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Steam app 3772810 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 19:13 UTC

Desktop Defender

An idle auto-battler that sits in the corner of your screen while you do other things.

Desktop Defender Steam header artwork
Conradical GamesPoysky Productions, Level Up Gaming
157playing now
17624-hour peak
2,673all-time peak
156average, last 30 days

The last 30 days

+21.5Gain+15.98%% gain290Peak

717 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.

07815723531313 Aug18 Aug23 Aug28 Aug02 Sep07 Sep12 SepThursday 13 August 2026137 peakFriday 14 August 2026145 peakSaturday 15 August 2026157 peakSunday 16 August 2026150 peakMonday 17 August 2026152 peakTuesday 18 August 2026166 peakWednesday 19 August 2026159 peakThursday 20 August 2026143 peakFriday 21 August 2026145 peakSaturday 22 August 2026151 peakSunday 23 August 2026142 peakMonday 24 August 2026162 peakTuesday 25 August 2026167 peakWednesday 26 August 2026170 peakThursday 27 August 2026170 peakFriday 28 August 2026165 peakSaturday 29 August 2026202 peakSunday 30 August 2026253 peakMonday 31 August 2026243 peakTuesday 01 September 2026290 peakWednesday 02 September 2026285 peakThursday 03 September 2026262 peakFriday 04 September 2026264 peakSaturday 05 September 2026239 peakSunday 06 September 2026246 peakMonday 07 September 2026232 peakTuesday 08 September 2026210 peakWednesday 09 September 2026211 peakThursday 10 September 2026175 peakFriday 11 September 2026176 peakSaturday 12 September 2026157 peak
Daily peakEvery hourly sample

All time

11 months, November 2025 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.

07221k2k3kNov 2025Dec 2025Jan 2026Feb 2026Mar 2026Apr 2026May 2026Jun 2026Jul 2026Aug 2026Sep 2026November 20252,673 monthly peakDecember 2025569 monthly peakJanuary 2026474 monthly peakFebruary 2026354 monthly peakMarch 20261,112 monthly peakApril 2026295 monthly peakMay 2026145 monthly peakJune 2026201 monthly peakJuly 2026179 monthly peakAugust 2026253 monthly peakSeptember 2026290 monthly peak
Monthly peak

The last four months

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The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.

078157235313July 2026August 2026September 2026October 2026July 2026179 peak — daily detail belowAugust 2026253 peak — hourly detail belowSeptember 2026290 peak — hourly detail below
Monthly peakHas finer data

July 2026

31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.

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August 2026

31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 437 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.

06813720527301 Aug06 Aug11 Aug16 Aug21 Aug26 Aug31 AugSaturday 01 August 2026170 peakSunday 02 August 2026187 peakMonday 03 August 2026193 peakTuesday 04 August 2026169 peakWednesday 05 August 2026178 peakThursday 06 August 2026154 peakFriday 07 August 2026170 peakSaturday 08 August 2026147 peakSunday 09 August 2026165 peakMonday 10 August 2026161 peakTuesday 11 August 2026153 peakWednesday 12 August 2026163 peakThursday 13 August 2026157 peakFriday 14 August 2026145 peakSaturday 15 August 2026157 peakSunday 16 August 2026150 peakMonday 17 August 2026152 peakTuesday 18 August 2026166 peakWednesday 19 August 2026159 peakThursday 20 August 2026143 peakFriday 21 August 2026145 peakSaturday 22 August 2026151 peakSunday 23 August 2026142 peakMonday 24 August 2026162 peakTuesday 25 August 2026167 peakWednesday 26 August 2026170 peakThursday 27 August 2026170 peakFriday 28 August 2026165 peakSaturday 29 August 2026202 peakSunday 30 August 2026253 peakMonday 31 August 2026243 peak

September 2026

12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 280 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.

