Defend the Rook
A roguelike tactics board combat combined with tower defense elements. Defeat the invading hordes to stay alive and save the land! Enjoy more tactics than a normal TD game, combined with the added challenge of building towers and fighting off waves of enemies!
Last Updated: 5/4/2024
| Steam Price | $17.99 |
| Release Date | 10/26/2021 |
| Franchise | Goblinz Publishing |
| Developer | One Up Plus |
| Publishers | |
| Steam App Id | 1531250 |
Defend the Rook
A roguelike tactics board combat combined with tower defense elements. Defeat the invading hordes to stay alive and save the land! Enjoy more tactics than a normal TD game, combined with the added challenge of building towers and fighting off waves of enemies!
Last Updated: 5/4/2024
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck (Verified)
About Defend the Rook
Defend the Rook is a RPG, Indie, and Strategy game developed by One Up Plus. On 10/26/2021, it was released on the Steam Store by Maple Whispering Limited, and Goblinz Publishing.
It can be played and ran on Windows systems. It is verified by Valve as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.
It also supports 8 languanges in-game including English, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), French, and German. Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
According to Steam’s category system, Defend the Rook supports the following features:
- Family Sharing
- Full controller support
- Stats
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Achievements
- Single-player
From the Steam community, Defend the Rook has been tagged with the following user tags:
- City Builder
- Roguelike
- Strategy RPG
- Difficult
- Roguelite
- Tactical
- Medieval
- Turn-Based
- RPG
- Perma Death
- Tower Defense
- Party-Based RPG
- Base Building
- Strategy
- Turn-Based Strategy
- Turn-Based Combat
- Singleplayer
- Tabletop
- 2D
- Tactical RPG
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for Defend the Rook and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
Defend the Rook DLC
Defend the Rook has 1 downloadable add-on available for purchase on Steam which is Defend the Rook - Supporter Pack.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Defend the Rook - Supporter Pack | DLC | 10/26/2021 | View |
Related Bundles
Defend the Rook is included in 1 bundle in the Steam Store. Purchasing through a bundle can give a large discount off the game's base price if you are willing to purchase multiple apps all at once.
| Image | Name | Apps | Packages | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Defend the Rook - Supporter Edition | 2 | 2 | $23.38 | View |
Related Packages
Defend the Rook is referenced by 1 package in the Steam Store. A package (or sub) is simply an item that can be purchased on Steam.
| Name | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Defend The Rook | $17.99 | View |
Supported Languages and Localizations
Defend the Rook is available in 8 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
| Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Chinese (Simplified) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Chinese (Traditional) | Yes | No | Yes |
| French | Yes | No | Yes |
| German | Yes | No | Yes |
| Japanese | Yes | No | Yes |
| Korean | Yes | No | Yes |
| Russian | Yes | No | Yes |
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Defend the Rook data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2024, May 4). Defend the Rook on Steam. Steam Store.
- Valve Corporation. (2024, May 4). Defend the Rook. Steam Community Hub.
- One Up Plus. (2023, July 22). Defend the Rook. Defend the Rook.