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Keep Defending
Developer Faster Time Games
Keep Defending is a first-person VR tower defense archery game where you build up your defenses during the enemy onslaught. Target enemies before they reach your gate and earn gold to set up ever more capable defenses including crossbows, wizards, knights, cannons, and more. From the Steam store page
46 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Sep 3, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
84
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37 positive · 7 negative
95% range 71–92%
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| Steam reviews | 37 | 7 | 0 |
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Steam's own rating
Very Positive
50 of 60 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
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Reactions
46 of 46 · most liked firstHow do you feel about big branching skilltrees? In my game Just Keep Defending And Mining, there are over 200 upgrades to choose from! I love upgrading nodes! Wishlist here : store.steampowered.com/app/4677370/... #IndieGames #gamedev #skilltree #UpgradeSeason #STEAM
unlabelledView post →Just finished playing my first hour of this game and I can truly say this is extremely enjoyable. This is no short of genius, extremely entertaining but of course improvements could be made. Online multiplayer would be extremely fun, graphics could be improved. Would love to be able to purchase a more powerful arrow. If I could go down and start shooting enemies would also make the game a lot of fun. For the price I paid this is the highest value I have a recieved on HTC Vive. Developer please…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As I write this, I'm only 1.5 hours in. I have explored a few VR archery games and, "Keep Defending" is one of my favorites, so far. The gameplay is fun and I love the aspect of a little bit of tower defense. The realism is so good that when you shoot your own minions/towers, THEY DIE. I screamed when I did that. I bought it for $2.39, on sale. Pros - •Relatively cheap •Fairly Smooth •Lots of enemies, but not too overwhelming (so far) Cons- •Teleports, but like many other archery games,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cool game. probably one of my favorite first person archery defense so far because you can buy other characters to help you defend your objective in an RPG world.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I literally just played it for my first time. I have to say I was going to give up on it and get a refund. But then I played the fourth level "Hightower", I think that's what it was called. Defending the castle at night (second half of level). When you have wizards casting magic against your enemies in the dark, it feels like being a kid watching fireworks for the first time. I was going to give up on it but I'm glad I didn't. 08/10 Cons and work-ons (updates please) Teleporting - it…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Keep Defending is a wonderful blend of archery and tower defense! Keep Defending (KD for the remainder of this review) is a great archery game that mixes in some tower defense elements. You will most likely kill most of the enemies yourself in the earlier levels and on low difficulty modes, but you will find that this game throws a lot of challenges your way which will require management of funds and allies. These allies range from archers to warriors to mages. You will make use of a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's one of those early low-budget VR games that don't tend to age well. There are just too many better alternatives nowadays that look and play a lot better. The bow mechanics are poor, the tower defence mechanics are limited and "moving" (=teleporting) around is cumbersome. The graphics are highly stylized but not very pretty. Even for the low price, it's hardly worth your time.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is now my favorite VR game. I tend not to review much of anything, so this is a rarity for me. One thing that's underrated in this game as it's workaround potential. Loading the bow and shooting is a good trap workout (as long as you switch and shoot on both sides). I really enjoy it. It can be a little repetitive, but I love the challenge of shooting things until my arms fall off. There's some real strategy in this game too, especially at the later levels, when it comes to decisions of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fantastic game! Designed well, with nice controls and good gameplay! Worth the cheap amount of $$$
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really fun and addictive game. Love the art style! Can't wait to see how it evolves
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do you like incremental games? Check out my game that I've been working hard on - Just Keep Defending And Mining Wishlist : store.steampowered.com/app/4677370/... #incremental #indiegamedev
unlabelledView post →I bought it on sale for 1.19 and totally worth it. Very simple, you have a bow and you pewpew , and you can buy some defenders to help you.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It runs smooth and stable, has some neat strategic ideas like being able to choose to place an NPC ally in certain locations, or keep those locations free for you to be able to teleport there. The graphics are standard voxel art, i'm not a huge fan. The biggest drawback, for me, is that the gameplay gets old real quick. The mobs come out in huge crowds - so you just need to rapid-fire volley shots into them - it's not so much about precision, as about getting as many arrows into the crowd as…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not terrible but got old pretty fast.