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Indie · Hidden Path Entertainment

Defense Grid: The Awakening

Defense Grid: The Awakening
Steam Deck Playable Windows ESRB · Everyone 10+
Overwhelmingly Positive · 96% of 5,347
DeveloperHidden Path Entertainment
Metacritic 81 ↗
GenreIndie
ControllerFull
Wait Price verdict · US updated 23 hr. ago

The current price is 100% of the way from its all-time low to full price. Seasonal sales have priced it lower.

Why this verdict
Price position between all-time low and full price 100%
All-time low $3.99 · 22d ago
Player reviews 96% positive of 5,347
Metacritic 81
Quality score 92/100
Value score 0/100

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Historical lows
All-time low ATL $3.99 2026-06-27
3-month low $3.99
12-month low $3.99
Current $9.99
Sale cadence
Recorded sale starts 1
Since the latest sale started 21.9 days
Price events From the accepted price history
Jul 9, 2026
Sale ended · back to $9.99
Jun 27, 2026
New all-time low $3.99

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About this game

What this game is, in the developer's words

Defense Grid: The Awakening is a unique spin on tower defense gameplay that will appeal to players of all skill levels. A horde of enemies is invading, and it's up to the player to stop them by strategically building fortification towers around their base.

Defense Grid: The Awakening is a unique spin on tower defense gameplay that will appeal to players of all skill levels. A horde of enemies is invading, and it's up to the player to stop them by strategically building fortification towers around their base. Beautiful environments, spectacular effects, and a dynamic, engaging soundtrack bring the world to life. The controls are intuitive and the gameplay is deep — the special attacks and properties of each tower work together to provide many ways to succeed.
  • High Replayability There are approximately 8 hours of gameplay in the main storyline, and many hours of play in challenge modes that give players unique starting conditions and objectives. Each game level is very replayable, and can be solved in many different ways, with increasing rewards for improved efficiency.
  • Wide Variety of Enemies Over the course of the game, players battle 15 different enemy types that become increasingly stronger, and employ a variety of strategies in an attempt to bypass the player's defenses. As the levels progress, the enemies become tougher and more difficult to defeat.
  • 20 Unique Levels Defense Grid: The Awakening has 20 unique environments, each with a different placement of roads, tower build locations, and open areas to plan a strategy around.
  • Numerous Tower Options and Upgrades There are 10 different tower types with 3 levels of capability each. Each tower has unique trade offs that affect ideal placement, such as line-of-sight attack or ballistic trajectory fire. Some towers improve other nearby towers, and some are ideal at specific locations, such as a rear guard tower that unleashes a devastating attack.
  • Steam Achievements Successfully completing each level provides a bronze achievement award. Additional goals provide silver and gold awards for a particular level. A novice player may be able to survive the onslaught, but only an experienced player will be able to get all of the gold achievements.

Defense Grid: Resurgence Map Pack

New Maps, New Strategies, New Experiences, and New Achievements From the Creators of Defense Grid
Defense Grid: Resurgence is the first premium expansion for Defense Grid: The Awakening and is made up of 8 new highly polished and balanced maps from the original creators. Each week in June over four consecutive weeks a new pair of maps will be released providing new environments and strategic experiences and requiring new ways of thinking to beat back the aliens and protect your cores. Each map pack contains 2 maps each with a campaign mode and 4 additional modes associated with the design of that level. New Steam achievements and high-score leaderboards are associated with each map pack.
Defense Grid: Resurgence Map Pack 1
Service Interruption and Height of Confusion
  • Two new challenging Defense Grid environments are the first two released in the Resurgence DLC. An obstructed road to the core housing gives the aliens a significant advantage in Service Interruption. Choose your towers wisely! Height of Confusion has a wide open surface, making for endless possibilities! Build anywhere you want in your defense of the power cores!
Defense Grid: Resurgence Map Pack 2
Risk Exposure and Roundabout
  • Don’t miss out on the next two maps in the Resurgence series. Risk Exposure will allow you to discover your ability to defend two independent power core housings! Limited build spaces will test your skills as you divide your resources to discover optimal tower placement. On Roundabout, you will be faced with numerous possibilities for pathing and a variety of elevation changes. This one will have you going in circles to contain the alien menace!
Defense Grid: Resurgence Map Pack 3
Urban Planning and Tactical Diversion
  • It’s the third of four great map packs in the Resurgence series. Urban Planning is a dense environment with restrictive build spaces, forcing difficult decisions against continuously attacking hordes. In Tactical Diversion, survey the small, snow covered platform and consider numerous possibilities. But be prepared for the aerial assault!
Defense Grid: Resurgence Map Pack 4
Kill Zone and Overflow
  • The final installment of the Resurgence series includes two more environments sure to challenge your tactical planning. In Kill Zone, will you construct your defenses near the spiral road in, the spiral road out, or the open platform in the middle? Perhaps all three! But you’ll need to be on your toes to deter the invaders. Overflow has numerous connected platforms that will provide countless options to turn back the enemies. Will you be able to keep the cores safe?

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Defense Grid: The Awakening price history and current deals

Defense Grid: The Awakening for PC currently sells from $9.99 at authorized stores. Its all-time low is $3.99, set on 2026-06-27.

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How does the current Defense Grid: The Awakening price compare?
The price verdict is wait. The current price is 100% of the way from its all-time low to full price. Seasonal sales have priced it lower.
How does $9.99 compare with the Defense Grid: The Awakening price history?
$9.99 is 100% of the way from the all-time low of $3.99 to the full price. A lower price is recorded in the history.
Which stores list Defense Grid: The Awakening?
Defense Grid: The Awakening is tracked at steam. This section lists authorized stores and links to their store pages.
Scores
Metacritic 81
Steam reviews Overwhelmingly Positive · 96%
96% positive of 5,347
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Tech
Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSSupported
ControllerFull
Requirements
System requirements platform
Minimum
Minimum:
  • Supported OS: Windows XP, Vista
  • Processor: 1.8GHz CPU or higher
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM
  • Hard disk space: 1GB available space
  • DirectX version: DirectX 9.0c or higher, June 2008 version or later
  • Video: Video: DirectX 9 video card with shader 2 support such as the following:
    ATI Radeon 9600 or newer (9600-9800, X300-X1950, HD 2400-HD 4870)
    NVIDIA GeForce 6100 or newer (6100-6800, 7100-7950, 8300-8800, 9600-9800, or GTX 216-280)
Recommended
Recommended:
  • Supported OS: Windows XP, Vista
  • Processor: dual core 2.0GHz CPU or higher
  • Memory: 1GB RAM XP, 1.5GB RAM Vista
  • Hard disk space: 1GB available space
  • DirectX version: DirectX 9.0c or higher, June 2008 version or later
  • Video: DirectX 9 video card with shader 3 support and 256MB VRAM such as the following:
    ATI Radeon X700 or newer (X700-X1950, HD 2400-HD 4870)
    NVIDIA GeForce 7600 or newer (7600-7950, 8300-8800, 9600-9800, or GTX 216-280)
  • Controller: Optionally supports Microsoft Game Controller for Windows
Facts
DeveloperHidden Path Entertainment
PublisherHidden Path Entertainment
GenresIndie · Strategy
ModesSingle-player
Ratings
ESRBEveryone 10+
New Zealandpg
Australiapg
PEGI12+
USK12+
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