PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate
This is imho 36 Tower defense or assimilated games i played sorted by interest :
Some people might find this list useful for discovering unknown TD.
Legend :
(TD) - pure Tower Defense
(ATD) - Assimilated Tower Defense
(FPSTD) - First Person Shooter Tower Defense
(S) - Solo
(M) - Multiplayer
1- (Warcraft 3 & Starcraft’s TD \o/) (TD) (M)
2- GemCraft Chasing Shadows (TD) (S)
3- Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal (ATD) (S)
4- Dungeon of the endless (ATD) (M)
5- Defender’s Quest : Valley of the Forgotten (TD) (S)
– Real player with 152.2 hrs in game
Read More: Best Tower Defense Local Co-Op Games.
I’ve spent so many hours on this game and I still keep on coming back to it, I figured I owed it a review. So here goes.
PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate is a tower defense game. Um. That’s it. You play a Tikiman defending his offspring from wave after wave of nature monsters by transforming the surrounding trees into weaponized barrels. I couldn’t say that there’s anything particularly special about it as a tower defense game, if only because I don’t play enough tower defense to make sweeping statements about the genre. I guess that’s the thing. To me, this game IS the tower defense genre: it’s an intuitively designed, visually and musically appealing, simple, challenging game. Easy to understand but hard to master. I haven’t beaten all the levels, 70 hours in at the time of this review, but I definitely want to.
– Real player with 100.3 hrs in game
Dungeon Defenders
Updated Review
After more than 6,000 hours in this game the day has come to quit Dungeon Defenders. Easy to imagine that I’ve given a recommendation before. Unfortunately recent updates made by the Community Development Team (CDT) ruined the game - at least for me.
To my knowledge the CDT has been introduced to fix bugs, adding quality-of-life changes such as new content. Instead they also change core mechanics of the game such as RNG, towers and enemies. Things we were used for long 5 years are getting changed out of the sudden because certain individuals within the CDT are enforcing their changes more or less.
– Real player with 6262.2 hrs in game
Read More: Best Tower Defense Singleplayer Games.
This game, despite being old, as stood the test of time. It’s a wonderful game from my childhood that still fun to play whenever I jump back onto it. It’s never a dull moment in this game, and will always hold a place in my hearts. That doesn’t mean I don’t know the bad stuff about it, because loving a game doesn’t mean you see only the good parts, but you know what the flaws are and you either love them or are able to look past them. Lets go naming some shall we?
Pros:
The combination of RPG elements with Tower defence is smooth and feels natural.
– Real player with 2998.9 hrs in game
Orcs Must Die! 2
Personal rating: 9/10
DLC: Adds a lot to the game without putting any game breaking stuff. Complete Pack is very worth it.
About Orcs Must Die! 2:
It is a fast paced, tower defense game which requires you to be crafty and resourceful from the beginning until the end. But unlike most common defense tower games you actively participate in the battle, you are main defense, your towers, or rather traps, will hinder, soften or thin out the horde, but you’ll still have a lot of heavy lifting to do by yourself.
– Real player with 795.9 hrs in game
Read More: Best Tower Defense Indie Games.
Orcs Must Die! 2
Pros-
#1.Still good graphics even in 2020
#2.Very fun gameplay if you into tower defense and third person shooters
#3.Co-Op is really fun
#4.I still get plenty of enjoyment from this playing solo
#5.Tons of powers and traps
#6.Good variety of maps
#7.Good variety of enemies
#8.One trap allows an orcs mind to be taken over so it will fight and die for you
#9.Endless mode
This is one thing I love about this game even playing it on solo.I try to see if I can beat my own high score in endless mode.
– Real player with 383.7 hrs in game
Bunker Defense
Tower defence at its best.
Ranks along side Defense Grid 2 as the best out there.
very challenging and great diversity
More levels a definite requirement..
– Real player with 186.1 hrs in game
Well, as a self-professed TD game addict, with lots of games to compare it to, this game stands out as one of the best overall Tower Defense games I’ve played. It’s a hidden gem that offers tons of varied action, ops for challenge (lots of replay ability), appealing story line, immersion and just plain fun. And, unlike many TD games I’ve played, even after the learning curve I have not felt bored with any level because they are all so varied and different.
The graphics are truly outstanding with a wide variety of enemies, weapons and maps (albeit IMO per the Early Access version, there needs to be some tweaking on gamma (adjusting within the game graphics, ie. shadow, worked great for me). The only other criticism (and this is being very picky) would maybe if they tweaked the zooming and angle controls for better visibility (I wanted to really check out some of those strange and awesome enemies)
– Real player with 167.5 hrs in game
Dungeon Defenders: Awakened
Alright, this is going to be a lengthy review, but I feel like this is needed. As you might have guess from my amount of play time, I’m recommending this game and find it to be a very good game. However, more context is needed. I’m reviewing the game in its current stat (January 2021).
Let’s start up with the most important thing: my recommendation varies depending on who you are. If you’re the kind of gamer that likes playing through the game’s story once and then move on to the next game, then you’ll probably like this game in its current state. The first campaign playthrough is really enjoyable and, for the most part, well designed and well balanced. Boss might be a bit hard though, but I’m sure the devs will rebalance them. Either way, it’s not so terrible.
– Real player with 867.8 hrs in game
TLDR: I recommend the game, it is fun, colorful and easy to jump into. Also, if you played DD1 you will get hit with a wave of nostalgia. However this statement from their Kickstarter page “Here at Chromatic Games, we all agree — let’s go back to the roots of what made the original Dungeon Defenders so amazing!”. They have not hit this mark, not even close yet. Additional info below.
