The Gate Must Stand

The Gate Must Stand

Senmu Studio · June 18, 2026 · Action Roguelike, Hack and Slash, Bullet Hell, Real Time Tactics, Roguelite

Buy the The Gate Must Stand key for Steam from Eneba at $2.93 — the cheapest of 22 stores we compare.

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The Gate Must Stand price by region

The Gate Must Stand costs £2.29 in the United Kingdom, €2.66 in Europe (EUR), $2.93 in the United States, $2.93 in Georgia (USD), CA$6.65 in Canada, A$8.31 in Australia, NZ$10.49 in New Zealand, zł12.07 in Poland and R$17.11 in Brazil right now.

Cheapest The Gate Must Stand offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £2.29 −48% £4.43 £2.29 21
Europe (EUR) €2.66 −49% €5.26 €2.66 21
United Statesyour region $2.93 −47% $5.54 $2.93 22
Georgia (USD) $2.93 −47% $5.49 $2.93 19
Canada CA$6.65 −45% CA$6.65 CA$10.79 22
Australia A$8.31 −45% A$8.31 A$13.04 21
New Zealand NZ$10.49 −30% NZ$10.49 NZ$13.49 19
Poland zł12.07 −44% zł16.79 zł12.07 21
Brazil R$17.11 −30% R$20.99 R$17.11 16

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About The Gate Must Stand

The Continent has fallen. The Invasion is here. You are the city of Belrak’s last hope of survival! 
The Gate Must Stand is a medieval fantasy roguelike tower defense game that puts you in the thick of the action! Choose your valiant warrior, recruit your allies, upgrade their skills, and discover powerful synergies to hold the last line of defense. Remember: heroes can fall, but the gate must stand.

Strategically place your followers, then fight alongside them as you cover each other, repel enemies, and combine your strength to unleash chaos across the field. It is base building, with you at the centre of its defense, use real time tactics or hack and slash your way through!Pick your battles carefully, though: your allies can revive and regroup after death, but the city gate’s demise is final.

Berserk attackers, relentless assassins, devastating spellcasters, stalwart defenders​​ - each hero’s combat style presents new opportunities to experiment with unique builds and find powerful synergies. 
Resource management is key to building the perfect run. Pair your hero with dozens of different followers, each with multiple upgrade paths, to truly maximize your defense!

Face off against apocalyptic demonic bosses every 5 minutes. Defeat them to claim their ​​game-changing relics​​ - but tread carefully, for risk and reward go hand in hand…
Each hard-won mystic relic can be used to evolve your followers into their ultimate forms, turning the tides of battle against ever-growing threats.

Every run brings a fresh challenge! Adapt your strategy dynamically as you upgrade your hero, and deploy your arsenal of followers with precision to fend off the murderous waves. And if the gate does fall? Action Roguelike progression means that each time you have a new opportunity to prevent your demise. Your blood stained experience unlocks new content, allowing you to fortify your defenses and grow stronger for the next run.

  • 4 Heroes
  • 149 Hero Skills
  • 19 base Followers
  • 38 Ultimate forms
  • 150 Follower Skills
  • 3 Stages
    • 6 Maps
  • 5 Difficulty Levels
  • 13 Bosses
    • 10 Elite Enemies
  • Meta Progression cap: Level 7
  • 46 Advanced Skill Options
  • 53 Relics
  • The Gate Must Stand — game info

    Platforms
    Windows
    Steam Deck
    Playable
    Player modes
    Single-player, Online co-op, LAN
    Controller
    Full controller support
    PC Game Pass
    Not included

    What Steam players say

    Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

    Not recommended Aug 24, 2026
    Simple Tower defense with a simple game loop, so far I've unlocked the entire base upgrades and been stuck on the final difficulty for now only because I was still trying to level up Rodrick, the tank class who needed to take 1 million damage to get his 2nd level which took multiple runs at the 2nd highest difficulty while face tanking everything. The game is very under developed with many things not told at all to the player such as bonds, the only way you can figure out what each follower gives you is to play a round and remember/write them down like how the fire mage increases the player's skill damage per level or how lancer increases the hero's knockback per level. So far the best one to always keep in your roster is the assassin which has a chance to double your dmg per level and when you enhance his bond you get around 185% chance for double damage, each follower is pretty useful but i generally focus on magic attack because the mages/spirits are so much better than the physical attackers with the exception of the lancer and the dude with the hook. TLDR: its fun but not worth the $10, I'd get it for $5 but it needs a lot of QOL, I also think some of the upgrades needs bette…
    2 found this helpful
    Not recommended Aug 31, 2026
    I like most of this game. Great units and upgrades. It's fun until the boss fights, most of which make no sense and turn the game into a boring, tedious slog. Waited too long to refund but not sure the game will improve?
    1 found this helpful
    Recommended Sep 19, 2026
    Fun game. Has big potential as the dev likes to get creative. 👏
    Not recommended Sep 4, 2026
    The game was very shallow at the time of release and didn't have much content. (could have potential tho)
    Recommended Aug 24, 2026
    Its quite simple in its game loop, yet fun in its team build variation possibilities. The game has an atmhosphere that feels good.,
    Recommended Aug 12, 2026
    This is one of those situations where I wish there was a neutral button. Not bad enough to thumbs down, but not good enough to thumbs up. There is a great idea behind this game, but it's executed poorly. You'll see a lot of the same critisim, it gets very samey and grindy quickly. The upgrades aren't game changing enough, nothing really new happens as you progress and while the maps change, they don't really. My biggest issue, is this genre is flooded, and by many games that just do it better at the same price. This isn't a bad game, it just doesn't have a loop that makes you feel like coming back for more.

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