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Dream Defense is a single player casual shooter game. It was developed by Altitude Games Pty Ltd and was released on November 9, 2016. It received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players.

Defend the dreams & shoot your way through hordes of enemy nightmares!

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95%Audience ScoreBased on 2,020 reviews
graphics72 positive mentions
monetization22 negative mentions

  • The game is fun, addictive, and entertaining with great graphics and creative weapons.
  • Controls are generally simple and responsive, making it accessible for all ages including children.
  • Minimal and optional ads that reward players, with no forced paywalls for progression.
  • Game requires a constant internet connection, preventing offline play which frustrates players.
  • There are bugs causing resources like coins and dream ore to reset on app restart, leading to lost progress.
  • The aiming mechanic is awkward, often requiring players to block their view with their fingers, reducing gameplay clarity.
  • graphics

    88 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    82% positive mentions, 16% neutral mentions, 2% negative mentions

    The graphics are widely praised for their unique, colorful, and charming art style that enhances the overall gaming experience. Many users find the visuals top-notch, well-suited to the game’s theme, and a strong highlight alongside engaging gameplay. While generally considered impressive and addictive, a few note that improvements could be made to elevate the visuals further.

    • “Wonderful graphics, great enemy design, and stupendous plot.”
    • “The graphics are great, and it's not full of in-app purchases.”
    • “The graphics we're the best part ”
  • gameplay

    33 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    70% positive mentions, 21% neutral mentions, 9% negative mentions

    The gameplay is generally enjoyable, simple, and addictive, appealing to a wide range of players with its fun mechanics and good controls. However, some users find aiming and controls finicky or off, and others criticize the freemium design and lack of progression in endless mode. Overall, it offers a neat, time-killing experience despite a few flaws.

    • “Other than that the gameplay is fun, it's like an active base defense with some passive elements.”
    • “Best time wasted I have found, the graphics work perfectly with the gameplay and the controls are fantastic even with my screen the size of my thumb.”
    • “There are cool weapons, fun levels, and amazing gameplay. I 100% recommend this game.”
    • “The gameplay is pretty boring and getting the non-area attacks to hit enemies can often be finicky, especially with the small and fast enemies.”
    • “The whole aiming mechanic seems really bad to me.”
    • “Selecting different weapons during gameplay could be more fluent.”
  • story

    25 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    28% positive mentions, 60% neutral mentions, 12% negative mentions

    The story received mixed feedback, with many praising its creativity, originality, and emotional appeal, especially the charming narrative about a teddy bear's devotion. However, some users felt the storyline was lacking or could use more development and additional missions. Technical issues and quest-related bugs occasionally detracted from the overall narrative experience.

    • “Love it; something different and familiar at the same time. Very well put together storyline and top-notch graphics.”
    • “And it tells a story about how a teddy bear loves his boy and will do anything so his boy can have good night's sleep.”
    • “Great game, very fun storyline.”
    • “Once you get the featured skin, you won't be able to access the rewards for finishing quests, but you'll still keep getting notifications to claim them.”
    • “The coins I farmed turned to 6000 and my moon changed to 60 or 30, but gems remained the same. I'm glad nothing happened to the gems I earned, but all my efforts turned to dust and my old save was lost. All my story mode is finished, now I'm back to chapter 3 and all my equipment is at starting level.”
    • “Being given a quest to upgrade the BB gun after I've just upgraded it and can't afford another upgrade is annoying.”
  • monetization

    24 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    8% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 92% negative mentions

    Monetization in the game is generally praised for minimal paywalls and offering optional, reward-based ads rather than forcing them, allowing players to choose when to watch ads for bonuses. However, some users find the ad placement intrusive or misleading, particularly with ads after every level that can cause accidental clicks and disrupt gameplay. Overall, the game balances ads and in-app purchases reasonably well, though experiences vary from highly positive to frustrating due to ad design.

    • “Doesn't push the ridiculous $10 double coin in-app purchase much.”
    • “Fun, no ads unless you want a bonus.”
    • “Couldn't give more than one star because the ads they expect you to watch after every level include ads which do everything they can to trick you into clicking. For example, the close (x) button is right over a click element and it allows click-through so when you try to close the ad, you end up opening Google Play instead, at which point the game thinks you're quitting.”
    • “Even if the click-through on the ads is out of the developer's control, they could at least assign rewards when someone accidentally clicks through to Google Play, which happens about 60% of the time for me.”
    • “You'll be a slave to watching ads just to survive.”
  • humor

    10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor in the game is widely praised for being funny, entertaining, and lighthearted, providing enjoyable and amusing moments that appeal to both kids and general players. Many users find it cleverly humorous and a great way to pass the time.

    • “Funny, entertaining, hilarious—fun to pass time, offline, and all in all a great game.”
    • “It's funny, fun, and all-around amazing.”
    • “The nightmares are classic and funny.”
  • stability

    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game's stability appears inconsistent, with several users experiencing frequent bugs, crashes, and glitches—especially after certain levels or during mission rewards—while others report no issues or crashes at all. Connectivity errors and unexpected restarts affect gameplay for some players, impacting progress and resource collection.

    • “I’ve been playing this game since release; every time I log in, something is buggy.”
    • “It freezes on the loading screen and says I have no internet connection even when I have full bars.”
    • “Every time I pass the first level, the game gets very buggy and closes out, not allowing me to continue.”
  • grinding

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Grinding in the game is noted as somewhat tedious due to constant resource purchases and extensive effort required, but many players find it keeps gameplay engaging without feeling pay-to-win. Overall, the grind is manageable and balanced with enjoyable gameplay and additional rewards like ad viewing.

    • “Having to constantly buy ammo and consumables is tedious.”
    • “Gave it 3 stars because you have to do a ton of grinding.”
    • “Can be tedious but it's still a great game!”
  • music

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The music in the game is highly praised for its quality and atmosphere, often described as intimidating and fitting perfectly with the art style. Players find the background and main menu music exceptional, contributing significantly to the overall immersive experience.

    • “The art and music are god tier, the concept is very cute. Honestly 9/10 even the ads are managed in a great way giving bonus loot instead of being forced.”
    • “The graphics and the main menu music is just amazing.”
    • “It has great graphics, gameplay, sound effects and music!”
    • “The music was intimidating.”
    • “The art and music are god tier, the concept is very cute, the only complaint is that sometimes you can't see the enemies since you have to tap or keep pressing on them and that forces the player to block the vision with their own fingers, honestly 9/10 even the ads are managed in a great way giving bonus loot instead of being forced.”
    • “I love the background music and the nightmare creatures.”
  • character development

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game features appealing and well-designed characters that enhance the overall enjoyment. However, detailed character development beyond design is not highlighted.

  • atmosphere

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users find the atmosphere to be highly immersive and effectively engaging, contributing significantly to the overall experience.

    • “It's really atmospheric.”
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Dream Defense is a casual shooter game. Common tags for Dream Defense include free to play and stylized.

Dream Defense is available on Phone, iPad, iPhone, Tablet and others.

Dream Defense was released on November 9, 2016.

Dream Defense was developed by Altitude Games Pty Ltd.

Dream Defense has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Dream Defense for its graphics but disliked it for its monetization.

Dream Defense is a single player game.

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