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well, as a person who is quite new to VR gaming I find this game really well done. There are literally tons of games on the market, who use bow based combat and only few of those deliver something unique. Keep Defending is one of those unique ones. First of all - great level design. First level is misleading, as you start on regular plain. But later on - you're on a cliff, or on a high wall - defending gates. The cool thing about it is that you can buy units to support you (and place them to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is one of those games that you wish for then it happens and it fulfills all your wishes. I loved the archery game in the Lab but wanted more simple but harder with the ability to upgrade and move around. This game gives me all that and a great work out. Seriously if you like to shoot bows and arrows this is the game for you.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is definitely one of the clearest crisp game i ever played in VR, with a simple low poly environment and good ambiant sound you will forget you are in VR as the game transform you to its wounderland very quickly. I loved the arrow mechanic as its simple and effective .I highly recommend this game as such game is unique in the market as most of the developers now just try to get easy money with some dull zombie shooter but this game deserve the price since you get a game that you will spend…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really like this game ,its really fun to play and has some great graphics.Looking forward to playing this more often.Really worth the investment.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a very simple bow and arrow game for VR. The enemies are quite simple, the maps are quite simple, the gameplay is simple. You shoot arrows at enemies, and you can build a few (very simple) units to guard or attack. This is a great example of being able to judge a book by its cover, lol. That said, it's a lot of fun, for what it is. However, the game is monotonous at a certain point. To 100% the game you need to beat every level on every difficulty, which is dumb, when every other game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It was good while it lasted. Awesome take on tower defense with archery. I'll keep it installed for others to play around with, I enjoyed the 5 or so hours it gave me. Worth $5, even more worth it if it goes on sale.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wasn't expecting much when I got it. However, I was surprised by how good it was... is! It is definitely difficult which I'm sure will give me hours of something to work towards practicing my bow skills. Veryyyyy good for the price, nice simple game that works well. Highly recommend it. My arms are so dead after two separate sessions of an hour each as well. good little work out.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Surprisingly fun little game that manages to keep me more interested in than most other games. I wish there were more VR games like this one out there. As the price tag is more than fair, I say: give it try!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's the game i demo VR to people with. Simple enough to pick up right away, deep enough to want to keep improving your score. A surprisingly good workout too
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It was fun. The best tower defense game I've played in VR so far. Good job.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got with a 70% discount and i am happy with it. Graphics obviously arent great but they are bareable, the bow is fun. But read how to play first otherwise you wont know what to do like me.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I didn't realize how much of this was being an archer when I bought it. I don't think I would have bought it if I knew, but I'm glad I made that mistake. This game has been a lot of fun and I enjoy the levels a lot. I have beat all but the last level on easy, and am looking forward to playing more and raising the difficulty on all the levels. The docks is my favorite! Definitely worth full price. If you get it at a discount its a steal.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am retracting my complaint about the menus, everything is fine. The game seems decent, interesting idea, the bow physics look good and simple to use (once you figure out you need to spawn the arrow away from the bow). The game seems a bit short, since there seems to be 10-15 levels at most and I finished two of them within 10 minutes. Another problem of the game is the long periods with nothing to do. I expect it to be better in the later levels, but on the second level, once I setup some…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I would totally recommend getting this game, especially for the price. It's a fun defense game that does require some skill with using the bow. It may look casual to play, but can get fast paced at harder difficulties due to overwhelming amount of enemies, some even having more HP. I also have a little brother who also enjoys the game, but keeps bothering me to play it when its on my personal computer. I enjoy this game because it's a different feel from most of the games that I play (Beat…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had few hours fun with that game - I wish I could shoot with some abilites like: triple arrows, or frozen/fire/bomb arror etc...