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X-Morph: Defense

X-Morph: Defense

Unique fusion of a top-down shooter and tower defense strategy. You are the invader! Use destructive weapons or lead your enemies into a maze of towers. Strategize in the build mode by carefully selecting various types of alien towers or throw yourself right into the heat of the battle.

Released Aug 30, 2017 Developer EXOR Studios Platforms Windows Tower DefenseStrategyActionIndieCo-op
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

91.7%positive3,823 reviews
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“X-Morph: Defense - 100% Completion Review Score: 8/10 X-Morph: Defense is a Tower Builder, Bullet Hell and Isometric Shooter all in one, you play as a X-Morph a alien who's sole mission is to the defend the core, a machine designed to rip Earths resources away and destroy the…”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“fun tower defense game, you play as aliens vs humanity, reminds me of halo wars 2 in a way”

— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs played
Not recommended · 7 found this helpful

“I like the game but multiple times I have had the game bug out. Currently I am doing the story mode and only at the 3rd country and wave 4 keeps bugging to wear it won't spawn the last enemies which is preventing me from completing the wave and moving on. I'd like to play the…”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:27 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

33playing at last check
3224-hour peak
2,057all-time peak
0 100 200 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 132 avg · Nov 2024

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.

40achievements
7.9%median completion
1.6%rarest: Alien invaders
70.3% of players 53.9% of players 51.5% of players 30.6% of players 28.8% of players 28.5% of players 25.1% of players 24.2% of players 22.5% of players 20.9% of players 18.4% of players 16.2% of players 15.8% of players 15.5% of players 12.4% of players 11.7% of players 10.8% of players 10.5% of players 10.1% of players 8.9% of players 7.9% of players 7.2% of players 5.9% of players 5.4% of players 5.2% of players 4.2% of players 4.1% of players 3.8% of players 3.5% of players 3.4% of players 3.0% of players 2.9% of players 2.7% of players 2.5% of players 2.4% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 1.9% of players 1.9% of players 1.6% of players 70.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
70.3%I hate spiders — Destroy the boss in the South Africa mission.
53.9%Can't touch this — Finish a mission without dying even once.
51.5%Something unnecessary — Finish one optional mission.
Rarest badges of honor
1.6%Alien invaders — Finish the co-op campaign.
1.9%This airspace belongs to us now — Destroy 12000 enemy air units in the co-op campaign.
1.9%BOOM! — Destroy 6000 objects in the co-op campaign.

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.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$19.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US19.99 USD
EU19.99 EUR
UK16.75 GBP
Australia29.50 AUD
Canada25.99 CAD
Japan2,300 JPY
Brazil59.99 BRL
China68.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$10 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$23

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

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

Sep 26, 2023
80% off for Steam Shmup Fest!

Hello! We are very happy to let you know that X-Morph: Defense is now available at 80% off as a part of the Steam Shmup Fest! https://store.steampowered.com/app/408410/XMorph_Defense/ X-Morph: Defense

May 12, 2022
We are teaming up with Uragun!

Hello Everyone! A couple of weeks ago, while attending PAX East, we had the immense pleasure of meeting a lot of our fans and other developers. It was a wonderful experience - to be back at a conventi

Mar 01, 2022
Get X-Morph: Defense at 80% off!

Hello everyone, We're happy to announce that you can now get X-Morph: Defense at 80% off in the Remote Play Together Sale. The sale features many great titles that you can play in co-op with your frie

Feb 24, 2022
Maintenance update - Steam Deck Support and IME input fix

Hello, We've just published a small maintenance update that improves Steam Deck support and fixes game input problems for players using some IME input programs.

Sep 08, 2021
The Riftbreaker is launching on October 14th!

Hello everyone! We are beyond excited to tell you that The Riftbreaker will be released on the 14th of October 2021! The game will be available for a base price of $29.99 and localized into ten langua

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Indie, Strategy
Player tagsTower Defense · Strategy · Action · Indie · Co-op · Local Co-Op · Sci-fi · Twin Stick Shooter · Aliens · Shooter · Top-Down Shooter · Destruction (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Hungarian *
ControllerFull support
Achievements40
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.xmorphdefense.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 64bit Service Pack 1 Processor: Processor: i3 2.6Ghz or AMD equivalent Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 460 or AMD equivalent DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 4 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card