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Artificial Extinction 2 A Tower Defense hybrid where survival depends on strategy and firepower. Build turrets, mine resources, and hold the line against relentless AI swarms. Switch instantly between commanding the battlefield in RTS view or fighting on the ground in FPS combat.
Public builds
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Counted once we have watched for 90 days (since 21 Oct 2026)
Distinct builds deployed to a game's public (default) Steam branch, as Steam's client network describes them.
Checked within minutes of each Steam change. Observed since 21 Oct 2026.
Source: Steam client network (PICS), App info, public branch. Full methodology
Latest public build
Build 25689685
Update posts
8 postsPosts announcing an update, tagged or not
Posts in a game's official Steam news feed that announce an update: tagged as patch notes by the developer, or plainly about a patch or a released update.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamNews/GetNewsForApp. Full methodology
Typical gap between builds
Not enough builds yetPublic Builds| Build | Went live | Patch notes |
|---|---|---|
| 25689685 | None posted |
From Steam’s client network, last checked . Builds before 21 Oct 2026, when we started watching, aren't listed. Patch notes are the developer’s update post from an hour before to a day after the build. Not every build gets one. How we count
Earlier Updates| Posted | Update |
|---|---|
| 13 Sept 2026 | Patch #7 – Slightly Unhinged, Heavily Armored Update |
| 21 Aug 2026 | The Mech Is Real. The Update Isn’t... Yet. Update |
| 7 Aug 2026 | Patch #6 – The "Slightly More Organized Chaos" Update Update |
| 17 Jul 2026 | Patch #5 - The "Less Panic, More Bullets" Update Update |
| 16 Jun 2026 | Patch #3 - The "My Therapist Suggested This" Update Update |
| App | Players now | Latest build |
|---|---|---|
| Artificial Extinction 2 Demo Playtest · App 3937140 | No count | 22754919 · |
Separate Steam apps for test, staging and playtest versions of Artificial Extinction 2. They have no store page, so they aren’t counted as games or releases. Builds come from Steam’s client network, players from the Steam Web API every few hours. Steam gives no count for an app nobody can launch. How we count
| 12 Jun 2026 |
| Patch #2 - The "Apparently Fun Is Important" Update Update |
| 11 Jun 2026 | Patch #1 - The "Okay, Fair Point" Update Update |
| 19 Dec 2025 | Auto-Upgrading Turrets Patch + Creator Shout-Out! Update |
| 25 Jul 2025 | Gearing Up for the Demo – A Behind-the-Scenes Update Update |
Steam keeps no record of past build numbers, so before 21 Oct 2026 a game’s update history comes from its own Steam news: posts tagged as patch notes, and untagged posts that plainly announce a patch or a released update. Older posts are still being read in, most played games first. How we count
