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90% positive of 81 · Very Positive · Live from Steam
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Free on Steam. The demo has its own app, so its players are counted separately.
Cartridge Defense is a tower defense game with over 300 distinct collectible cards that you will use to create your own decks to defend against robots in the cyberpunk inspired future. Play cards (cartridges) to spawn towers, upgrades, special abilities and more in a campaign or rogue-like mode.
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Review score: 90% on 2026-11-01 → 90% today (81 reviews)
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Probably the biggest point of contention with Cartridge Defense since its release is that if a boss makes it through to the end, the run is over. Today that is no longer the case. Instead, you will lose 5 power cores if it is round 5, or (Current Round - 5) fo…
Hey everyone, just a small patch today to fix a couple issues and hopefully reduce some late game crashes. Fixed issue where adding a cartridge to a deck could add more than it was supposed to under certain circumstances. Fixed issue with shields getting hit w…
Hello everyone, I have a new update today with a few tweaks that most notably should help with crashing issues with later rounds in Endless Mode. I also added a Colorblind mode and nerfed the overpowered Neutron Monument cartridges. Patch Notes Features Added …
Thanks for everyone who has supported the game through launch! I have a small patch today with a few bug fixes: Fixed issue with Junk Removal (and other cartridges that destroy towers on the field) that would cause the game to go to an unplayable state when pl…
Hey everyone. This patch is primarily to improve the replayability of the sponsored, endless and roguelike game modes. Please let me know if you run into issues. I hope you enjoy! Patch Notes Charger and Umbrella Guardian models and icons completed. Made many …
Hey everyone! I hope y'all are doing well! We have a new patch today with a variety of fixes and new features to get ready for the 1.0 release later this year. Features Inventory Items have new icons and several have new names. Added new graphics on the info s…
Hey everyone, I just released version 1.0.1.12 of Cartridge Defense that should fix the issue with the tutorial that several players had been running into. I also modified the rules for line of sight on the towers to hopefully help with some of the complaints …
Thank you everyone who has supported the game through early access! It has been quite the journey for me and I'm excited to announce the 1.0 version of the game is available now! Patch Notes Features Campaign completed. Added Act 5 with 3 new levels (a total o…
Hello everyone! In just about a month we will be releasing the 1.0 version of Cartridge Defense! Thank you to everyone who helped test the game during the early access portion of the launch. The 1.0 version will include a final Zone with new levels, enemies, c…
Thank you for everyone who helped us test the game in the pre-early access stage of development. Today we make a big leap forward and release into early access! Please let us know how we can improve the game moving forward. Our top priority will be responding …
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