An idle auto-battler that sits in the corner of your screen while you do other things.
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120
24h peak
181
All-time peak
181
SteamScope Score
46.0
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About
Store description and overview from Steam.
Defend your desktop in this idle auto-battler that sits quietly in the corner of your screen.
Fend off endless waves of enemies, upgrade your lone tower, and grow stronger across ascensions while you go about your day.
Gain XP, level up, and earn rewards such as permanent upgrades, powerful loot, or new weapons.
Enemies drop rare gear with huge bonuses. Equip the best and create broken builds.
Reset your run to earn Ascendium, unlocking cross-ascension upgrades that boost your progress.
Runs in a small corner of your screen so you can work, browse, or game while defending.
Adjust size and position to fit your setup. Stay passive or play actively. It's up to you!
Player intelligence
Current activity, peaks, and momentum windows calculated from tracked player metrics.
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Concurrent Steam players over time, aggregated per selected range from stored metrics.
Steam reviews
Community sentiment and review volume tracked from the Steam store.
Total reviews
1.3K
Positive
1.2K
Negative
80
Score
94%Very Positive
SteamScope Score
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SteamScope Score
Higher scores indicate stronger recent momentum, sustained activity, and healthier long-term player retention.
Player growth windows
24 hour
-10.4%
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Desktop Defender is tracked on SteamScope with live Steam concurrent player data, historical charts, and a SteamScope activity score of 46/100. Search for "Desktop Defender player count" or "Desktop Defender steam charts" to monitor how many people are playing right now and how activity compares with past peaks.
Desktop Defender is developed by Conradical Games, published by Poysky Productions, released 4 Nov 2025, a Casual, Indie title. Available on Windows.
Desktop Defender currently reports 120 concurrent Steam players with a 24-hour peak of 181 and an all-time peak of 181.
Player counts fell -10.4% over the past 24 hours, signalling a notable decline.
Among tracked Steam titles, Desktop Defender ranks #3372 of 4,432 by momentum score.
Desktop Defender has lost momentum recently. Retention sits at 66/100, suggesting fewer players relative to its all-time peak of 181.
Desktop Defender has 80 Steam achievements tracked on SteamScope.
The average global unlock rate across all achievements is 44%, giving a baseline for overall completion difficulty.
The most common achievement is "Wave 3" with a 97.3% unlock rate.
The rarest achievement is "Time VI" — only 16.4% of players have unlocked it (Hard).
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Steam Features
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Store Details
Steam achievements: 80
Support
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Desktop Defender 2025 © Conradical Sàrl
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Desktop Defender - 4,99€
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Desktop Defender is currently €4.99 on Steam. The lowest tracked store price is €3.74 (recorded Jul 27, 2026). The highest tracked store price is €4.99. SteamScope has 5 price snapshots in its tracked history.
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Desktop Defender has 94% Steam reviews across 1.3K user reviews. Steam labels this as "Very Positive". SteamScope stores 5 review history snapshots for trend analysis.
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Achievements
This game
44% avg unlock
40 peer games
19.8% median
Comparison
Easier than peers
Achievements
80 standard · Updated 4d ago
44%
average global unlock
Most Common
Wave 3
97.3% unlock rate
Rarest Achievement
Time VI
16.4% unlock rate
wave3
97.3%
global unlock
Reach wave 3
wave5
93.8%
global unlock
Reach wave 5
levels3
92.3%
global unlock
Reach level 3
levels5
86.6%
global unlock
Reach level 5
