Desktop Defender latest updates, patch notes, changelogs and announcements
Rebirth Update, AVAILABLE NOW IN BETA BRANCH! NEW
Date: 2026-01-16 18:35:14
Hi everyone!It's been a while since the last update, but I'm happy to announce that the Rebirth update we announced about a month ago is OUT NOW in the beta branch!What that means is that while it's not available by default in the game, you can opt-i...
The Rebirth Update is ALMOST HERE!
Date: 2025-12-09 13:38:57
Hi everyone!It's been about 2 weeks since my last post here, and weirdly enough it feels like much longer than that! Maybe it's because I spent 2 weeks doing daily updates...Either way, I'm happy to announce that in the next few days, the Rebirth con...
Nominate Desktop Defender For The Steam Awards!
Date: 2025-11-25 12:52:23
Hi everyone!It's been a week since the last update, and I've been hard at work at finishing up the big Rebirth content update that will be coming out in December!However, I wanted to write this update because Steam just opened their Steam Award Nomin...
Daily Patch #14 - 2 Weeks of Daily Patches!!!
Date: 2025-11-18 23:10:58
Hi everyone!Today is the 14th day of daily patches, and it's going to be the last one that I do on a daily cadence! Of course, there are still many patches left in Desktop Defender's life, but in order to focus all of my attention on the big Rebirth ...
Daily Patch #13 - Performance Improvements, Bug Fixes, and More!
Date: 2025-11-17 18:55:31
Hi everyone!It's day 13 of daily patches, and this one's focused on quality of life, performance improvements, and bug fixes!Tomorrow will mark day 14 of daily updates, and I'm going to stop doing these after tomorrow so that I can properly focus on ...
Daily Patch #12 - Floor Loot Adjustments, "Ctrl" To Half Buy, and More!
Date: 2025-11-16 13:58:54
Hi everyone!It's day 12 of daily patches, and this one's focused on adjusting some loot-related things, as well as some light bug fixes and quality of life changes.I will probably end the daily updates at the 14 day mark, since my focus will be going...
Daily Patch #11 - Percent Damage Rework, Rebalancing, and More!
Date: 2025-11-15 19:47:28
Hi everyone!It's the 11th day of daily patches, and this one's mostly focused on rebalancing different things so that a wider array of options are more viable! Mainly, percentage damage loot.I also wanted to mention that yesterday's post outlines the...
Daily Update #10 + NEXT BIG CONTENT PATCH!
Date: 2025-11-14 15:42:45
Hi everyone!It's day 10 of daily patches, and this one's a nice QOL-focused one! However, there's some other stuff I want to talk to you all about...I'm planning on releasing Desktop Defender's first big content update in December, focused on fleshin...
9TH DAILY PATCH! - Auto Scrolling Claimable Level, Better Save Backups, and More
Date: 2025-11-13 16:33:00
Hi everyone!
It's day 9 of daily patches, and today's one is makes great strides in even further improving the game's robustness and quality of life!Also, if you're enjoying the game, I would REALLY appreciate it if you reviewed it. It's the best thi...
Daily Update #8 - Loot Persistence, Explosion Weapon Adjustments, and More!
Date: 2025-11-12 19:05:48
Hi everyone!It's now been 8 days since I started daily updates, not sure how long it'll last but I'm definitely continuing to do it while there's enough stuff to fit into them! Today's patch is a pretty good one, more incremental but still has a bunc...
HUGE UPDATE! Loot Selling, Window Transparency, and 1 Week Since Launch!
Date: 2025-11-11 17:34:49
Hi everyone!It's been 1 week since Desktop Defender launched, and it's going crazier than I ever expected. Since last week we:Hit "Overwhelmingly Positive" on Steam Reached 2,694 concurrent players Became the top 5 most played new games Pushed 27 upd...
MORE FIXES! + The Future Of Desktop Defender
Date: 2025-11-10 20:57:48
Hi everyone!I'm continuing the streak of daily updates, and on this day 6 I have yet another one! This one is slightly smaller, and that's because I've started to do some work on the game's broader balance. This means making HP loot more useful, maki...
Boss Health, Hotkeys, and Fix For Conflict With FPS Games!
Date: 2025-11-09 14:43:09
Hi everyone!I just pushed a new update that touches lots of aspects of the game! This one's a pretty big one, it adds health bars to the bosses, allows you to zoom around the menus with hotkeys, and also (hopefully) fixes a bug that caused some peopl...
