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Defense Grid: The Awakening

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Defense Grid: The Awakening

Dec 8, 2008

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3.40 average rating based on 203 ratings

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A tower defense game where you have to defend Power Cores from being stolen. Tower construction is limited to specified platforms on where you can place 1 out of 10 diffrent upgradeable towers. Towers can not be destroyed by the enemies. Tower placement is key to progress in this game as they each have pros and cons. During the game you battle a variety of 15 diffrent "Insectoid" enemies with various abilitys to handle such as stealth, speed, armor and shields etc. The invaders can carry 1-3 powercores as they reach the powerstations and try to make their escape.
Release Dates
Dec 08, 2008 Full Release (Worldwide)
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Sep 02, 2009 Full Release (North_America)
Xbox 360
Jun 08, 2010 Full Release (Worldwide)
Mac
Nov 12, 2015 Digital Compatibility Release (Worldwide)
Xbox One
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User Stats
1632
In Collection
14
Wish Listed
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Playing
703
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How Long Is Defense Grid: The Awakening?
Main story: 7.8 hours
Main + extras: 36.2 hours
Total completions: 5
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V1CGaming
V1CGaming gave Jul 28, 2021
V1CGaming gave Jul 28, 2021
A nice tower defense game.
This review is for the PC (Microsoft Windows) version

A decent tower defense game, well executed and somewhat polished, but Defense Grid unfortunately does not add anything to the genre, I could even point out a few things that are missing; there are no items, there is only one buff tower, evolution mechanics are very simple and limited. Yet, it's still worth it for people who like this genre. A good thing about this one is map design. It's not only pretty, but also requires player to develop his brain to figure out how to use the terrain to his own advantage. The place you choose for a new turret matters a lot. The voice acting was good, but jokes weren't that funny.

kicks07
kicks07 gave Jul 17, 2025
kicks07 gave Jul 17, 2025
Fun Tower Defense Game
This review is for the PC (Microsoft Windows) version

Not much I can say except a great tower defense game. Not a lot of reason to replay in my opinion and the extremely dated graphics can make it a little hard to play. Very short, but I got it for free a long time ago and just enjoyed my small romp through the campaign.

Guran
Guran gave Jun 16, 2015
Guran gave Jun 16, 2015
THE Tower Defense game to play!

So far the best tower defense game I've played. The units feel powerful and its very pleasing to see them pulverize the aliens. Graphics and sound are so well done that it becomes a very immersive game. Base difficulty is quite easy but there is a challenge here for everyone. If you got friends playing the game it can be very addicting to try and beat their results in the leaderboards. Every level also got many different modes you can try for variation The AI voice is fantastic and really adds to the immersion. To sum up, fantastic value and a must buy!

killerstar
killerstar updated their status Jul 22, 2021
killerstar updated their status Jul 22, 2021

Free on the Epic Store if you didn't grab it before.

https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/p/defense-grid

anarchistica
anarchistica updated their status Dec 20, 2020
anarchistica updated their status Dec 20, 2020

This is free on the Epic store today:

https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/defense-grid/home

NB: Free for 23h45m.

This is an excellent Tower Defense game by the way - one of the best when it was released.

If the leaks are correct (4 out of 4 correct so far) tomorrow we'll get Alien: Isolation.