Emberward is a unique tower defense game that focuses on maze building and interesting tower mechanics. Construct mazes with blocks of different shapes and set up defense towers on them to withstand the onslaught of monsters!
As a roguelike it's pretty bad but as a tower defense game it's pretty good!
The different characters change the playstyle dramatically and there's a lot of different maps and layouts and clever ways to build. The visuals are solid and there are a lot of unique towers and strong ideas that benefit from all different types of mazing. All the different...
The best Tower Defense x Roguelike Deckbuilders game to grace the Steam store in the last few years.
Got the chance to get it during Early Access, and was pleasantly surprised to see how much it grew during that time, there are now 5 different Biomes, with each their own quirks and bonuses.
I can't recommend it enough if you enjoy both TDs and Roguelikes...
Emberward is a tower defense roguelite deckbuilder, where you go stage by stage creating mazes with blocks that will be your cards, placing defenses/turrets and getting passive upgrades to defend yourself from the enemy waves. I will start saying that this game is much more recommended to people who play tower defense and roguelites than if you are...
Soft Thumbs Down.
This is by no means a terrible game, but I didn't end up vibing with it despite loving the demo and looking forward to a 1.0. It has a lot of really good ideas with the mix of tower defense and tetris, but it got kind of boring after a few hours of playing. There is plenty more content, but nothing really ever feels different enough...
Of the numerous tower defense roguelites that have come out in the last several years, I would consider Emberward one of the better ones in terms of sheer readability and intuitiveness. There's a lot of fun to be had plotting out your little block maze, taking advantage of elemental synergies, and using each environment's special gimmicks. I don't know...
