Executive Assault
- 2+players
- PC
- Switch
Great strategy is timeless. Build, adapt, and defend across dynamic maps, solo or online - every session brings new strategies, new solutions, and new surprises. Now is the perfect time to enter the grid.
Who can play
Store (how we check facts)- Same-screen play on PC. How many can join is not confirmed. Not confirmed on Switch.
- Online on PC. How many can join is not confirmed. Not confirmed on Switch.
- Crossplay is not confirmed.
- One copy is enough with Remote Play Together on PC.
- SwitchNintendo eShopSee price (opens the store in a new tab)
How it plays
Is it good
86%
Very positive on Steam
“Defense Grid 2 feels paradoxically foreign and familiar...Ostensibly, the meat of Defense Grid 2 is the campaign and the narrative arc it carries.”
8 · Eurogamer “9.5, Exquisite”
9.5 · Gaming Nexus “Super Addictive!”
8 · IGN
- 81MetascoreMetacritic (Metascore; opens Metacritic in a new tab)
- 81Top criticsOpenCritic · Jan 2021 (OpenCritic top critic average, 33 reviews, as of Jan 2021; opens OpenCritic in a new tab)
- 81%RecommendOpenCritic · Jan 2021 (OpenCritic critics who recommend it, 33 reviews, as of Jan 2021; opens OpenCritic in a new tab)
Steam Deck Verified
Every way to play together
Steam lists couch co-op and online co-op for PC. On PC one copy is enough with Remote Play Together. Player counts and console play are not confirmed yet.
- 2+
- 2+
- Switch, not confirmed
Quick facts
- Developer
- Hidden Path Entertainment
- Platforms
- PC, Nintendo Switch
- Series
- Defense Grid
- Released
- 23 Sep 2014 on PC
- Controllers
- Full controller support on PC
- Languages
- Text in 11 languages, voices in 6
- Age rating
- Everyone 10+ (ESRB): Fantasy violence, mild language
In these lists
Answers
- Can you play DG2: Defense Grid 2 on one screen?
- Yes. The store lists shared or split-screen play without saying which. Same-screen co-op on PC. Not confirmed yet on Switch.
- One of 1,279 couch co-op games
- Is DG2: Defense Grid 2 crossplay?
- Crossplay not yet confirmed.
- Do you need two copies of DG2: Defense Grid 2?
- On one screen, one copy is enough. On PC the host can stream it to friends with Steam Remote Play Together.
- One of 1,371 co-op games where one copy is enough
- Does DG2: Defense Grid 2 work on Steam Deck?
- Yes: Steam rates it Verified for Steam Deck.
- Is DG2: Defense Grid 2 free?
- No, it's a paid game.
