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Backyard Defenders

Defend your picnic from hungry bugs in this strategic tower defense game! Place unique defenders, upgrade their abilities, and survive increasingly challenging waves of ants, beetles, mosquitoes, and epic boss…

13 September 2026

Backyard Defenders is an indie developed by Theodore Hauenstein, released 13 September 2026 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Backyard Defenders is

Backyard Defenders is an indie game developed by Theodore Hauenstein and released in 2026. It was published by Mitomjo Studios. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Defend your picnic from hungry bugs in this strategic tower defense game! Place unique defenders, upgrade their abilities, and survive increasingly challenging waves of ants, beetles, mosquitoes, and epic boss battles. Can you protect your backyard feast?
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Backyard Defenders launched on 13 September 2026, within three weeks of Marvel's Wolverine, The Blood of Dawnwalker, Control Resonant and Onimusha: Way of the Sword.

Released around the same time: Marvel's Wolverine, The Blood of Dawnwalker, Control Resonant, Onimusha: Way of the Sword.

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When did Backyard Defenders come out?
Backyard Defenders was released on 13 September 2026 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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