue-lite · Tower Defense · City Builder · Top-Down · Management · Strategy · 3D · Casual · Procedural Generation · Singleplayer · Medieval · PvE (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://stunforge.com/index.php/nordhold/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10, 11 (64 bit) Processor: 3.5 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 2 GB DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 4 GB available space