20 Best Tower Defense Games To Strategize Your Way Through In 2025

• Developer: Hidden Path Leisure
• Launch Date: December 8, 2008
• Platforms: Xbox 360, PC

Protection Grid: The Awakening could be one of many older entries on this checklist, nevertheless it’s nonetheless one of many stronger video games to return out of the tower protection style within the final 20 years. There is a important storyline you possibly can play via that may final you as much as eight hours, however as with most video games within the style, there’s far more replayability past that.

While you begin Protection Grid: The Awakening, you will start on some pretty straightforward ranges that problem your fundamental skill to set defenses. As you progress, you will unlock new tower upgrades and kinds, with every tower having three distinct functionality ranges. The completely different towers all have strengths and weaknesses and a few could be sturdy on one map whereas weak on one other. Talking of maps, there are 20 distinctive ones in Protection Grid: The Awakening, with extra obtainable via a paid map pack. The maps can spawn a complete of 15 completely different enemies that turn out to be stronger the extra you play.

The enemy variation and the quantity of them that come into play typically make each spherical really feel prefer it’s coming down proper to the wire. Whereas your towers may not get overwhelmed initially of a spherical, stronger enemies in bigger numbers present up because the spherical goes on and might overthrow your total technique.

Whereas Protection Grid: The Awakening is an older recreation, it nonetheless captures the magic of what a tower protection recreation is meant to be. Pair that with graphics that look straight out of Halo and you’ve got a recreation nicely price trying out.