Lategame Weapon Improvements, Save Corruption Fix, and More!
Date: 2025-11-08 15:00:52
Hi everyone!Today we have another huge update! It has multiple performance improvements for players who've already entered the lategame, but there's also a big fix for the save corruption that some few users have been experiencing. It's the first bul...
HUGE Performance Improvement + More!
Date: 2025-11-07 18:53:09
Hi everyone!I'm happy to announce that we have a HUGE update today! It has a bunch of things, but the main thing is that it majorly improves performance.Namely, for laptop players that haven't reached the endgame yet, some players on the Discord repo...
Today's SECOND Update! - Mass Buy Upgrades, Burst Mode Explanation, and More!
Date: 2025-11-06 22:49:22
Hi everyone!I know I already posted a patch note post today... BUT HERE'S ANOTHER ONE!If you're enjoying the game, I would REALLY appreciate it if you reviewed it. It's the best thing you can do to boost the game's visibility on Steam!Added a descrip...
NEW UPDATE - Menu Pausing OFF Is In!
Date: 2025-11-06 17:17:27
Hi everyone!I've been continuing to patch the game a ton, and there's a new update out right now!If you're enjoying the game, I would REALLY appreciate it if you reviewed it. It's the best thing you can do to boost the game's visibility on Steam!Anyw...
HUGE DAY 2 PATCH!
Date: 2025-11-05 20:03:40
Hi everyone!I've been patching the game like crazy since yesterday and putting the patch notes on the Discord server, but I wanted to put them all here for those of you who have not joined it! If you're enjoying the game, I would REALLY appreciate it...
Desktop Defender 1.01
Date: 2025-11-04 20:43:42
Hi everyone! Just did a little hotfix, below are the changes:Fixed a bug that made it such that screenshake still happened while in menusFixed bug that made it such that loot you had at over the 9th slot didn't function properlyFixed a bug that cause...
DESKTOP DEFENDER IS OUT NOW!
Date: 2025-11-04 18:59:38
EVERYONE!DESKTOP DEFENDER IS OUT RIGHT NOW!Thank you all so much for all the support pre-launch! Desktop Defender is available for $4.99 or equivalent with a 15% launch discount for the next 7 days! Get it in the link below.I'm so excited to release ...
Desktop Defender Launches in 24 hours!
Date: 2025-11-03 18:52:54
Hi everyone!3 weeks ago I launched Desktop Defender's demo, and I cannot thank you all enough for how huge this has all been.We went from 3 concurrent players to 1,548Reached the top 3 most played demos on SteamGot a special feature from Steam becaus...
ALMOST AT 1000 CONCURRENT PLAYERS!
Date: 2025-10-15 19:46:13
Hi everyone!Since the demo launched on Monday, EVERYTHING has been insane. On our official Discord, I announced how if we hit over 400 concurrent players, that I'd increase the amount of levels in the demo even more... Well... Look for yourself...Whe...
WE ADDED EVEN MORE CONTENT TO THE DEMO!
Date: 2025-10-15 10:41:48
Hi everyone!These past 2 days have been absolutely wild! On our official Discord, I announced how if we hit over 100 concurrent players, that I'd add 10 extra levels... Well we hit that super fast, and I set another goal of 200 players... Well, guess...
I JUST DOUBLED THE DEMO CONTENT + How to add even more!
Date: 2025-10-14 18:56:18
Hi everyone!I'm happy to announce that I have just DOUBLED the demo's content! On our official Discord I announced how if we hit over 100 concurrent players, that I'd add 10 extra levels to the already existing 10 levels in the game.Well... Look at t...
Join The Official Discord Server!
Date: 2025-10-14 13:23:48
Hi everyone!I'm so floored with the positive reception of Desktop Defender's Next Fest demo! Thank you all so much for playing it, and I'm so happy to hear that you've been enjoying it :)I'm writing this post to announce that we have an official Disc...
Desktop Defender's Closed Beta Application is Open!
Date: 2025-08-13 11:22:38
Hi everyone!I'm happy to announce that we'll be conducting a closed Beta for Desktop Defender, and the application to join it is open now! Follow this link, fill out the form, and we'll get back to you as soon as possible with details on how to join ...
