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Desktop Defender An idle auto-battler that sits in the corner of your screen while you do other things.
Players on Steam, last 48 hours| Poll | Players |
|---|---|
| 06:36 UTC | 48 |
| 02:35 UTC | 68 |
| 8 Nov, 22:34 UTC | 68 |
| 8 Nov, 18:33 UTC | 76 |
| 8 Nov, 14:32 UTC | 54 |
| 8 Nov, 10:31 UTC | 48 |
| 8 Nov, 06:31 UTC | 46 |
| 8 Nov, 02:30 UTC | 54 |
| 7 Nov, 22:29 UTC | 61 |
| 7 Nov, 18:28 UTC | 72 |
| 7 Nov, 14:28 UTC | 63 |
| 7 Nov, 10:27 UTC | 55 |
Player counts over time, as we observed them.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers. Full methodology
Player Retention| Month | Avg players | Kept | Compared with other games |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaunchNovember 2025 | 1,122 | — | The busier of its first two months |
| 3 months onFebruary 2026 | 210 | 19% | About average (better than 37% of 9,248 other games) |
| 12 months onNovember 2026 | — | — | Not over yet |
Desktop Defender kept 19% of the average players it had at its launch in November 2025 after 3 months. Monthly averages, ranked against every game we can score. How we count
Players By Month| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026Nov 2026 (so far) | 64 | −15 | −19.5% | 90 |
| October 2026Oct 2026 (from 22 Oct) | 79 | −53 | −40.3% | 113 |
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 133 | −2 | −1.7% | 289 |
| August 2026Aug 2026 | 135 | +28 | +26.5% | 253 |
| July 2026Jul 2026 | 107 | −2 | −1.7% | 179 |
| June 2026Jun 2026 | 108 | +24 | +27.8% | 201 |
| May 2026May 2026 | 85 | −79 | −48.3% | 145 |
| April 2026Apr 2026 | 164 | −291 | −63.9% | 296 |
| March 2026Mar 2026 | 455 | +246 | +117.1% | 1,114 |
| February 2026Feb 2026 | 210 | −96 | −31.4% | 354 |
| January 2026Jan 2026 | 305 | −36 | −10.5% | 475 |
| December 2025Dec 2025 | 341 | −781 | −69.6% | 568 |
| November 2025Nov 2025 | 1,122 | — | — | 2,680 |
Average and peak concurrent players each month, and the change in average players from the month before. Months before October 2026 are from a licensed historical archive.
