Super Sanctum TD (2013)

Coffee Stain Studios

Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows) · iOS

2.54 from 24 ratings

491 members have it in their collection · 4 playing now · 236 backlogged · 3 wish listed

Super Sanctum TD is a retro-styled Tower Defense game that focuses on strategy, customization and replayability. Build advanced mazes and construct powerful towers to prevent alien hordes from reaching the Core! When the aliens swarm your maze and everything seems lost, use active abilities like Air Strike and Freeze to tilt the battlefield to your advantage.
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Release dates

  • May 09, 2013 (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Oct 01, 2013 (Worldwide) Mac
  • Jan 16, 2014 (Worldwide) iOS
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Rhapshie

Review Rhapshie 3/5 · Mar 24, 2017

Your usual tower defense

Super Sanctum TD: ★★★☆☆

If you are a fan of Sanctum and Sanctum 2, get ready for a disappointment.

Super Sanctum TD, a very retro, isometric tower defense game. There is nothing extraordinarily special about it. It's the kind of game that you would play as you wait for your 3D render to finish as it is kind on your …

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Super Sanctum TD: ★★★☆☆

If you are a fan of Sanctum and Sanctum 2, get ready for a disappointment.

Super Sanctum TD, a very retro, isometric tower defense game. There is nothing extraordinarily special about it. It's the kind of game that you would play as you wait for your 3D render to finish as it is kind on your memory (like what I did) and you certainly won't be spending hundred of hours on it. There's no FPS aspects or awesome feeling of juking your enemies' attacks by jumping around.

Although I said all those, it doesn't mean that the game isn't good. It's a quite decent, entertaining game that requires more attention to the game instead of just alt-tabbing after you made a sick setup and let your towers do the work. You have to get your hands in there and use the provided skills to help your towers kill the enemies. Every stage that you clear, you will be given a perk point that you can spend and (thankfully!) reset anytime so you can strategically shape your play style.

TL;DR Not a game that you will invest hundred of hours on but a great side game for when you have nothing better to do.

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FredLobster

Review FredLobster 3/5 · Jan 28, 2014

Super Sanctum TD is a competently-designed, retro-flavored tower defense game that takes few risks and offers an appropriate degree of Fun. An endless horde of horrible space monstroids is pouring out of a weird invasion portal cabbage and it's up to you to place a variety of defensive turrets in the way to stop 'em! Along with your chainguns and …

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Super Sanctum TD is a competently-designed, retro-flavored tower defense game that takes few risks and offers an appropriate degree of Fun. An endless horde of horrible space monstroids is pouring out of a weird invasion portal cabbage and it's up to you to place a variety of defensive turrets in the way to stop 'em! Along with your chainguns and flamethrowers and gauss rifles, you also have access to a variety of special abilities you can activate to blast those hardy bastards who manage to scrape their way through your gauntlet. As you play, you earn experience, unlocking new turrets and abilities. Level layout and wave composition are well-balanced, keeping up the challenge and often requiring multiple level attempts to achieve any sort of victory. And when all is said and done, you can go back for further challenges by attempting earlier levels on Hard Mode or Survival Mode.

Unfortunately, this game comes from the same people who made Sanctum, which was a delightfully innovative tower defense / FPS hybrid. Dropping all the innovative aspects of the game just makes this seems like an attempt at cashing in on the franchise's name, which, y'know, isn't terribly exciting to the fans; the lore was never terribly compelling to begin with, and this entry contributes nothing new on that front. If you're an avid tower defense enthusiast, sure, the game isn't bad, but you'd be better off playing the other games in the series or trying out a more polished, well-developed tower defense game like Sol Survivor.

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