
Defense Grid: The Awakening is an exceptional Strategy/Indie that raises the bar for the genre.
92
Verdict
96%
Steam
86
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam (96% positive from 5.3K reviews)
Critically acclaimed (86/100 critic average)
Below-average player reception
Defense Grid: The Awakening is a tower defense video game developed by Hidden Path Entertainment for Windows and Xbox Live Arcade on the Xbox 360. The game was one of the titles promoted by Microsoft during their Game Developers Conference keynote speech on February 20, 2008. The game was released for Microsoft Windows on December 8, 2008, and for Xbox 360 on September 2, 2009. The OS X version shipped from Virtual Programming on July 7, 2010.

Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 11h ago
Works well and is fun to play !!
It's a good game but I wouldnt rank it like a top 10 or anything. Its on the more difficult side of tower defence games. Wish there were more upgrade options.
Fun tower defense game with solid, but dated graphics
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