First Day: Home Defender
Build and protect your home after a nuclear apocalypse!
- Price:$9.99
- Release Date:1/29/2020
- Developer:BadWolf Games
- Publisher:HandMade Games
- Last Updated:4/3/2025
- Steam App Id:1225640
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, First Day: Home Defender has 1 concurrent player online and in-game. This is 92% lower than its previous all-time peak of 13 players achieved on 10/27/2024.

Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for First Day: Home Defender. It has received a total of 32 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 58 (Mixed).
Price History Chart
Track historical price changes and trends for First Day: Home Defender. Right now, it costs $9.99 in the Steam Store.
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for First Day: Home Defender and its growth over time. It currently has 81 followers on its community page.
About First Day: Home Defender
First Day: Home Defender is an Indie, Casual, and Strategy game developed by BadWolf Games. On 1/29/2020, it was released on the Steam Store by HandMade Games.
Players have rated First Day: Home Defender as "Mixed" out of 32 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 20 positive reviews and 12 negative reviews — an overall 63% positive review rating.
It is available for gamers to download and play for $9.99. It can also be purchased through Shooter & Horror which gives a discount off its base price.
It can be played and ran on both Windows and Linux systems. At the moment, there is no confirmed information regarding Steam Deck support for this game.
It also supports 7 languanges in-game including English, French, German, Chinese (Traditional), and Korean. Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
According to Steam’s category system, First Day: Home Defender supports the following features:
- Family Sharing
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Leaderboards
- Single-player
From the Steam community, First Day: Home Defender has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Tower Defense
- Replay Value
- Logic
- Gore
- Simulation
- Strategy
- Indie
- Casual
- Singleplayer
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for First Day: Home Defender and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
Related Bundles
First Day: Home Defender is included in 1 bundle in the Steam Store.
Image | Name | Apps | Packages | Price | Actions |
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Shooter & Horror | 9 | 9 | $8.71 | View |
Related Packages
First Day: Home Defender is referenced by 1 package in the Steam Store.
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First Day: Home Defender | $10.99 | View |
Supported Languages
First Day: Home Defender is available in 7 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
---|---|---|---|
English | Yes | No | No |
French | Yes | No | No |
German | Yes | No | No |
Chinese (Traditional) | Yes | No | No |
Korean | Yes | No | No |
Russian | Yes | No | No |
Japanese | Yes | No | No |
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First Day: Home Defender data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2025, April 3). First Day: Home Defender on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1225640
- Valve Corporation. (2025, April 3). First Day: Home Defender. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/1225640