Defend Your Kingdom

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Defend Your Kingdom is a single player strategy game. It was developed by Burning Pick Entertainment and was released on June 27, 2017. It received positive reviews from players.

Fight legendary monsters, customizing your defensive strategy with different spells and equipments! Throw lightnings to your enemies, summon stone guardians, rise the mercenaries of darkness from the dead to fight on your side to save your Kingdom from the mystic shadow!

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Single-Player

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81%

Audience ScoreBased on 16 reviews

gameplay3 positive mentions

Deep and strategic gameplay with a unique triangular match-3 mechanic.
High replayability with multiple levels, achievements, spells, and upgradeable equipment.
Addictive and engaging for fans of challenging indie strategy games with a fantasy setting.

Steep difficulty curve and punishing challenge that may frustrate casual or new players.
Mobile port issues such as lack of detailed information and clunky UI for PC play.
Some gameplay elements like certain spells, achievements, and character equipment feel unbalanced or poorly integrated.

gameplay
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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25%
The gameplay is praised for being fluid, original, and deep, with addictive mechanics and a charming fantasy setting. However, the unlockable characters and equipment system feels out of place and reminiscent of a mobile port, detracting from the overall experience.
- “Charming little game with a cool fantasy setting, simple 2D pixel-art graphical style, and fluid gameplay mechanics. Very addictive.”
- “Fluid, original, and deep gameplay mechanics.”
- “Fluid, original, and deep gameplay mechanics.”
- “There are 'characters' and 'equipment' you can unlock and upgrade, and they supposedly each work better on a specific stage. I would have scrapped that mechanic completely; it feels like a mobile port and is out of place with the rest of the game.”
graphics
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
34%
33%
The game's graphics are simple 2D pixel art, which some users find charming and fitting for the fantasy setting, while others criticize them as lackluster and outdated compared to modern 3D standards. The developer's solo effort in both design and coding within six months is noted as impressive by some players.
- “Charming little game with a cool fantasy setting, featuring simple 2D pixel-art graphical style and fluid gameplay mechanics.”
- “The game features really lacklustre 2D visuals and pixelcrap art instead of real graphics (does the developer not know 3D graphics became mainstream in the mid-1990s?).”
humor
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game's humor is well-received, particularly highlighted through its achievement system, which is packed with hilarious references that players enjoy.
- “I really like the achievement system, it's full of hilarious references.”
- “30 achievements, full of hilarious references.”
story
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The story is primarily driven through match-3 combat mechanics, where players defeat pixelated NPC enemies to progress. It serves as a simple backdrop to the gameplay rather than a deeply developed narrative.
replayability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game offers high replayability, especially for players willing to repeatedly complete levels to fully upgrade their progress. However, this may require significant repetition, which could affect enjoyment for some.
- “If you don’t mind having to do each level 10 times or more to fully upgrade, there’s high replayability value.”
music
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The music is well-received and enjoyable, though the composer is not credited, leaving some curiosity about its origin.