07815723531301 Sep03 Sep05 Sep07 Sep09 Sep11 SepTuesday 01 September 2026290 peakWednesday 02 September 2026285 peakThursday 03 September 2026262 peakFriday 04 September 2026264 peakSaturday 05 September 2026239 peakSunday 06 September 2026246 peakMonday 07 September 2026232 peakTuesday 08 September 2026210 peakWednesday 09 September 2026211 peakThursday 10 September 2026175 peakFriday 11 September 2026176 peakSaturday 12 September 2026157 peak

October 2026

Desktop Defender was released on 4 Nov, 2025.

Not out yet.There is nothing to draw for this month.
Nothing here is interpolated or estimated; where a sample is missing the line is broken.

Game information

Updated 12 Sep 2026, 19:13 UTC
App ID
3772810
Last updated
08 Jun 2026 build 23387280
Developer
Conradical Games
Publisher
Poysky Productions, Level Up Gaming
Release date
4 Nov, 2025
Platforms
Windows
Download size
118 MB
Install size
179 MB
Genres
Casual, Indie
Game modes
Single-player
Controller support
Unknown
Achievements
80

Features & support

Steam features

Steam AchievementsMouse Only OptionTouch Only OptionSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Controllers & input

Accessibility

Color AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsSave Anytime

Popular tags

Desktop CompanionIdlerIncrementalAuto BattlerTower DefenseCasualPixel GraphicsTop-Down2DFuturisticIndieHackingPvERogueliteSouls-likeSingleplayerPsychological HorrorRelaxingUtilitiesRoguelike
About this gameFull description 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. Level up and unlock Gain XP, level up, and earn rewards such as permanent upgrades, powerful loot, or new weapons. Hunt for loot Enemies drop rare gear with huge bonuses. Equip the best and create broken builds. Ascend and grow stronger Reset your run to earn Ascendium, unlocking cross-ascension upgrades that boost your progress. Always on, never in the way Runs in a small corner of your screen so you can work, browse, or game while defending. Customize your play Adjust size and position to fit your setup. Stay passive or play actively. It's up to you!
Content & age ratings2 regional ratings

Regional ratings

DEJUS6Violência fantasiosa
IGRS13Kekerasan
System requirementsMinimum and recommended hardware

Minimum

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: AMD FX-4350 / Intel® Core™ i3-3210 Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: AMD Radeon™ R7 260X (2GB VRAM) / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750(2GB VRAM) Storage: 200 MB available space Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card

Recommended

Supported languages19 languages
LanguageFull audio
English
French
Italian
German
Spanish - Spain
Japanese
Korean
Portuguese - Brazil
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Arabic
Czech
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese - Portugal
Russian
Spanish - Latin America
Turkish
Ukrainian

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AchievementsTotal count and selected achievements

80 achievements in total.

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46 developer announcements, Aug 2025 to Aug 2026 · times in UTC

August

  1. Our Next Corner Idle Game, Out Now!

    Hi everyone!If you've been following our studio, you'll know that we've been working on Desktop Detective. Well... I'm so happy to announce that Desktop Detective is OUT NOW!!! Below are some details:$4.99 USD with a 15% launch…

    Conradical Games

July

  1. Our Next Game Releases on August 19th!

    Hi everyone!If you've been following our projects other than Desktop Defender you might be aware that we're working on a followup to it called Desktop Detective!Well... I'm super excited to announce that Desktop Detective will be releasing…

    Conradical Games

June

  1. Desktop Defender's Next Update + Mac Support!

    Hi everyone!About 2 weeks ago we released the huge Forge Update, and I'm happy to announce that we're working on the next one... The Harmony Update!This update will serve mainly to add extra bells & whistles to the game, some of these…

    Conradical Games
  2. Demo For Our Next Corner Idle Game, OUT NOW!

    Hi everyone!A few days we released the Forge Update, and I'm happy to announce that we've got even more coming out on this stacked week! Namely... The free demo for our next corner idle game is OUT NOW!It's called Desktop Detective, and we…

    Conradical Games
  3. The Much-Awaited Forge Update is OUT NOW!

    Hi everyone!I'm happy to announce that Desktop Defender's biggest update yet has JUST RELEASED! The Forge Update has a crazy amount of stuff, and this post will go over all of it!Also, we JUST released a brand new bullet heaven called…

    Conradical Games
  4. Forge Update Releasing TOMORROW For Everyone!

