How many people are playing Defense Grid: The Awakening right now?

21 people are playing Defense Grid: The Awakening on Steam right now, making it the 4585th most played game on Steam. In the last 24 hours it peaked at 73 players. The number updates every few minutes.

What is Defense Grid: The Awakening's all-time peak player count?

Defense Grid: The Awakening's highest concurrent player count on Steam is 7,534, reached in April 2011.

Is Defense Grid: The Awakening good? What do Steam reviews say?

96% of 4,544 Steam user reviews are positive (Overwhelmingly Positive).

How much does Defense Grid: The Awakening cost on Steam?

Defense Grid: The Awakening costs $9.99 on Steam (US).

Does Defense Grid: The Awakening work on Steam Deck?

Defense Grid: The Awakening is Playable on Steam Deck (with small issues), according to Valve's Steam Deck compatibility check.

Defense Grid: The Awakening

by Hidden Path Entertainment · Released Dec 8, 2008

Steam Deck PlayableLinux & Deck: Gold

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Players now

#4,585

▼ 12.5%vs 24h ago · updates every minute

Review score

96% positive

Overwhelmingly Positive4,544 reviews

Owners (est.)500K–1M

24h peak

Highest seen7,534

Apr 201115.6 years ago

Price on Steam

$9.99

Lowest ever $9.99 Oct 2026

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Players -12.5% in the last 24 hoursUpdated 11:50 UTC · tracking since 2012-07-01

Concurrent players

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Where to buy

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Prices update every 6 hours

$9.99

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Editions and bundles on Steam

Defense Grid: The AwakeningEdition
$9.99
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Defense Grid: Containment BundleEdition
$19.99
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Reviews

96% positive of 4,544 · Overwhelmingly Positive · Live from Steam

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Steam Deck

Works, but may need extra effort. Results from Valve's own testing.

Steam Deck Playable

!Controller glyphs do not match deck device
✓Default controller config fully functional
✓Interface text is legible
✓Default configuration is performant
iExternal controllers not supported primary player

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Patches & builds

Every build released on Steam for this game since we started tracking it, with the developer's patch notes. Updated within minutes of each new build.

Nov 1, 2026, 6:12 AM UTC
Build 41074the current build when we started tracking1.5 GB on Windows

Patch notes

Jan 17, 2017
Defense Grid: The Board Game
Want to save the cores on your tabletop? Now's your chance! http://kck.st/2j2D55s
Jan 17, 2017
Defense Grid: The Board Game
Want to save the cores on your tabletop? Now's your chance! http://kck.st/2j2D55s
Aug 3, 2016
Defense Grid: The Board Game Stream starting Soon!
https://www.twitch.tv/gene_defect Come hang out with the developers of the board game and of the Defense Grid series!
Aug 3, 2016
Defense Grid: The Board Game Stream starting Soon!
https://www.twitch.tv/gene_defect Come hang out with the developers of the board game and of the Defense Grid series!
Mar 26, 2015
Celebrating Classic Scoring With a Sale
Hidden Path Entertainment released an update to Defense Grid 2 that adds the ability to play with classic scoring. To celebrate this addition Defense Grid: The Awakening and DLC will be on sale starting today, March 26, for 10 days. Now is the ideal time to pe…
Mar 26, 2015
Celebrating Classic Scoring With a Sale
Hidden Path Entertainment released an update to Defense Grid 2 that adds the ability to play with classic scoring. To celebrate this addition Defense Grid: The Awakening and DLC will be on sale starting today, March 26, for 10 days. Now is the ideal time to pe…

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History

What changed on Steam for this game since we started following it: prices and sales, builds, name, release date and review score.

Review score: 96% on 2026-11-01 → 96% today (4,544 reviews)

Oct 31, 2026Price$9.99

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DLC

6 items on Steam, newest first.

Defense Grid: Containment DLC
$4.9985% positive
Defense Grid: The Awakening - You Monster DLC
$4.9993% positive
Defense Grid: Resurgence Map Pack 4
$0.9985% positive
Defense Grid: Resurgence Map Pack 3
$0.9976% positive
Defense Grid: Resurgence Map Pack 2
$0.9984% positive
Defense Grid: Resurgence Map Pack 1
$0.9983% positive

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Trading cards

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Demo

Free on Steam. The demo has its own app, so its players are counted separately.

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