I would recommend Dungeon Defenders: Awakened to anyone looking for a fun, simple (more on this later), highly addicting game. The game has enough for casual experiences and a bit of depth for the hardcore min/maxer in us all. Fighting waves and waves of enemies to get showered in loot is a lot of fun and never gets old. .
– Real player with 281.3 hrs in game
Dungeon Defenders II
I tried. I really, really tried.
Ever since I bought this game in 2014, I continued to throw my time and genuine effort at it, hoping to get at the very least a decent sequel to DD1. I even ignored the very clear warning sign that was the release of DD Eternity (DD1 was abandoned to hackers, then repacked and…sold again under a new name, wham, bam, profit). Today, with the game about ready to leave yet another developement stage, instead of having hope and tons of fun playing the game, I am disgusted and bitterly dissapointed.
– Real player with 1862.6 hrs in game
Don’t bother with Dungeon Defenders 2 or Trendy Entertainment. Their incessant greed has instilled levels of disgust in me that I scarcely could previously fathom.
For a bit of background, allow me to preface this by telling you that I hold no nostalgia for the original Dungeon Defenders. This is a combination of their lack of security leading to rampant hackers and my disdain for the original character styles. I played this game a bit when it first came out, and dropped in now and again to see how it was doing. My tenure here became permanent with the Terraria crossover content, and I’ve remained fairly steady to the game since. I’ve done some Mastery, climbed up Onslaught, and dabbled in Ancient Power Resets. I’ve seen a lot of what there is to see, and let me tell you, originally, the allure was the cartoony, bright graphics and enjoyable combat. However, beneath this veneer of vibrant paint lies a decrepit, hollow experience designed to consume your wallet.
– Real player with 1216.2 hrs in game
Rogue Star Rescue
Rogue Star Rescue is a fun top down twin stick shooter that really shines when it comes to multiplayer. There are a variety of guns, each with a fairly unique feel, to find and use to blast through the levels. The main story mode features a variety of levels connected in a branching map (think Starfox 64). Each different path has a potential way to reach one of the 32 different endings. This coupled with the randomized room layouts, guns, and items gives Rogue Star Rescue a fair bit of replay-ability. The core gameplay loop is fun, and there are multiple higher difficulties where enemies are more numerous to keep things from feeling too easy. There is a whole trap system, but that only comes into play during boss battles at the end of each stage. There is a wave survival mode focused around those boss rooms if you want to focus on the tower defense aspect of the game.
– Real player with 88.7 hrs in game
This is a great multiplayer game. I had plenty of fun with friends on this one. It can be challenging but not alright unforgiving. A good game to pickup for professionals looking for a slightly more relaxed time and some laughs, or for a new player to this genre to pick up this style of game.
There is multiple routes, a few characters, unlockables, and difficulty selector for one to want to replay the game multiple times. There was some quirky moments like somehow I’m inside a room and my friend will teleport into the room and land right into enemy fire, or on rare occasions where the door won’t open for them at all causing me to have to clear the room by self. Overall, no too devastating bugs that is a deal breaker. I am sure they will be smoothed out over time.
– Real player with 41.5 hrs in game
Terrorhedron Tower Defense
Ingenious! Terrorhedron Takes the tower defense genre to new dimensions of play.
I am a tough critic when it comes to media! I never give a perfect ten because then where can you improve upon perfection?
That being said…this game gets a 9.9 in terms of the depth that it brings to the classic tower defense theme.
It also gets a 9.9 in the “That’s friggin' impressive!” category due to the fact that it was done (for the most part) by one dude.
The game has only 6 levels, but that’s O.K. because while you might breeze through all six on the easy difficulty, the next level will present a thorough challenge even for fans of the genre. Then there’s three levels of difficulty after that! I’ve got around 100 hours on this game I believe, and I’ve beaten 4 of the 6 levels on “hard”. Then there’s “insane”, ……then “Mathematically Impossible” And I don’t even want to think about what those are going to be like . For a time I was convinced that none of them were possible to beat on the hard difficulty.
– Real player with 112.2 hrs in game
This is a must have for every tower Defense Fan! It took me a while to get used to the 3d profile and building the tower bases but the learning curve is part of the fun and challenge to most Tower D games. That is the case here as well. A mouse is a must in my opinion. If you are used to a track pad you could probably manage though. You must grind a bit to unlock towers and upgrades for them, however, they do a wonderful job of scaling it so you are grinding as you are learning and unlocking new tracks and such so It does not become a bore. It has some kind of 3-d effect option but I have no idea how that works. Someone more tech savvy will have to comment upon that. The game looks great without it.
– Real player with 83.7 hrs in game
Bloons TD 6
BTD6 is a fine tower defense game that features monkeys versus balloons. Don’t let the cute and colorful appearance fool you though: it’s easy in the beginning, but you can easily choose more challenging scenarios that will test your abilities thoroughly.
There’s a bit of a grind at first to unlock everything, but there’s so much content, that just playing the game will get you there. Daily and weekly events are great and give you a chance at more free stuff. There’s plenty to do in co-op too.
– Real player with 283.4 hrs in game
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monkë
– Real player with 168.2 hrs in game
Elementowers
TL;DR: Well designed/fun gameplay especially for co-op, graphics/audio are whatever but good enough. Perfect balance of deep/accessible. Not much content for current price but fun co-op is easy to burn through on steam ;).
SPOILER: ### of levels currently implemented.
Fun overall; will be a great hidden gem when there is a little more content.
The difficulty curve is a bit off–we played co-op on hard, there is lots of fun basic strategy to discover (some of it will be standard to fans of Tower Defense, some of it is unique to the unique mechanics they’re going for), but the early levels don’t allow you to explore this enough without losing, and the later levels then fall off a little. My GF and I died 3-8 times in the first four levels, then beat next the next four on first try.
– Real player with 3.9 hrs in game