    Hi everyone!2 weeks ago we pushed the much-awaited Forge update to the beta branch, and I'm happy to announce that it will be released to everyone TOMORROW!It will go live at 19:00 CEST / 10:00 PDT, so I hope you all enjoy it! If you want…

    Conradical Games

May

  1. Forge Update OUT NOW In Beta Branch!

    Hi everyone!I'm happy to announce that the long-awaited Forge Update is out now in the Beta branch! It'll likely stay there for a week or two for testing (as it's a big one), and then make it's way to the normal branch.To access the beta…

    Conradical Games

April

  1. New Game Announce + Update Release Timing!

    Hi everyone!Last time I posted a month ago it was to release Desktop Defender's latest update, now I'm happy to announce our next game - Desktop Detective! (Join the Discord) It's a corner idle game just like Desktop Defender, but you play…

    Conradical Games

March

  1. Balance Hotfix

    Hi everyone!Yesterday we released the Rebalanced update and it looks like you're all really enjoying it! If you haven't read the update covering what it contains, read it below.We've adjusted some small things to make the balance even…

    Patch notes
  2. Rebalanced Update OUT NOW FOR EVERYONE!

    Hi everyone!Yesterday I made a post explaining how the first part of the upcoming Forge Update was on the beta branch... Well, originally that update was only going to make its way to the main branch in April together with the full content…

    Conradical Games
  3. New Update OUT NOW On The Beta Branch!

    Hi everyone!If you've read our previous post, you'll know that we're hard at work on the Forge Update. If you haven't already, you can read it below!Well, I'm happy to announce that the first part of the Forge Update is out on the Beta…

    Conradical Games
  4. Announcing The Next Big Update!

    Hi everyone!It's only been 3 days since the Critical Update launched, but I'm happy to announce the new one already? It's called the Forge Update!But before I start explaining the update, I wanted to let you know that Card Corner, our new…

    Conradical Games
  5. Critical Update OUT NOW! + Daily Deal + New Game OUT NOW!

    Hi everyone!I'm so happy to announce that Desktop Defender's Critical Update is OUT NOW!It has so much stuff and has improved the game in so many ways, I can't wait for you all to try it!On top of that, Desktop Defender is currently 30% off…

    Conradical Games
  6. Critical Update RELEASES in 4 days!

    Hi everyone!I'm super happy to announce that Desktop Defender's Critical Update releases in 4 days on March 9th! I wanted to give you all a little sneak peak about what the update contains, so that's what this post is for!Before I start…

    Conradical Games

February

  1. Next Fest Is LIVE! Next Update Release Date + New Game Demo!

    Hi everyone!About a week ago we announced our next idle corner game, Card Corner, and I'm happy to announce that its free Steam demo is a part of Next Fest!If you wanna give it a try, click on the link below and give it a wishlist!I also…

    Conradical Games
  2. Skin Update Is Out Now + NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT!

    Hi everyone!Today's post is a big one, because not only are we releasing the Skin Update, but also announcing A WHOLE NEW GAME, Card Corner! (P.S. The free demo is out right now!)The Skin Update is out right now, and if you want to read…

    Conradical Games
  3. Skin Update Releasing 16 Feb! + Achievement Questions!

    Hi everyone!In our last post we announced both the Critical Update, as well as the Skin Update, and I let you know that we'd be announcing the release date for the latter very soon... Well, I'm happy to announce that the Skin Update is…

    Conradical Games
  4. Announcing 2 New Desktop Defender Updates!

    Hi everyone!It's been a bit over 2 weeks since the big Rebirth Update, and I'm excited to announce that we have 2 new updates coming VERY SOON to Desktop Defender!But before I start explaining the updates, if you're enjoying the game, I…

    Conradical Games

January

  1. On Desktop Defender's Next Update!

    Hi everyone!It's now been a few days since Desktop Defender's first big content update, the Rebirth Update. Now that that's released, we're preparing for the next one!I've made a form to help with this, and I would really appreciate it if…

    Conradical Games
  2. Rebirth Update, OUT NOW FOR EVERYONE!

