Backyard Defenders overview

Overview

Backyard Defenders comes from Theodore Hauenstein and is published by Mitomjo Studios. It arrived on Steam on Sep 13, 2026, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Custom Volume Controls, Mouse Only Option, Playable without Timed Input, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Backyard Defenders's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 00:13:07 UTC, with a tracked peak near 0. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 0% positive across 0 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Backyard Defenders is available in 1 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Backyard Defenders has no public VGI unit-sales estimate available and has recommendation data pending. Revenue data is not available for this game yet. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Backyard Defenders overview details

Backyard Defenders combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Protect the picnic. Learn from defeat. Come back stronger. Backyard Defenders is a single-player tower defense game where hungry insects turn an afternoon picnic into a fight for survival. Build your defenses across a 15-by-7 battlefield, spend earned sugar on upgrades, and decide which threats to stop first. Six ways to defend your backyard Salt Shaker: Damage groups of nearby bugs. Bug Zapper: Chain lightning between enemies. Water Sprinkler: Push enemies back with water attacks. Spider Web: Slow passing enemies and improve its effect with upgrades. Fly Swatter: Strike nearby enemies with heavy melee attacks. Water Balloon: Hit groups with splash damage and slowing effects. Every run funds the next Waves grow stronger, and surviving your first boss takes preparation. Earn a separate research fund as you play, then spend it on permanent upgrades to your economy and defenders. Defeat ends the run, but your research carries forward. Experiment with new layouts and return with a stronger starting position. Face five boss types Take on the Ant Empress, Beetle Titan, Spider Weaver, Moth Oracle and Locust Storm. Each brings its own abilities. A boss that reaches the picnic ends your run. Earn your progress through play All sugar is earned in the game. There are no in-game purchases. Unlock six Steam achievements and use Steam Cloud to carry your account's saved progress between Windows PCs. Runs save at wave checkpoints; exiting during a wave resumes from its starting checkpoint.

SteamPulse editorial summary

Backyard Defenders is listed as a game with $2.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Custom Volume Controls, Mouse Only Option, Playable without Timed Input, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Casual, Indie, RPG, and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 00:13:07 UTC, a tracked peak of 0, and review score data when available.

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