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Thronefall
A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
84 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Simple and fun, yet it makes you think; striking that crucial balance between economy and defense is not as easy as you'd think. What IS easy is stating that this game is an addicting delight. Indie devs continue to put…”
“It starts off simple in just about every way. The controls are a bit wonky and difficult for KB, but the Deck or a controller worked fairly well. As you progress, it gets more and more complicated. You get to choose 5…”
“This game is the distillation of an RTS and the rounds last just long enough that you get hit hard by the "Just one more" after you finish one. Juggling the unlocks for unit, hero, or building buffs is a lot of fun as…”
24 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“It starts off simple in just about every way. The controls are a bit wonky and difficult for KB, but the Deck or a controller worked fairly well. As you progress, it gets more and more complicated. You get to choose 5…”
“Thronefall really stands out with it's appealing, cutesy art direction and minimalist gameplay, almost to a fault. The Tower Defense / Hero Commander blend feels a little oversimplified and at times borderline binary…”
“Genuinely one of the best casual games I've played in a long time. Enough depth to do different playthroughs and fit different playstyles. Optimal time per mission, not too fast, not too slow. Can get challenging, but…”
24 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“A game so good Kingshot stole everything (at least in the ads, no idea how the real game is). My only gripes with the game that the UI could be better (no buttons to exit menus, only ESC key, I don't care this is not a…”
“Thronefall really stands out with it's appealing, cutesy art direction and minimalist gameplay, almost to a fault. The Tower Defense / Hero Commander blend feels a little oversimplified and at times borderline binary…”
“comfy defense game with creative visual and general game design extremely focused game direction with satisfying progression with relatively finite but very re-playable content very much worth the price, especially if…”
20 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Thronefall really stands out with it's appealing, cutesy art direction and minimalist gameplay, almost to a fault. The Tower Defense / Hero Commander blend feels a little oversimplified and at times borderline binary…”
“comfy defense game with creative visual and general game design extremely focused game direction with satisfying progression with relatively finite but very re-playable content very much worth the price, especially if…”
“Genuinely one of the best casual games I've played in a long time. Enough depth to do different playthroughs and fit different playstyles. Optimal time per mission, not too fast, not too slow. Can get challenging, but…”
10 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“comfy defense game with creative visual and general game design extremely focused game direction with satisfying progression with relatively finite but very re-playable content very much worth the price, especially if…”
“♥♥♥♥ KINGSHOT AND THE LAZY ♥♥♥♥♥ WHO STOLE IT. Not a single ounce of shame. THIS IS THE OG!!! a hundred times better than Kingshot, for only 9 dollars usd. With no mobile slop time gating”
“Bought on sale, finished campaign in about 9 hours Game has a set building system, where you build is predetermined, when is determined by the level of your keep The first campaign missions let you play around, but…”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“[h1]Could be better..[/h1] I initially thought before buying that this would be an interesting game, but it turned out not to be. [list] [*]The RPG element is missing here. [*]Also, the endless mode isn't offered from…”
“Yea, no idea why people like this. It's okish, but I've had more fun playing Kingdom Rush 15 years ago than this "modern" minimalist version. Bad UI, bad pacing, uninteresting mechanics, weird design decisions. Just…”
“Pre chosen spaces for building your structures , great idea I mean clearly a good king would put his houses and farms right where the enemy spawns with barely 1 or 2 turret to defend who cant do ♥♥♥♥ against a whole…”
5 of the 104 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“A game so good Kingshot stole everything (at least in the ads, no idea how the real game is). My only gripes with the game that the UI could be better (no buttons to exit menus, only ESC key, I don't care this is not a…”
“Yea, no idea why people like this. It's okish, but I've had more fun playing Kingdom Rush 15 years ago than this "modern" minimalist version. Bad UI, bad pacing, uninteresting mechanics, weird design decisions. Just…”
“Overall good game with a poor tutorial and some room to iprove on game feel. Strong aesthetic but maybe so minimalist that it lacks character. Tutorial delivered very quickly and somewhat ineligantly through text dumps…”
5 of the 104 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“It starts off simple in just about every way. The controls are a bit wonky and difficult for KB, but the Deck or a controller worked fairly well. As you progress, it gets more and more complicated. You get to choose 5…”
“Game might be fine, but i really dislike the part where you can't really decide where to build the buildings as everything are predetermined. Selecting the units and having to shift them to different lanes between waves…”
“Overall good game with a poor tutorial and some room to iprove on game feel. Strong aesthetic but maybe so minimalist that it lacks character. Tutorial delivered very quickly and somewhat ineligantly through text dumps…”
3 of the 104 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Great Steam Deck title, everything works really nicely. Beautiful art style, can be tough enough to make you want to explore different mechanics of playing each level. My only complaint is that I want more!”
“very nice tower defense game with minimalist presentation and engaging gameplay. with so many skills available I got a choice paralysis but at the same time it ensured that no run was be the same. however after a few…”
“Great twist on the tower defense genre. Played exclusively on Steam Deck and ran flawlessly. Very enjoyable, but a little short. Will return for updates and would likely buy DLCs (especially based/influenced by popular…”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 96.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“I'm not one for tower defense games usually. I got a mobile ad for Kingshot which actually looked fun (but definitely was NOT what the ad was.) After doing some investigating, I found a lot of people mentioning this game as the fun parts of that ad, and they're right. This is…”
— a player, Steam review · 120 hrs played“The game is very chill and relaxing. It has an interesting concept involving difficulty modifiers and buffs. They are used in different quests, which are the main game challenges, sometimes they're very difficult, forcing you to think and try different strategies to overcome…”
— a player, Steam review · 32 hrs played“Thronefall is called a "minimalist" tower defense game, but it has more strategic depth than games with 10x the content. You have only a few choices, you don't choose what to build or where to build it, you only choose when to build it and how to upgrade it. Your other choices…”
— a player, Steam review · 27 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 14:03 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
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Thronefall | Quality of Life Update | v2.13 Live Now
Hey Rulers, We recently posted about an upcoming QoL update for Thronefall and we are now pleased to let you know this is now live! A recap for folks who may have missed our last post. Advanced Settin
Incoming Thronefall Update
Hey Rulers, We hope all is well in your humble kingdom? As promised, we’re back with a monthly development update! This time, we bring good tidings of a new quality-of-life update in the works, as we
Thronefall | Dev Update
Hey Queens and Kings,Thanks so much for all of the feedback so far from our player survey - this has been super valuable in prioritising some key areas we are looking to fix/implement into the game. T
Thronefall Discord - Join now 🎉
Hey Queens and Kings, We are happy to announce that we have just kicked off the shiny new official Thronefall Discord channel 🎉You can join the Discord with the link below or QR code on the Thronefall
The Future of Thronefall
Today we are excited to announce that Mythwright has acquired the Thronefall IP. We have been Thronefall mega fans ever since the launch in August 2023, and it’s no secret that we’ve already clocked u
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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 | Action, Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | Tower Defense · Strategy · City Builder · Minimalist · Medieval · Action · Action RTS · Building · 3D · Base-Building · Colorful · Isometric (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Italian, Czech, Korean, Ukrainian |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 34 |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-9600 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX970 Storage: 1 GB available space Sound Card: Just whistle your favourite tune :)