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Refence

Refence

Refence is a roguelite based idle defense game, where you can choose heroes and their traits, upgrade your castle, and manage resources to fend off enemies from the Demon Realm who are trying to attack your castle.

Released Mar 4, 2025 Developer Muurou Tech Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Rogue-liteClickerIdlerTower DefenseRogue-like
View on Steam ↗ $5.99 (US · as of 2026-05-19)

What players say

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

77.8%positive144 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“This is basically a screen saver game. You have it on instead of a screen saver. Just having it repeat in the background otherwise because it really is an offline style game. I feel like the game could use a bit more development with more unique styles and more combinations and…”

— a player, Steam review · 518 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“The game gets pretty repetitive because you’re basically doing the same thing over and over again. There are limited characters and mechanics, and there isn’t much of a story to keep things interesting. After one or two playthroughs, progression becomes extremely difficult, to…”

— a player, Steam review · 85 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Was looking foward for this game, but it is actually incredibly short, if u played it for a few hour u actually played the entire game, there is a prestige system there, but honestly, it is all of the same, there are no new buildings, no new mechanics, no new heroes. A lot of…”

— a player, Steam review · 84 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2026-08 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

267all-time peak
0 100 200 2026 149 avg · Mar 2025

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.

43achievements
42.2%median completion
10.2%rarest: 420 Tasks Completed
97.7% of players 96.6% of players 96.0% of players 90.1% of players 87.8% of players 86.2% of players 83.9% of players 83.8% of players 77.1% of players 76.2% of players 72.7% of players 69.1% of players 66.7% of players 64.0% of players 58.5% of players 57.0% of players 56.0% of players 51.1% of players 49.2% of players 46.2% of players 44.8% of players 42.2% of players 41.9% of players 38.8% of players 37.4% of players 33.6% of players 30.4% of players 26.8% of players 23.1% of players 21.3% of players 20.9% of players 18.9% of players 18.4% of players 17.7% of players 17.2% of players 16.7% of players 16.2% of players 16.2% of players 15.5% of players 15.5% of players 14.0% of players 11.0% of players 10.2% of players 97.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
97.7%Gain First Scroll — Go summon your heroes!
96.6%Gain 1K Gold — Go spend your gold
96.0%Difficulty 2 — Unlock new difficulty
Rarest badges of honor
10.2%420 Tasks Completed — Tasks Completed
11.0%Gotcha — Hidden achievement
14.0%Despair — Hidden achievement

Latest official news

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

Apr 16, 2025
News: Timeline Update Out Now!

Your castle is under attack! Protect it from new bosses! If you cannot defeat the bosses, perhaps you should travel through timelines to try again. By traveling through different timelines, you can un

Mar 19, 2025
v1.0.1.8

* Makes it easier for heroes to level up after level 50 * Fix the building cap increase that is applied before the first ascension * Fix the auto restart that is applied before purchase * Add a faster

Mar 10, 2025
v1.0.1.5

Tweak of save export/import Improve the stability of saving Both swipe and click are working now Add auto paper to research tree A research to slowly gain rubies after reaching daily ruby cap A resear

Mar 05, 2025
Refence is finally released

It has been a long time since we released the demo, and "Refence" is finally here. Thank you all for your enthusiastic support and feedback! We hope you find the same joy in playing it! If you want to

Feb 25, 2025
Refence v1.0.0-RC2

* 添加了新的战场英雄杰斯特 * 英雄攻击范围始终最大化 * 设置了后期游戏的最大敌人数量 * 调整了英雄召唤几率，史诗和传奇英雄的召唤几率更高 * 一些随机的视觉调整 * 添加了一些随机内容 * 修复了一些小错误和拼写错误。

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

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

GenresCasual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsRogue-lite · Clicker · Idler · Tower Defense · Rogue-like · Strategy · 2D · Relaxing · Funny · Casual · Pixel Graphics · Medieval (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Simplified Chinese
Achievements43
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7+ Processor: 2 Ghz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 128MB, OpenGL 3+ Storage: 200 MB available space