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77% positive of 342 · Mostly Positive · Live from Steam
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Free on Steam. The demo has its own app, so its players are counted separately.
A roguelike tower defense game with a dash of deckbuilding. Choose a reward, improve your build, survive the next wave, repeat. Highly replayable, difficult, and addictive. You'll want just one more wave, just one more run!
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Review score: 77% on 2026-11-01 → 77% today (342 reviews)
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- Fixed caching for iOS and Android purchases for offline play - The restart button is now disabled for daily challenge games - Restarting a game will now keep the selected supercharge - The score bonus for unused mastery points is now tied to the amount of wa…
I fixed a little error in the score calculation bonus I introduced in the last patch.
Sorry for the long silence friends, I was busy working on the spiritual successor of Core Defense – Blacken Slash might be something you like, so check it out and wishlist it: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1746560/ Added - new supercharge *Tanky*, in whic…
Core Defense is a "roguelike tower defense game with a dash of deckbuilding" and now it's been out for little over a year, developer ehmprah gives an overview of how the indie release went. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/08/deve…
Added Added simple export / import for profiles Even though the mobile version has thousands of players, the game has only a handful of reviews so I had to add a rating prompt on iOS and Android ;-) Changed Endless rewards now always appear in the same order T…
- Daily challenge submissions no longer fail when using the *Rocket Pod* - Daily challenge highscore cache is now purged upon submitting your run
Good news, everyone: my third game Blacken Slash is now available! Go get it, you won't regret it! Also: a big thank you to all of you! This whole solo gamedev adventure only works because of you – so thank you, from the bottom of my heart! https://store.steam…
I've been a bit busy working on my next game, which will be announced today – but of course I've also worked on Core Defense. Here's the new patch – I hope you like it. Do share your opinion on it and let me know what you think! Added Added brightness slider t…
The Mastery Expansion is live! Go get it and become a true Core Defense master! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1563040/Core_Defense__Mastery_Expansion/ Added Mastery: a permanent progression system with levels and mastery points Supercharge: optional diffi…
Good news, everyone! The open beta weekend for the Mastery Expansion has begun! Right-click Core Defense in your Steam library, go to properties, select the betas tab and then choose the beta branch. To allow you to test all the content, you immediately have a…
Core Defense, a positively rated tower defense game by users (and one we enjoyed) from developer ehmprah that sprinkles in a little deck-building is getting an expansion with a Beta you can try. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/03…
Good news everyone! I'm happy to announce the MASTERY EXPANSION for Core Defense is just around the corner, with an open beta weekend starting on March 5th. On March 19th the DLC will be released at a $4.99 price point with a 10% launch discount. Open Beta Wee…
This patch finetunes the new game speed and fixes bugs like attacks skipping frames on higher game speeds. If you notice any other differences, please report them! Added Added new graphic for the void zones Changed Changed the new game speed from 7x to 5x Remo…