3 Minute Heroes (2021)

- Developer
- Sinkhole Studio
- Platforms
- Windows
- Genres
- Strategy
- Rating
- 4.2 of 5, 222 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 5.5 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
A frantic, tactical card-driven tower defense where you scramble to place heroes and deploy cards in real-time, feeling like a quick, funny, and replayable puzzle of hero combos.
fast-pacedchaoticstrategicfunnyreplayabletacticallightheartedcombinatorial
What players say
Players compare it to Plants vs Zombies meets deckbuilding, but find the English translation poor and the hero balance uneven. The 3-minute rounds are clever, yet many feel the game gets dull after a few hours and lacks long-term depth.
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