First Day: Home Defender
Overview
Build and protect your home after a nuclear apocalypse!
SteamMixed (65%)
52 Steam user reviewsMetacriticNot rated
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Gameplay
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About the game
- Developer
- BadWolf Games
- Publisher
- HandMade Games
- Released
- Jan 29, 2020
Description & review sources
- Build and protect your home after a nuclear apocalypse!
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First Day: Home Defender
This game combines genres such as Strategy and Tower Defense.Saving? - Forget that word forever!
Out of the game? - Start over.
Distracted? - Start over.
Dead? - Start over.
Start. Over.
In the game you have to:
- Build a house
- Reflect enemy attacks
- Accumulate money
- Buy a variety of weapons
- Hire assistants
- Defend, repair and strengthen the base
How long can you survive against an endless crowd of monsters wanting your flesh ?!
- Developer
- BadWolf Games
- Publisher
- HandMade Games
- Released
- Jan 29, 2020
Ratings & review sources
SteamMixed (65%)
52 Steam user reviewsMetacriticNot rated
System requirements
Features, requirements and screenshots describe the Steam PC version. Other stores and editions may differ.
Windows
Minimum
Minimum:- OS *: Windows XP SP3 or later
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX 9.0c compatible video card 512MB
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX® 9.0 compatible
Recommended
Recommended:- OS *: Windows 7 or higher 64 bits
- Processor: Intel i3 3GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Geforce GTX 660 or Radeon R7 200
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX 11 compatible card
macOS — not supported
The Steam PC metadata lists no support for this operating system.
Linux
Minimum
Minimum:- OS: Linux OS
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX 9.0c compatible video card 512MB
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX® 9.0 compatible
Recommended
Recommended:- OS: Linux OS
- Processor: Intel i3 3GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Geforce GTX 660 or Radeon R7 200
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX 11 compatible card
Accounts, launcher & DRM
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Features & game information
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Play modes
- Single-player
Steam features
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Leaderboards
- Family Sharing
Controller & mod support
- Controller support
- Not specified
- Mod support
- Not specified
Content advisory
- The living dead (zombies), blood, and pieces of their bodies scattering from explosions.
Game details
- Genres
- Casual
- Indie
- Strategy
- Developer
- BadWolf Games
- Publisher
- HandMade Games
- Released
- Jan 29, 2020
- Content type
- game
- Operating systems
- windows
- linux
- Achievements
- 13
All community tags
Community tag votes
- Indie56
- Casual56
- Strategy55
- Gore21
- Tower Defense12
- Simulation11
- Singleplayer11
- Replay Value10
- Logic10
Languages & audio
- English
- French
- German
- Traditional Chinese
- Korean
- Russian
- Japanese
Related editions & add-ons
Steam purchase options; availability and pricing are confirmed on Steam.
Sources, updates & publisher notice
- CheapShark Oct 8, 2026 16:35 UTC
- Steam Spy Oct 10, 2026 10:06 UTC
- Steam Store Oct 10, 2026 10:06 UTC
- Steam reviews Oct 10, 2026 14:49 UTC
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