Underplayed Gems

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Developer
Games
Genres
Action, Indie, Strategy
Rating
3.8 of 5, 8 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 1.1 hours
Where to get it
Steam

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The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A frantic 15-minute race to build and upgrade towers against increasingly powerful monsters while defending a planetary core extractor.

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What players say

Players are split: some find it fun and fresh for the price, while others cite missing shortcuts, no command cancel, and a sound bug that persists after muting. The upgrade system requires towers to get individual kills, so a boss can wipe out a leveled tower and make rebuilding painful.

Screenshots

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.