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Defense Grid: The Awakening

96% positive of 4,533 Steam reviews

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Released
2008
Steam Deck
Playable
Platforms
Steam, Epic

Made by Hidden Path Entertainment.

About the game

Defense Grid: The Awakening is a unique spin on tower defense gameplay that will appeal to players of all skill levels. A horde of enemies is invading, and it's up to the player to stop them by strategically building fortification towers around their base.

Tagged by players

  • Tower Defense
  • Strategy
  • Sci-fi
  • Aliens
  • Touch-Friendly
  • Futuristic
  • RTS
  • Adventure
  • Action

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Overwhelmingly Positive

What players say

  • Recommended
    This is so much better than more recent tower defense games because you set the path of the enemies by your placement of towers in their way. You block them off from certain routes and you corral them into the path you want, making the game SO much more strategic. All the new ones have simple, stupid fixed tower locations to pick along a pre-defined path. The only remotely comparable game was Tower Madness 2.

    39 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    LOVED it! Still one of the best tower defense games out there, the aliens go for your cores and you get to watch them haul them away, so every leak hurts. The AI voice keeps you company the whole way, highly suggested!

    8.1 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    Was alright on release but is broken in various ways now. There are better tower defense games out there.

    1.1 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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