time1
83.5%
global unlock
Play for 1 hour
ascend1
83.3%
global unlock
Ascend once
money100k
78.2%
global unlock
Make a total of $100k
wave10
77.4%
global unlock
Reach wave 10
damage30
74.6%
global unlock
Deal more than 30 damage with 1 hit
upgrade20
71.7%
global unlock
Get an upgrade to level 20
levels10
70.5%
global unlock
Reach level 10
ascend3
67.2%
global unlock
Ascend 3 times
time5
66.3%
global unlock
Play for 5 hours
money1m
64.4%
global unlock
Make a total of $1M
wave15
60.7%
global unlock
Reach wave 15
weapons3
59.2%
global unlock
Purchase 3 weapons
upgrade40
58.4%
global unlock
Get an upgrade to level 40
damage100
58.3%
global unlock
Deal more than 100 damage with 1 hit
time10
57.5%
global unlock
Play for 10 hours
money10m
56.3%
global unlock
Make a total of $10M
ascend5
56.0%
global unlock
Ascend 5 times
levels20
54.7%
global unlock
Reach level 20
wave20
54.6%
global unlock
Reach wave 20
upgrade60
53.2%
global unlock
Get an upgrade to level 60
damage200
52.6%
global unlock
Deal more than 200 damage with 1 hit
upgrade80
50.2%
global unlock
Get an upgrade to level 80
damage300
49.9%
global unlock
Deal more than 300 damage with 1 hit
money100m
49.7%
global unlock
Make a total of $100M
RadiusMastery
49.6%
global unlock
Defeat 10,000 enemies with Radius
damage400
48.2%
global unlock
Deal more than 400 damage with 1 hit
upgrade100
47.7%
global unlock
Get an upgrade to level 100
BurstMastery
47.4%
global unlock
Defeat 10,000 enemies with Burst
time20
47.1%
global unlock
Play for 20 hours
damage500
46.9%
global unlock
Deal more than 500 damage with 1 hit
weapons5
46.2%
global unlock
Purchase 5 weapons
wave30
45.9%
global unlock
Reach wave 30
money1b
44.9%
global unlock
Make a total of $1B
damage1000
43.2%
global unlock
Deal more than 1000 damage with 1 hit
levels40
42.8%
global unlock
Reach level 40
BounceMastery
40.7%
global unlock
Defeat 10,000 enemies with Bounce
ascend10
40.1%
global unlock
Ascend 10 times
weapons8
39.7%
global unlock
Purchase 8 weapons
levels50
39.1%
global unlock
Reach level 50
wave40
38.7%
global unlock
Reach wave 40
weapons10
36.9%
global unlock
Purchase 10 weapons
wave50
35.5%
global unlock
Reach wave 50
BitMastery
34.6%
global unlock
Defeat 10,000 enemies with Bit
levels80
34.4%
global unlock
Reach level 80
wave60
33.5%
global unlock
Reach wave 60
levels100
33.4%
global unlock
Reach level 100
levels120
32.8%
global unlock
Reach level 120
levels150
32.3%
global unlock
Reach level 150
wave70
31.7%
global unlock
Reach wave 70
weapons15
31.4%
global unlock
Purchase 15 weapons
CogsMastery
31.3%
global unlock
Defeat 10,000 enemies with Cogs
ShurikenMastery
30.5%
global unlock
Defeat 10,000 enemies with Shuriken
weapons18
29.9%
global unlock
Purchase 18 weapons
time50
29.1%
global unlock
Play for 50 hours
weaponsAll
28.5%
global unlock
Purchase all weapons
FlamethrowerMastery
28.2%
global unlock
Defeat 10,000 enemies with Flamethrower
wave80
27.3%
global unlock
Reach wave 80
ArrowMastery
24.3%
global unlock
Defeat 10,000 enemies with Arrow
ShotgunMastery
23.9%
global unlock
Defeat 10,000 enemies with Shotgun
BallistaMastery
23.3%
global unlock
Defeat 10,000 enemies with Ballista
BlueHoleMastery
22.7%
global unlock
Defeat 10,000 enemies with Blue Hole
wave90
22.7%
global unlock
Reach wave 90
ascend20
22.5%
global unlock
Ascend 20 times
ExplosionMastery
22.4%
global unlock
Defeat 10,000 enemies with Explosion
Rebirth
22.2%
global unlock
Rebirth once
StarMastery
22.2%
global unlock
Defeat 10,000 enemies with Star
BallMastery
21.6%
global unlock
Defeat 10,000 enemies with Ball
ElectromagnetismMastery
21.4%
global unlock
Defeat 10,000 enemies with Electromagnetism
BoomerangMastery
21.0%
global unlock
Defeat 10,000 enemies with Boomerang
SniperMastery
20.4%
global unlock
Defeat 10,000 enemies with Sniper
OrbitMastery
20.2%
global unlock
Defeat 10,000 enemies with Orbit
wave100
17.8%
global unlock
Reach wave 100
MelodyMastery
17.2%
global unlock
Defeat 10,000 enemies with Melody
HeartMastery
16.9%
global unlock
Defeat 10,000 enemies with Heart
RevolverMastery
16.7%
global unlock
Defeat 10,000 enemies with Revolver
time100
16.4%
global unlock
Play for 100 hours
