Nordhold
Enemies are coming! Every decision matters: build your city, grow the economy, and prepare for enemy waves. Strengthen your defenses, adapt your strategy, and unleash your hero’s full potential. This unique Tower Defense will test your skills – are you worthy to claim a place at Valhalla?
About Nordhold
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About the Game
Nordhold is a tower defense game for strategy enthusiasts who crave high replayability through endless combinations. Build and manage a cozy medieval Nordic village while enjoying deep tactical gameplay that doesn't require extensive learning. 
With over 20 buildings offering diverse strategic development options through unique upgrades and meta-progression, find the balance between economic growth and defending Nordhold.
8 towers with unique abilities offer numerous customization options. Fine-tune your tactics to protect Nordhold effectively. 
100+ custom upgrades offer versatile customization options, providing strategic depth and countless combinations. 
Which general should defend Nordhold? Choose from hundreds of hero combinations! Relics grant you bonuses across the board, whether for your economy or defense. The oracle always gives you a different choice, for example: 5 waves of stronger enemies, which also offer higher rewards, or 5 waves of cheaper tower construction?
The snowball effect becomes reality. Smart decisions create synergies that let you conquer ever-stronger waves of enemies and bosses in a firework of effects.
Compete globally or with friends in our ranking system. Can you reach the Valhalla rank?
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Game details
- Developers
- StunForge
- Publishers
- HypeTrain Digital, StunForge
- Release date
- Mar 25, 2025
- Genres
- Indie, Strategy, Roguelike, Tower Defense, Roguelite, Dark Fantasy, Turn-Based Strategy, Base Building, City Builder, Management, Top-Down, RTS, War, Procedural Generation, Singleplayer, Medieval, RPG, Choices Matter, Resource Management, Tactical
- Modes
- Single-player
- Steam features
- 32 achievements, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Themes
- Fantasy
- Camera
- Isometric
- Engine
- Unity
Languages
| Language | Interface | Full audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Supported | Not supported | Supported |
| German | Supported | Not supported | Supported |
| French | Supported | Not supported | Supported |
| Spanish (Spain) | Supported | Not supported | Supported |
| Japanese | Supported | Not supported | Supported |
| Korean | Supported | Not supported | Supported |
| Polish | Supported | Not supported | Supported |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | Supported | Not supported | Supported |
System requirements
Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10, 11 (64 bit)
- Processor: 3.5 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 2 GB
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 4 GB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10, 11 (64 bit)
- Processor: 4 GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: 4 GB
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 4 GB available space
Ratings
Steam Deck & Linux
Steam Deck Playable
- Some functions need the touchscreen, on-screen keyboard or a community layout
- Shows button icons from other controllers
- Open the on-screen keyboard yourself when typing
- Some text is small and hard to read
- Native resolution not default
- Runs well with the default graphics settings
- SteamOS: Playable
- Steam Machine: Playable
ProtonDB: Platinum · 10 reports See reports
Native Linux version
DLC & editions
Also on Steam
- Nordhold - Supporter Pack
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