DEFENDUN : Hero Defense

DEFENDUN : Hero Defense

Released Feb 2024

Summon and merge to stop incoming waves of monsters. Use over 100 different units to defend against over 200 monsters. Utilize each unit's unique traits and skills to create your own combinations of units and move them around to clear the stage while avoiding the boss's skills.

73% positive · 182 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence

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Evaluation

DEFENDUN: Hero Defense launched in Early Access around mid-2023 and officially released on February 14, 2024, when the developer transitioned the game out of Early Access with the Boss Rush Mode update. The developer noted at that time that the switch to official release marked the culmination of roughly half a year of Early Access development. Throughout its life, the game received a substantial number of updates: 6 major content drops, 26 feature patches, and 15 bug fix patches. Major content milestones included the Chapter 2 "Unknown Sea" expansion (September 21, 2023), and the official 1.0 launch with Boss Rush Mode (February 14, 2024). Following the 1.0 release, the developer continued with additional feature patches, the most recent being on November 12, 2024. However, since that November 12, 2024 update — which was itself a relatively minor balance and bug-fix patch — there have been no further developer communications of any kind. That represents over 19 months of silence as of June 21, 2026. Prior to this silence, the developer had been shipping updates at a fairly steady pace (roughly every 1–3 months). Going 19+ months without any post, patch, or announcement significantly exceeds the historical update cadence and strongly suggests that active development has concluded. There are no unreleased DLC entries on the store, no announced future content, and no developer roadmap pointing to upcoming work. The developer has not explicitly stated the game is finished, but the sustained silence well beyond their established update pattern, combined with no outstanding commitments, indicates the game has reached its natural end of development.
Evidence
Developer announced official release (1.0 launch) out of Early Access, citing half a year of Early Access development. Launched with Boss Rush Mode.
news post · Feb 14, 2024 source content shipped
high
Chapter 2 'Unknown Sea' launched as a major content expansion with 4 stages, 80+ monsters, 4 bosses, and new systems.
news post · Sep 21, 2023 source content shipped
high

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Windows
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game



Defenden is a strategy merge defense game!

There were two very powerful beings in the world, Bael and Deus, who were very close brothers, but for some reason their relationship deteriorated and they began to fight. Their fight had unacceptable negative consequences, and the dark energy that spread during the fight awakened long forgotten dungeon guardians and monsters, demons in volcanoes, and yetis in snowy regions. The angels and demons who came as reinforcements to stop the monsters from invading the villages and kingdoms of the uninhabited, gave the heroes the ability to merge with the monsters and use this ability to help them stop the onslaught of monsters. Help the heroes, Guardians!




Combine units according to a recipe.
Mix and match your favorite units to a set recipe. Build your own team by combining over 100 different units, each with unique traits and skills. Sometimes units are stronger uncombined, but higher tiers are usually better.

15 classes to differentiate units.
Build efficient teams with units that are categorized into 15 different classes. If you have a lot of units of the same class, you can use class enhancement cards effectively. (Individual characters do not have classes.)

Defeat over 200 themed monsters.
To clear the stages, you need to know the characteristics of each monster. Whether it's physical or magical damage reduction, multiple births, or the ability to summon monsters, know the characteristics of each monster to clear the wave.

Understand and utilize your unit's skills.
Understanding the skills of your units will help you organize your team. Try to balance physical and magical attack units, think about the ratio of damage over time, instant damage, and area of effect attacks, and combine units that stun, bind, and slow monsters.

Earn different passives each game to create different combinations.
Fill up the monster kill gauge or defeat boss monsters to earn the chests in the bottom right corner and spend them to upgrade individual units and earn class upgrade gold.



Clear the stage by understanding the boss's abilities.
Defeat bosses by recognizing their abilities to freeze or stun units, reposition units, or restore health.

Understand the structures that embody the concept of the stage.
Understand the features of maps that match the stage's concept, such as lava on the ground to give debuffs and water at the bottom to match the sea concept, and place your units correctly.

Use the diamonds you're rewarded for playing to become stronger.
Diamonds are rewarded for play and can be used to take units to the next game or to permanently strengthen a player's Passive. They're awarded after you play, so play a lot to customize your look by purchasing custom skins from the Shopkeeper and in-game event skins.
Last evaluated Jun 21, 2026
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