Defend Your Crypt2016

Defend Your Crypt

2016 Ratalaika Games67Worthwhile

Playtime

ShortTypically 6 hours

Playable on

Available on

Steam
$2.99

Game modes

Single player

Details

Launch: July 21, 2016
Developer: Ratalaika Games
Publisher: Ratalaika Games
Themes: Action
Genres: Puzzle
Strategy
Indie
Arcade

Overview

Defend Your Crypt is a strategy and puzzle game, in which we will have to avoid to lose our treasure by the tomb thieves. We, as the Pharaoh, can use different traps to defeat those damn ambitious humans who are profaning your tomb.

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OpenCritic68from 4 reviews

In a fair, yet plausible attempt to establish which kind of audience Defend Your Crypt seems targeted at - or more appropriate to recommend to - it's honestly quite difficult to go beyond those who want to try every single decent-to-good puzzle game available on their 3DS systems. The inherent simplicity of its core mechanics is at the same time a quality...

Although we're certainly in the company of undead kings, Defend Your Crypt doesn't have grand ambitions. Instead it aims to deliver a solid puzzle title with a unique twist on the tried and tested 'tower-defense' formula. The Egyptian setting alone is something you don't often see from the perspective of an undead Pharaoh, so while the gameplay is slightly...

And now, let’s talk about the differences between the Wii U and the 3DS versions of Defend your Crypt. Gameplay is fundamentally the same in both versions, and the TV on the Wii U is pretty much just a display of what you’re doing on the Wii U GamePad where you have to focus as you play. Defend Your Crypt looks much better on the Wii U Gamepad than...

In its current state, I only saw myself playing short sessions before moving on to other games. All in all, I would recommend it more if you want to play it on the Nintendo 3DS. That is where the game shines the most.

Defend Your Crypt is a puzzle/strategy game that, even though it is not a game meant for everyone, those who like challenging games will enjoy a lot of hours of gameplay fighting the intruders of the pyramid.