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0.0% no change vs Aug 8, 2026- Average rating
- 4.9
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Mobile game · 2014
***Best Mobile Game 2015 DICE Nominee*** The most addicting tower defense game returns in an all-new prequel adventure - welcome to Kingdom Rush: Origins! Praise for the Kingdom Rush series: the #1 Strategy Game franchise for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, Apple’s Editor’s Choice Award, IGN Editor's Choice, Slide To Play Must Have, GameInformer Gold Award, 148 Apps Editor's Choice, Jay is Games Game of the Year, Pocket Gamer Gold Award,CNET Best iPad Games, CNET Editor’s Choice Award, Gamezebo 4.5/5, Touch Arcade 4.5/5, Venturebeat94/100. What critics are saying about Kingdom Rush: Origins: "The Kingdom Rush franchise is one of the best tower defense series around, and the third entry, Origins, is as fun as the franchise has ever been.” –Entertainment Weekly “I’ve played plenty of tower defense games over the years, but none have ever captured my heart the way the Kingdom Rush series has.” –The Verge “Kingdom Rush Origins HD is more of the same, for the most part, and that’s an excellent thing." –148 Apps “Great looks, super fun game play, enjoyable music and fun Easter Eggs. Anyone who loves tower defense games ought to have this on their device." –TUAW “Everything you might expect from a new game in the wonderfully addictive tower defense series: new towers, new heroes, fantastic gameplay." –Kotaku "If you’re a fan of tower defense, you’re well acquainted with Kingdom Rush and its sequel, Kingdom Rush Frontiers. This third entry in the series is available now, and yes, it’s the best to date." –Gamezebo Kingdom Rush: Origins is the third installment of the award-winning Kingdom Rush saga, loved by millions and earning accolades from gamers and critics around the globe. Take a trip back to the beginning, before Vez’nan ever thought to threaten the kingdom with the gem of power, and experience even more of the lightning-fast, exceptionally captivating gameplay that made the franchise a cornerstone of essential tower defense games. In this exciting prequel, command your elven army and defend mystical lands from sea serpents, evil sorcerers, and wave after wave of gnoll tribesman, all with the help of brand-spankin’ new towers, heroes, and spells to fend off every last baddie. Kingdom Rush: Origins packs in a treasure trove of new content and features while keeping the signature look that millions have come to love. GAME FEATURES • Re-enter the world of Kingdom Rush: visit mysterious elven forests, magical faery realms and even floating ruins of an ancient metropolis! • Unleash the power of the elves with brand new towers and troops! Elf Archers, Mystic Mages, Stone Druids and the Elven Infantry make up the backbone of your army. • Discover eight new specialized tower upgrades with over 18 abilities! Vanquish your enemies with elven marksmen, runed bears, magic-wielding wizards, and even giant animated trees. • Take up arms against 30 new enemy types and engage in epic boss battles! Face hordes of Gnolls, giant spiders, and the terrible Twilight army. • Master and upgrade nine legendary heroes and their awesome powers and spells! • Rain lightning, summon reinforcements, and use each hero’s unique power to obliterate scores of enemies! • Immerse yourself in hours of gameplay with over 70 achievements, with three difficulty modes for the newbs and veterans alike. • Play different game modes - Classic, Iron, and Heroic - and prove your mettle as a master tactician. • Purchase new-and-improved equipment using your hard earned gems in a revamped Gnome shop. • Study your enemies and your towers with an in-game encyclopedia
Estimated daily players
Range 1.6K–95K
Estimated total players
Range 160K–640K
Estimates, not counts — nobody publishes real player numbers for mobile games, so these are modelled from public signals. How we work them out
Nobody publishes how many people play Kingdom Rush Origins HD, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on App Store, Twitch. Each count stands in a roughly known ratio to a population — one Play rating per ~45 players, one Steam review per ~35 owners — and the estimates below combine those readings, weighted by how much each source can be trusted to speak for the whole game. Read the range as the answer and the headline as its middle.
Estimated daily players
~16,000
0.0% no change vs one week agoRange 1.6K – 95K
No source reports a live count for this game, so this is a share of the total player base — a genre assumption rather than an observation, which is why the range is wide.
Estimated total players
~320,000
0.0% no change vs one week agoRange 160K – 640K
Everyone who has ever played, from the cumulative counts: store ratings and installs, Steam reviews, members and subscribers.
2 readings · last 2 days
| Month | Estimated total players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | ~320,000 | — |
Last checked Aug 9, 2026
How many people have rated, reviewed or installed Kingdom Rush Origins HD where it is sold.
How many people gather around Kingdom Rush Origins HD outside the stores — members, subscribers and live viewers.
Not tracked for Kingdom Rush Origins HD: Google Play, Steam, Discord, Reddit, YouTube. A platform appears here once the game has a link to it — most mobile games have no Steam port or subreddit, so a gap is normal rather than a sign the game is small.
We estimate that about 320,000 people have played Kingdom Rush Origins HD — plausibly between 160K and 640K. Around 16,000 of them play on a given day, in a range of 1.6K and 95K. Both figures are modelled from public counts on App Store and Twitch rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.
Yes. Kingdom Rush Origins HD is holding steady — it measured within a percent of where it was a week ago. We recheck every source daily, and the charts on this page show each platform's readings over time.
Nobody publishes player counts for mobile games, so we infer them. Each public count we can read is converted into a population using a documented ratio — roughly one Google Play rating per 45 people who played, one Steam review per 35 owners, one Discord member per 40 players — and the live counts (Steam concurrents, members online, Twitch viewers) are converted the same way into a daily figure. Those separate estimates are then averaged in proportion to how much each source can be trusted, which is why sources that disagree widen the published range instead of cancelling out. This page is built on 2 readings taken since August 8, 2026.
Kingdom Rush Origins HD was released on November 20, 2014 for iOS.
Kingdom Rush Origins HD is available on iOS. You can get it from App Store (iPhone).