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For the money, one of the most robust enjoyable indie-style games in VR Video Review available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMmFtA5ZBQQ I really love this game, it's a Tower Defense at heart, but because you're functionally a turret, shooting arrows, it's also a Wave Shooter hybrid. The visuals are cutesy and I quite like them, but don't let them fool you - this is a polished experience where the visuals work together with the gameplay. The balance around the archery and enemy…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Keep Defending is a first-person VR tower defense archery game where you have to kill the enemies before they reach your gate. You also have the ability to purchase defences during battle, with the gold that you can earn with each enemy you defeat. There are a range of different defences available to purchase, varying in cost based on their in game value, including archers, wizards, knights, cannons, and more, each with different abilities, which you can employ based on your strategy. The game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game brings up some old memories of the classic Tower-Defense games, just taken to the next level in VR. Great game!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Keep Defending takes the familiar structure of tower defense and turns it into a much more hands-on virtual reality experience. Instead of watching enemies march toward carefully positioned defenses from an overhead viewpoint, the player stands directly on the battlefield and contributes to the fight with a bow. Developed and published by Faster Time Games, the game combines VR archery, defensive unit placement, resource management, and escalating enemy waves into a compact action-strategy…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →30 minutes and your arms are mush. Good workout
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have only p[layed the first 3 levels of this game. I like it, but there are a few agonising factors that i hope the devs fix somehow. As most other reviews have said, the aiming of the arrows you fire does not feel very accurate. So its really hard to hit the enemies. This wouldn;t be so bad, except you can kill your allies with a bad luck shot. Also, the range on the arrows might need to be increased. I understand a real bow hasd to have a trajectory, But this is a game, not an archery…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lot's of levels, allied archers, 'Atmospheric Retro(TM)', and the rest!... I mean... The Professor and Mary Ann! Yes, Updates have going on since the dawn of time, keep it up :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty good game. A great kalastetics workout for your shoulder. Most of the other reviews wrap it up but Multiplayer would be allot of fun and being able to place more NPC friends would be nice. How about being able to purchase more fighting areas that you can place yourself around the map? I hope they keep working on this game. It is fun but could use a few more options. Keep It Up and KEEP DEFENDING!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Playing on Vive Room Scale. Overclocked i5 3570 GTX 970 12GB Ram Awesome fun! You really need to have room scale set up properly otherwise you might have issues with the bow and arrow disappearing or spazzing out. Definitely a workout for the arms! Really refreshing to have an actual game making use of all the vive features rather than being a walking simulator. I had no motion sickness at all playing this game, probably due to there being little to no 3d movement. Gameplay 7/10 (Some…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of my favorite VR games so far. Really enjoyable archery tower defense :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pros: -Cheap (1 buck on sale) -Good gameplay, decent mechanics - not stellar but it's fine. -Decent amount of content (large variety of enemies, 10 maps with 4 diff levels, etc) - Achievements and leaderboards for each map is neat. Cons: - A.I. behavior is too simplistic (e.g. when the enemy targeted by one of my infantry is killed by something else, that infantry walks back to its home spot before targeting another enemy even if that other enemy is right next to the first one.) - cheap and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →On Arch Linux on Valve Index on ValveVR 2.8.6 on an Nvidia 2080, this is... good. I found the second level a huge increase in difficulty but perhaps there are other easier levels I can skip to - I didn't try yet and just wanted a quick archery game to show the kids. I think the arrows move too slowly, by maybe 50%, and I didn't even notice the tower defense options. But this is the first archery game I got working and it is nicely programmed. I will definitely persevere with it and recommend…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Teleport system sucks mediocre graphics bad controls boring
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got it on sale for a buck, and I honestly wish I had the dollar back. Would if I hadn't let it sit in my library before trying. It's not the worst thing ever but it's definitely not good. The roughly half hour I've played is all I ever will.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm not recommending this game not because it's not fun; but because it needs a lot of work. This game has a great idea! You taking on a role of defending your area while being able to purchase defenses for it as well. However, I've played like 4-5 rounds on different maps and haven't seen many "towers" to choose from which makes things a little stale after a bit. I also don't think the way you build towers is the easiest, selection in general is complicated with you having to press a button…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A good thought, but poorly made. I felt I had to play a couple levels before I judged it but my opinion didn't change. It is a very simple VR archery minigame with an element of tower defense. I understand this is the first of it's kind, but the the use of the VR was extremely limited and the only time I moved around was in level select. I might let my niece have a go at this if she ever wants to play something other than "Robot dog" from Valve's The Lab.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gets really boring after 15min and definetly not worth 8€. It's not a bad game, but it's just another bow-shooting app like million others on VR...
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