Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin

Level Up Labs, LLC · Armor Games Studios

Released: Jan 30, 2025
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Last updated: 09 Sep 2026, 18:44 GMT

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20 Jan 2026Developer post
Version 1.2 release
Version 1.2 patch notes: Gameplay: Updated advanced missions from 8-1 onwards to be more difficult. Gameplay: Added a new backer enemy! This is a geometric boss designed by one of our early backers. Get ready for some lane management challenge - check it out on mission 8-1 in Adv
Version 1.2 patch notes:
Gameplay: Updated advanced missions from 8-1 onwards to be more difficult.
Gameplay: Added a new backer enemy! This is a geometric boss designed by one of our early backers. Get ready for some lane management challenge - check it out on mission 8-1 in Advanced difficulty!
Gameplay: Fixed bug with projectiles failing to move when shot perfectly horizontal or vertical.
Gameplay: Cordelia's Larva bonus buffed slightly.
Gameplay: Cannoneer is invincible to mortal wound now. Oops.
UI: Fixed world map automatically centering on the wrong position.
UI: Fixed "Battle" button being too far below the map location.
Text: Fixed missing CN/KR popup text.
Text: Fixed splash damage multiplier text in tooltips.
Text: Fixed display of +% values on Terror bonuses.
Text: Fixed incorrect Burn values displayed for some skills.
Text: Fixed some overlap on the credits screen.
Thank you for all of your support!
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25 Jul 2025Developer post
v1.1 - Localizations + bugs and QoL
Hello everyone! This is our first large update since launch and the star is the integration of 6 new languages! We fixed a bunch of alignment and spacing issues by hand, but a few may still remain - feel free to let us know in the discussions threads. We did a rebalance pass on X
Hello everyone! This is our first large update since launch and the star is the integration of 6 new languages! We fixed a bunch of alignment and spacing issues by hand, but a few may still remain - feel free to let us know in the discussions threads.
We did a rebalance pass on XP leveling to be closer to our original goal. The XP required to level is different now - your current levels in your savegames shouldn't change, but it may take longer to hit your next level.
Gamepad support is significantly improved on most screens now. There's definitely still some work to do to get it to where we want it, but you should find it a lot more manageable and without some of the stranger behavior that existed before.
We also fixed some annoying bugs (enemies getting stuck, some AoE weirdness, and a silly bug that could knock enemies back into your own ship if they went past the beginning of the map. And somehow it seems our post-battle story scenes were missing music (how did we miss that!?) - that should be fixed now too.
Localization
Added localizations for French, German, Spanish, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.
Gameplay
Rebalanced experience curve. (Level remains the same.)
Fixed enemies being stuck at start position.
Fixed shockwave status lasting forever.
Fixed AoE attack areas from lingering for much longer than intended.
Fixed AoE attack values that were not properly being reset.
Fixed skill tooltips modifying the base stats of a skill.
Fixed knockback warping enemies directly to the ship. Oops.
Sound and Visuals
Fixed display of outlines when knocking enemies back.
Fixed "1" damage spam on enemies that are already dead.
Added music to all post-battle scenes.
Gamepad
Fixed loss of control after changing menu button settings, such as when switching to or from Japanese button layout.
Fixed navigation of battle preview screen.
Fixed tooltips on save menu and battle preview screens.
Fixed positioning of dpad button help on party screen.
Fixed Steam Controller settings shortcut button while not already in Steam Controller mode.
Fixed starting position of title screen cursor.
Fixed navigation to Popup Notifier button on achievements screen.
Fixed errant mouse cursor when navigating between scenes.
Fixed cursor flicker when navigating between scenes.
UI
Removed vestigIal Equip button from Shop menu.
Fixed Blaze of Glory skill description.
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27 May 2025Developer post
DQ2 Soundtrack launched
We're happy to announce that Kevin Penkin's awesome* DQ2 soundtrack is available for sale ! Kevin reworked all of the tracks so that instead of looping they have a nice conclusion, all the better for your listening pleasure. Also, all tracks have been remastered in high-fidelity
18 Feb 2025Developer post
2nd attempt to fix crash for non-English characters in Windows
Hopefully we've settled the problem in which users with non-English characters in their usernames are seeing a crash on startup. If you can confirm either way please let us know here! Thanks!
05 Feb 2025Developer post
Hopefully fix non-English username crash, but Hyde nerf
We've been seeing crashes on startup for users with non-English usernames in non-English locales. We think we've finally nailed down the cause and this build will hopefully fix that. Additionally, Hyde's boost 5 was accidentally way OP and that's been toned down a bit.
02 Feb 2025PC Gamer
After a decade of delays, Defenders Quest 2 is finally out, bringing with it wild character designs and nostalgic tower defense shenanigans
The first thought that popped into my head upon dipping my toes into Defender’s Quest 2: Mists of Ruin is that they don’t make tower defense games like this anymore. The second thought was that my tea was suddenly stone cold and that the past four hours had mysteriously disappear
31 Jan 2025Developer post
Hotfix - widescreen, demo saves, Deck gamepad
Ok, quick hotfix. Thanks everyone for the bug reports! Hit a few of the more annoying issues: Widescreen should behave a lot better now Steam Deck controller issues should be improved Save games from the demo will hopefully work now A few text typos
Ok, quick hotfix. Thanks everyone for the bug reports! Hit a few of the more annoying issues:

Widescreen should behave a lot better now
Steam Deck controller issues should be improved
Save games from the demo will hopefully work now
A few text typos
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30 Jan 2025Developer post
Defender’s Quest II - Now Available!
Hello everyone! I’m as shocked as anyone else to say this, but Defender’s Quest II is now available on Steam! It has been a long journey with a development schedule in the Duke Nukem Forever timescale (though still shorter!), but we’re finally here! This is obviously not how we p
08 Nov 2023Developer post
Defender's Quest 2 Development Update
Hey everyone, It’s been a while since I’ve updated you on development progress on Defender’s Quest 2 and I wanted to take some time today to give you an update on where we’re at. Due to some family emergencies on the development team, we’re pushing the launch back to 2024 to give
21 Jun 2023Developer post
Defender's Quest 2 Demo Livestream for Steam next Fest (Friday)
Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin is the sequel to the cult classic tower defense game, Defender's Quest: Mists of Ruin. The classic character-driven tower-defense gameplay is back, with all new characters, all new abilities, and a host of new monsters to fight. Catch this event
21 Jun 2023Developer post
Defender's Quest 2 Demo Livestream for Steam next Fest
Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin is the sequel to the cult classic tower defense game, Defender's Quest: Mists of Ruin. The classic character-driven tower-defense gameplay is back, with all new characters, all new abilities, and a host of new monsters to fight. Catch this event
06 Apr 2023PC Gamer
It took 10 years to make it happen, but the sequel to one of my favorite tower defense games is finally almost here
Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten is an excellent tower defense game, and so it wasn't surprising that in 2013, a year after its release, a sequel was announced. And then, nothing happened... Read more.
05 Apr 2023Rock, Paper, Shotgun
A decade after its announcement, genre-bending Defender's Quest 2 returns
You may remember Defender’s Quest: Valley Of The Forgotten as the beloved early-2010s game that swapped the towers in tower-defence, with humans that you could level up and customise. Essentially an RPG/tower-defence hybrid. You might also remember that a sequel was announced bef

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