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Defense Clicker

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70%Game Brain Score
gameplay, graphics
music, story
70% User Score Based on 100 reviews

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Defense Clicker is a single player casual strategy game. It was developed by Albatros Softworks and was released on October 31, 2017. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

"Defense Clicker is a free-to-play tower defense clicker game with unique twists, featuring building and upgrading towers, skills, and heroes. The game includes day-night and weather systems that affect monster stats, as well as achievements, pets, and multiple game modes. Your goal is to survive as many waves as possible and use special points to upgrade and evolve for increased strength."

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70%
Audience ScoreBased on 100 reviews
gameplay7 positive mentions
music3 negative mentions
  • Engaging blend of tower defense and clicker mechanics, providing a unique gameplay experience.
  • Addictive and easy to pick up, making it suitable for casual gamers who enjoy incremental progress.
  • Active developer support with frequent updates and community engagement, showing commitment to improving the game.
  • Lacks a tutorial or clear instructions, making it difficult for new players to understand the mechanics.
  • Game feels repetitive over time, with slow progression and limited meaningful upgrades.
  • Abandoned by developers, leading to concerns about future updates and overall game quality.
  • gameplay
    30 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay combines clicker mechanics with tower defense elements, offering a fun and engaging experience initially, but it suffers from a lack of clear explanations and an unintuitive user interface. While players appreciate the variety of mechanics and the addictive nature of the game, many find it becomes repetitive and less enjoyable as they progress. Overall, the gameplay is seen as enjoyable but flawed, with room for improvement in clarity and functionality.

    • “Easy little clicker with some cool functions and tower defense mechanics.”
    • “The clicker gameplay is pretty straightforward, and I found it a fun distraction while I waited to gain money to build towers.”
    • “This game has to be the best clicker tower defense to exist, from its retro graphics to its addicting gameplay and endless upgrading, you can't go wrong!”
    • “Game started out kinda fun, but once I started to engage in its evolution (prestige) mechanic, it seemed rather unfinished.”
    • “Gameplay-wise, nothing is explained.”
    • “There are a ton of mechanics to learn, though the problem is that the game doesn’t explain itself very well.”
  • graphics
    18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's graphics have received mixed reviews, with some players criticizing the minimalist and inconsistent art style, while others appreciate the cartoony visuals and engaging animations, particularly for flying enemies. Overall, the graphics are described as simple and retro, with calls for more variety and improvement, but they do not significantly detract from the gameplay experience.

    • “The flying enemies have some of the best graphics and the best animations.”
    • “This game has to be the best clicker tower defense to exist, from its retro graphics to its addicting gameplay and endless upgrading, you can't go wrong!”
    • “While all the graphics are pretty good, the graphics are a bit inconsistent in quality.”
    • “This game features very lackluster minimalist 'art' for graphics instead of anything remotely contemporary.”
    • “Graphically, it's nothing special but that's not a huge drawback to me.”
    • “Graphically, the game could use some improvement.”
  • music
    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music in the game is noted as the standout element of the sound design, but overall, users report significant issues with sound functionality, including inconsistent playback and ineffective sound settings. While the music enhances the experience, many players find it has minimal impact on their enjoyment due to the game's mechanics, which often lead to muting the audio during extended play.

    • “The music is the best part of the sound.”
    • “Sound and music definitely need some improvement, but due to the genre, they have minimal impact on my enjoyment of the game, as the inclusion of the mostly automatic 'farming mode' may have you muting them to let it do its thing in the background until you return to the active play mode.”
    • “The sounds and music are broken too.”
    • “Turning the sound/music settings on/off doesn't seem to do anything; the game refuses to play sound and will occasionally very randomly play music for a few seconds.”
    • “Sound and music definitely need some improvement, but due to the genre, they have minimal impact on my enjoyment of the game.”
  • story
    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story aspect of the game is generally considered weak, with players noting a lack of narrative depth and clarity regarding the motivations behind enemy encounters. While quests provide gameplay buffs, the overarching plot remains vague, leading to a score of 6/10.

    • “Story: 6/10 (not much story as far as I can tell - for some reason there are masses of enemies coming through this map that the player needs to kill; occasionally there are bosses and powerful ultrabosses with minions, but not sure what role they play in the story - this might have been something I missed from the tutorial since it has been a while since I did the tutorial)”
  • grinding
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be extensive and time-consuming, often leading to frustration when upgrades prove ineffective. The game is perceived as an endless grind disguised as a wave-based defense experience, with some players relying on a 'farming mode' to alleviate the monotony. While the sound and music could use improvement, they have minimal impact on overall enjoyment.

    • “The options are so vast, and grinding for a single upgrade took me weeks, only for it to turn out to be a useless upgrade.”
    • “As far as I can tell, it is an endless grinding game that is pretending to be a wave-based canyon defense.”
    • “You'll need a second life for grinding.”
  • monetization
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The monetization strategy of the game has been criticized for appearing exploitative, with users feeling that the inclusion of a Patreon and DLC, particularly an auto-clicker as downloadable content for a paid game, gives off a cheap cash grab impression.

    • “The Patreon and DLC (an auto-clicker as DLC? Seriously?) for a paid game make it feel like a cheap cash grab.”
    • “The monetization strategy is overly aggressive, making it hard to enjoy the game without spending extra money.”
    • “It feels like the game is designed to push players towards microtransactions rather than providing a fair experience.”
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Defense Clicker is a casual strategy game.

Defense Clicker is available on PC and Windows.

On average players spend around 312 hours playing Defense Clicker.

Defense Clicker was released on October 31, 2017.

Defense Clicker was developed by Albatros Softworks.

Defense Clicker has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its gameplay but disliked it for its music.

Defense Clicker is a single player game.

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