Grow Defense (2021)

Developer: SoftCowGames
Genres: Casual, Free To Play, Indie, Strategy
Rating: 3.8 of 5, 607 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 14 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

A casual, colorful tower defense where you grow your castle's power through upgrades and talent points while fending off monster hordes.

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What players say

Players say Grow Defense is a creative idle tower defense where you grow towers from a tree, but bugs pile up over time. Enemies sometimes stop taking damage, and since an update the cloud save can revert progress. Players split on whether the free-to-play monetization feels fair, and report that long crafting recipes reset if you leave the game.

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