    Hi everyone!3 days ago I let you all know that the Rebirth Update went into testing in the beta branch... And I'm happy to announce that it is now AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE! The game is also on a 20% discount, so if you haven't gotten the game…

    Conradical Games
  3. Rebirth Update, AVAILABLE NOW IN BETA BRANCH!

    Hi everyone!It's been a while since the last update, but I'm happy to announce that the Rebirth update we announced about a month ago is OUT NOW in the beta branch!What that means is that while it's not available by default in the game, you…

    Conradical Games

December

  1. The Rebirth Update is ALMOST HERE!

    Hi everyone!It's been about 2 weeks since my last post here, and weirdly enough it feels like much longer than that! Maybe it's because I spent 2 weeks doing daily updates...Either way, I'm happy to announce that in the next few days, the…

    Conradical Games

November

  1. Nominate Desktop Defender For The Steam Awards!

    Hi everyone!It's been a week since the last update, and I've been hard at work at finishing up the big Rebirth content update that will be coming out in December!However, I wanted to write this update because Steam just opened their Steam…

    Conradical Games
  2. Daily Patch #14 - 2 Weeks of Daily Patches!!!

    Hi everyone!Today is the 14th day of daily patches, and it's going to be the last one that I do on a daily cadence! Of course, there are still many patches left in Desktop Defender's life, but in order to focus all of my attention on the…

    Conradical Games
  3. Daily Patch #13 - Performance Improvements, Bug Fixes, and More!

    Hi everyone!It's day 13 of daily patches, and this one's focused on quality of life, performance improvements, and bug fixes!Tomorrow will mark day 14 of daily updates, and I'm going to stop doing these after tomorrow so that I can properly…

    Conradical Games
  4. Daily Patch #12 - Floor Loot Adjustments, "Ctrl" To Half Buy, and More!

    Hi everyone!It's day 12 of daily patches, and this one's focused on adjusting some loot-related things, as well as some light bug fixes and quality of life changes.I will probably end the daily updates at the 14 day mark, since my focus…

    Conradical Games
  5. Daily Patch #11 - Percent Damage Rework, Rebalancing, and More!

    Hi everyone!It's the 11th day of daily patches, and this one's mostly focused on rebalancing different things so that a wider array of options are more viable! Mainly, percentage damage loot.I also wanted to mention that yesterday's post…

    Conradical Games
  6. Daily Update #10 + NEXT BIG CONTENT PATCH!

    Hi everyone!It's day 10 of daily patches, and this one's a nice QOL-focused one! However, there's some other stuff I want to talk to you all about...I'm planning on releasing Desktop Defender's first big content update in December, focused…

    Conradical Games
  7. 9TH DAILY PATCH! - Auto Scrolling Claimable Level, Better Save Backups, and More

    Hi everyone! It's day 9 of daily patches, and today's one is makes great strides in even further improving the game's robustness and quality of life!Also, if you're enjoying the game, I would REALLY appreciate it if you reviewed it. It's…

    Conradical Games
  8. Daily Update #8 - Loot Persistence, Explosion Weapon Adjustments, and More!

    Hi everyone!It's now been 8 days since I started daily updates, not sure how long it'll last but I'm definitely continuing to do it while there's enough stuff to fit into them! Today's patch is a pretty good one, more incremental but still…

    Conradical Games
  9. HUGE UPDATE! Loot Selling, Window Transparency, and 1 Week Since Launch!

    Hi everyone!It's been 1 week since Desktop Defender launched, and it's going crazier than I ever expected. Since last week we:Hit "Overwhelmingly Positive" on Steam Reached 2,694 concurrent players Became the top 5 most played new games…

    Conradical Games
  10. MORE FIXES! + The Future Of Desktop Defender

    Hi everyone!I'm continuing the streak of daily updates, and on this day 6 I have yet another one! This one is slightly smaller, and that's because I've started to do some work on the game's broader balance. This means making HP loot more…

    Conradical Games
  11. Boss Health, Hotkeys, and Fix For Conflict With FPS Games!

