SteamWorld Tower Defense

SteamWorld Tower Defense
Developer(s)Image & Form
Publisher(s)Image & Form
SeriesSteamWorld
Platform(s)DSiWare
ReleaseJuly 5, 2010
Genre(s)Real-time strategy, tower defense
Mode(s)Single-player

SteamWorld Tower Defense is a tower defense video game by Swedish video game developer Image & Form. It was released digitaIIy on Nintendo DSi in North America, Europe and Australia on July 5, 2010.[1] It is the first game released in the SteamWorld series.[2]

Gameplay

In SteamWorld Tower Defense the player controls an army of steam-powered robots in a tower defense-style gameplay. The aim of the game is to take down wandering troops of human invaders in their attempt to steal gold from the robots' mining facilities. To clear a mission, the player must take down waves of human soldiers by building and strategically placing out attack robots with a range of abilities and weapons. It's possible to play the game on several difficulty levels.[3]

Reception

SteamWorld Tower Defense on Nintendo DSi has received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, with a current score of 71/100 on Metacritic.[4]

Lucas M Thomas of IGN gave the game an eight out of ten, praising how polished the game's presentation was for a DSi title. Andrew Wight of Nintendo Life noted that the game's fun was accompanied by "frustratingly difficult" segments that hindered its overall quality, praising it for being a fun title nevertheless.

Development

On their YouTube channel, Image & Form revealed that SteamWorld Tower Defense is the hardest game the studio has created. Apparently, the game's lead developer is the only of Image & Form employees to finish the game.[8]

The game is set before the events depicted in SteamWorld Dig and SteamWorld Heist.[2]

References

  1. ^ "SteamWorld Tower Defense". www.nintendo.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  2. ^ a b Image & Form (2015-09-10), The SteamWorld Timeline – The Engine Room #1, retrieved 2016-02-02
  3. ^ "SteamWorld Tower Defense | Image & Form Games". Image & Form Games. Archived from the original on 2021-06-26. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  4. ^ a b "SteamWorld Tower Defense for DS Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 2024-06-06. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  5. ^ Wight, Andrew (10 July 2010). "SteamWorld: Tower Defense Review (DSiWare)". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  6. ^ M Thomas, Lucas (9 July 2010). "SteamWorld: Tower Defense Review". IGN. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  7. ^ Blundon, Matthew (18 July 2010). "SteamWorld: Tower Defense". Nintendo World Report. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  8. ^ Image & Form (2015-09-18), Why Each SteamWorld Game is Different – The Engine Room #2, retrieved 2016-02-02