City Defense Z

City Defense Z

Steam Deck Verified

Good Mood Games · Roguelike · Aug 25, 2025

Worth it for the right player.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $6.99.

76%
Mostly Positive
320 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 25 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 8 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 320 player reviews · updated 2 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 158 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise25% are divided25% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
City Defense Z is a strategy-focused survival experience developed and published by Good Mood Games that blends city building, tower defense, and roguelite progression into a tightly structured loop built around pressure and preparation.
25 of 158 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
It has a superb soundtrack, great visuals and that "I will do one more run vibe".
8 of 158 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love2 themes
Gameplay25 reviews
Graphics8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty5 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes9 reviews
56%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 4 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $6.99 (−30%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

4 points recordedtoday · $6.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
76%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
72
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.