    Hi everyone!I just pushed a new update that touches lots of aspects of the game! This one's a pretty big one, it adds health bars to the bosses, allows you to zoom around the menus with hotkeys, and also (hopefully) fixes a bug that caused…

    Conradical Games
  12. Lategame Weapon Improvements, Save Corruption Fix, and More!

    Hi everyone!Today we have another huge update! It has multiple performance improvements for players who've already entered the lategame, but there's also a big fix for the save corruption that some few users have been experiencing. It's the…

    Conradical Games
  13. HUGE Performance Improvement + More!

    Hi everyone!I'm happy to announce that we have a HUGE update today! It has a bunch of things, but the main thing is that it majorly improves performance.Namely, for laptop players that haven't reached the endgame yet, some players on the…

    Conradical Games
  14. Today's SECOND Update! - Mass Buy Upgrades, Burst Mode Explanation, and More!

    Hi everyone!I know I already posted a patch note post today... BUT HERE'S ANOTHER ONE!If you're enjoying the game, I would REALLY appreciate it if you reviewed it. It's the best thing you can do to boost the game's visibility on Steam!Added…

    Conradical Games
  15. NEW UPDATE - Menu Pausing OFF Is In!

    Hi everyone!I've been continuing to patch the game a ton, and there's a new update out right now!If you're enjoying the game, I would REALLY appreciate it if you reviewed it. It's the best thing you can do to boost the game's visibility on…

    Conradical Games
  16. HUGE DAY 2 PATCH!

    Hi everyone!I've been patching the game like crazy since yesterday and putting the patch notes on the Discord server, but I wanted to put them all here for those of you who have not joined it! If you're enjoying the game, I would REALLY…

    Conradical Games
  17. Desktop Defender 1.01

    Hi everyone! Just did a little hotfix, below are the changes:Fixed a bug that made it such that screenshake still happened while in menusFixed bug that made it such that loot you had at over the 9th slot didn't function properlyFixed a bug…

    Patch notes
  18. DESKTOP DEFENDER IS OUT NOW!

    EVERYONE!DESKTOP DEFENDER IS OUT RIGHT NOW!Thank you all so much for all the support pre-launch! Desktop Defender is available for $4.99 or equivalent with a 15% launch discount for the next 7 days! Get it in the link below.I'm so excited…

    Conradical Games
  19. Desktop Defender Launches in 24 hours!

    Hi everyone!3 weeks ago I launched Desktop Defender's demo, and I cannot thank you all enough for how huge this has all been.We went from 3 concurrent players to 1,548Reached the top 3 most played demos on SteamGot a special feature from…

    Conradical Games

October

  1. ALMOST AT 1000 CONCURRENT PLAYERS!

    Hi everyone!Since the demo launched on Monday, EVERYTHING has been insane. On our official Discord, I announced how if we hit over 400 concurrent players, that I'd increase the amount of levels in the demo even more... Well... Look for…

    Conradical Games
  2. WE ADDED EVEN MORE CONTENT TO THE DEMO!

    Hi everyone!These past 2 days have been absolutely wild! On our official Discord, I announced how if we hit over 100 concurrent players, that I'd add 10 extra levels... Well we hit that super fast, and I set another goal of 200 players...…

    Conradical Games
  3. I JUST DOUBLED THE DEMO CONTENT + How to add even more!

    Hi everyone!I'm happy to announce that I have just DOUBLED the demo's content! On our official Discord I announced how if we hit over 100 concurrent players, that I'd add 10 extra levels to the already existing 10 levels in the game.Well...…

    Conradical Games
  4. Join The Official Discord Server!

    Hi everyone!I'm so floored with the positive reception of Desktop Defender's Next Fest demo! Thank you all so much for playing it, and I'm so happy to hear that you've been enjoying it :)I'm writing this post to announce that we have an…

    Conradical Games

August

  1. Desktop Defender's Closed Beta Application is Open!

    Hi everyone!I'm happy to announce that we'll be conducting a closed Beta for Desktop Defender, and the application to join it is open now! Follow this link, fill out the form, and we'll get back to you as soon as possible with details on…

    Conradical Games

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