Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin

Wait62%

Mixed · 329 player reviews · Low confidence

It depends on what you're after.

Level Up Labs, LLC · Strategy · Jan 30, 2025

Player review score
62%
Mixed
Price
$19.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
33
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
6
Full audio0 of 6
Subtitles6 of 6

Should I buy Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 102 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 97 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 44 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 33 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Combat: 18 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 329 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 273 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
42% of themes are praise33% are divided25% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
102 of 273 sampled reviews raised it
What is also nice is that you can freely move your skill points around as long as you're not in a level.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
97 of 273 sampled reviews raised it
What a great Tower Defense game with a cool and intriguing story!
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
44 of 273 sampled reviews raised it
The art style was great, and while art style is subjective I just don't vibe with this art style.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
29 of 273 sampled reviews raised it
The character design is on point and the world looks trippy af in the best way.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
11 of 273 sampled reviews raised it
The music was surprisingly okay, sometimes even nice, but the sound effects belong to the Atari console era.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay102 reviews
Story97 reviews
Graphics44 reviews
Characters29 reviews
Audio11 reviews
Divided opinion
Bugs
25% still recommend
Interface
100% still recommend
Steam Deck
50% still recommend
Accessibility
67% still recommend
Players complain
Difficulty
55% still recommend
Combat
50% still recommend
Crashes
43% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Stats
  • Steam Achievements

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$19.99

The lowest we've tracked is $17.23.

4 points recordedtoday · $19.99

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