Inspired by the 1983 cult classic film, Wargames, DEFCON superbly evokes the tension, paranoia and suspicion of the Cold War era, playing on the fascinating aspects of psychological gameplay that occur during strategic nuclear warfare.
DEFCON playtime stats
103 Steam players on record have spent 1,250 hours in DEFCON, 12 hours each on average; the median player has 0.8 hours. The top 10% have 12 hours or more, while 69% are still under two hours, inside Steam's refund window. Over the last 30 days 0% of active players played it, 0.2 hours in all, most of all on Tuesdays. A typical day of play lasts 0.2 hours.
Total playtime
= 1,250 hours total
across 103 players
Avg per player
median 0.8h
Avg day of play
per player, on days they play
Loyalty
of its players' Steam time · top game for 0 players
New players
first played it in the last 30 days
Achievements
avg unlocked · 2 players at 100%
DEFCON over time
UTC days. Each line is scaled to its own range; hover a day for the values. Today is still in progress.
Trend
last 30 days vs the 30 beforeShare of active players
1 player of 2,065
0%
Share of hours played
0.2h in 30 days
0%
Hours per player
in the last 30 days
0.2h
Shares, not raw counts: more players join every week, so raw totals mostly show our own growth.
Weekday pattern
avg hours, UTCBusiest on Tuesdays, 600% above an average day.
Hours played per day
all players on record, UTC days · hover a dayDays played
1
Playtime on record
0.2h
Avg per day
0.2h
Biggest day
0.2h
Sep 29
Most players
1
Sep 29
Favorite day
Tuesday
Top players
Full leaderboard →- 1
Cavern Crawl
847h - 2
- 3
Lamlat45h - 4
Chase30h - 5
- 6
- 7
DyMare14h - 8
Vanfeldt14h - 9
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13h - 10
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13h
How long players stay
lifetime hours per player- Under 1h58 (56%)
- 1–10h33 (32%)
- 10–50h10 (10%)
- 50–100h1 (1%)
- 100–500h0 (0%)
- 500h+1 (1%)
69% of players have under 2 hours, inside Steam's refund window.
Top countries
by players on record- United States32 players4.9% of its players
Canada8 players9.1% of its players
United Kingdom5 players4% of its players
Australia3 players4.4% of its players
Germany3 players2.3% of its players
Brazil3 players7.1% of its players
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