Tower defenseVideo Games
Video Games Encyclopedia by Gamepressure.com
Plants vs Zombies
Strategy 05 May 2009
A game belonging to the popular tower defense genre. It's theme, however, is rather unusual, for the players' task is to protect their household against the attacking hordes of zombies. The game was developed by PopCap Games - a company popular for successful arcade-logic games, such as Peggle Deluxe or Bejeweled. In Plants vs Zombies, the levels are made of paths along which the zombies are coming. The player's task is to secure each of those paths. Interestingly, the player's fortification comprises of various plants and flowers growing outside of their house. Each kind of plant has a unique ability. These include things like production the in-game currency, attacking, slowing down the enemies, or exploding in front of them. Zombies are equally diversified - there are many types of attackers, differing in appearance, equipment, and armor. All the subtleties of gameplay are gradually revealed and explained to the players. The game stands out with its atmosphere of comedy, deprived of serious undertones and tension. This was achieved mainly by colorful visuals and a cheerful soundtrack.
Kingdom Rush Origins
Strategy 19 November 2014
The third installment in a series of popular tower defense games set in a fantasy world. Similar to the previous installments, the game was created by Ironhide. In terms of the plot, Kingdom Rush Origins is a prequel to the entire story presented in the series, set before the evil Vez'nan posed a threat to the country of the elves. The player's goal is to stop the evildoer by leading the armies through new locations: elven forests, magical kingdoms and ruins of an ancient metropolis. The game offers new kinds of towers and units, such as elven archers, mystical mages or stone druids. Also, new improvements, spells and abilities were added along with previously unavailable enemy types. The armies are led by nine legendary characters, and each has unique powers. What has remained unchanged here is the gameplay formula of the predecessors, as well as cartoonish visuals typical of the series.
Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time
Strategy 15 August 2013
A full-scale continuation of crazy tower defense/strategy game, which successfully merged the popularity of this causal genre with the never-ending interest in zombies. It has been prepared by the creators of the original title, an experienced developer of budget productions, PopCap Games studio. The main theme of the series is an invasion of the undead, who are craving for human brains and have formed a powerful army to achieve this objective. But once again, smart plants (and their owner) stand in their way, armed with the strangest of weapons that can foil zombies’ plans. The gameplay comes down to securing subsequent patches of our lawn in a way that will prevent brain-eating monsters from reaching their target. The sequel offers even greater variety of fields and plants, not to mention black humor, typical feat of the series.
Kingdom Rush
Strategy 28 July 2011
A tower defense game requiring the player to defend a position against attacking fantasy creatures. The game was created by Ironhide - an independent developer. Kingdom Rush is set in a classic fantasy world filled with magic, orcs, knights and giants. The player's goal is to prevent the enemies from reaching the other side of the map. The attackers come in waves and each one is more powerful than the previous. When planning further actions, the player has to build defensive structures on the path of the enemy, including towers for archers, artillery posts and barracks generating soldiers who fight the attackers directly. Elimination of enemies generates income, which can be spent on expanding the line of defense through the addition of new buildings or upgrade of the existing ones. When the situation gets worse, the player can also cast powerful offensive spells capable of stopping or even destroying entire groups of enemies. Completing a level earns the player golden stars, allowing them to upgrade their units or make spells more effective. Kingdom Rush stands out with its eye-pleasing, colorful and detailed visuals.
Sleep Tight
Action Thursday, 26 July 2018
An arcade twin shooter game with tower defense elements. You play as a child fighting monsters at night. During the day you prepare for battle by building and upgrading your base and placing towers. Once night falls, you shoot everything that moves.
Craft the World
Strategy 24 November 2014
An independent sandbox strategy game with both RPG and tower defense elements, inspired by such productions as Terrarria, Dwarf Fortress, and the iconic Dungeon Keeper. Craft the World has been developed by Dekovir Entertainment. In the game, players get to control a group of Dwarves tasked with erecting and defending a stronghold. In order to do this, they have to look for resources, construct diverse buildings, and (when necessary) fight the enemy factions. For their efforts, players earn experience points, with which they can acquire new team members. The game takes place across randomly generated worlds, each one featuring different conditions. The Dwarves use a wide range of weapons and armors players can create using the relatively simple crafting system. The game delivers high resolution and 2D old-school visuals, somewhat resembling the aforementioned Terraria.
Dungeon Defenders II
Action 20 June 2017
A sequel to a popular action-RPG with tower defense elements, originally released in 2011 as a debut game of indie developer Trendy Entertainment. In contrast to the first game, this one is based on the free-to-play business model, and offers two entirely different multiplayer modes. The first one is a traditional co-op, in which players of different skills and specializations join forces against waves of enemies of increasing difficulty. The other one is heavily inspired by MOBA games and focuses on competitive combat of two 5-person teams. Each team is tasked with destroying opponent’s turrets. The game introduces numerous technical upgrades, as well as new heroes and opponents. Both play modes share the same characters roster, and individual dungeons are connected by a common mini-world on the surface, where up to 24 players can be at the same time.
Sang-Froid: Tales of Werewolves
Action 05 April 2013
Sang-Froid: Tales of Werewolves is a mix of an action game, a cRPG, and a tower defense strategy. It is the first game from the indie studio Artifice. Bryan Perro, author of the fantasy novel Amos Daragon, collaborated with the production team. The game takes place in 19th century Canada. The plot focuses on two brothers who, despite their differences, do everything they can to save their sister who is chased by the Devil himself. Gameplay is based on a day-night cycle. During the day, we have to gather resources, set traps, and build reinforcements. All of this is required to resist the werewolves, ghasts, wendigo, possessed animals, and other creatures that attack during the night. Gathering experience allows us to level up our skills.
Kingdom Rush Frontiers
Strategy 05 June 2013
The game provides a continuation to one of the most popular mobile tower defense strategies, which was created by Ironhide. Kingdom Rush Frontiers is based on the gameplay formula of its predecessor. The player's task here is to defend the kingdom against various fantasy creatures. In order to do that, the player builds different defensive structures on their path, sends military units to fight them, but also uses many different spells. In the story campaign, the player has to make their way through treacherous deserts and forests in order to reach the mountains, where the final boss fight begins. The creators added an entire set of hero characters, improvements and units, such as assassins, templars, necromancers or machines capable of causing earthquakes. Each of the characters has their own unique abilities, which can be developed in different ways, thus various play-styles are applicable. Following the pattern of the original game, Kingdom Rush Frontiers offers cartoonish visuals. Additionally, the game is filled with light humor and references made to pop-culture.
Steampunk Tower 2
Strategy 19 April 2018
A strategy/tower defense taking place in a steampunk universe. Our task is to defend a tower from incoming enemy forces. The game is a continuation of Steampunk Tower, a title released for mobile devices in 2014.
PixelJunk Monsters 2
Strategy 25 May 2018
A continuation of a tower defense title from 2008. The player is tasked with protecting the forest inhabitants from the incoming invaders using trees that are replaced by defense towers.
Tiny Guardians
Strategy 16 April 2015
A mobile strategy game by Kurechii, blending tower defense and classic RTS elements. Tiny Guardians in set in a classic fantasy realm, which you have to defend against a monster invasion. To succeed, you have to find a powerful sorceress, who is the only person possessing powers that can stop the forces of evil once and for all. In every level you have to survive the attacking waves of enemies, although unlike in other tower defense games, you don't use static towers but characters, over which you have absolute control. The enemies move in set patterns, which allows you to plan your strategy in advance. In addition, like in role-playing games, each available character has their own fighting style, equipment, and abilities, which can be developed as the game progresses.
