Underplayed Gems

Citadelic (2023)

Citadelic cover
Developer
KEYREAL
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Action, Casual, Indie, Strategy
Rating
3.6 of 5, 14 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 2.3 hours
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

A strategic tower-defense game where you quickly build and adapt defenses each wave against evolving enemies, balancing resource management under pressure.

tacticaladaptivestrategicfast-pacedsurvivalproceduralminimalisttense

What players say

Players enjoy the hex-based tower defense concept and the roguelike artifacts, but many find the difficulty poorly tuned. Enemies attack from all directions and tower range is too small to keep up, making the game tedious past wave 20 and trivial on normal difficulty once upgraded. Performance issues appear after placing hundreds of towers.

Screenshots

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