Defend the Rook
Short description
A roguelike tactics board combat combined with tower defense elements. Defeat the invading hordes to stay alive and save the land! Enjoy more tactics than a normal TD game, combined with the added challenge of building towers and fighting off waves of enemies!
- Developer
- One Up Plus
- Publisher
- Goblinz Publishing, Maple Whispering Limited
- Release
- Tue, Oct 26, 2021
- Price
- $17.99
- Reviews
- 188
- Positive
- 74%
- Followers
- n/a
- Owners (estimated)
- 0 – 20K
- Concurrent players
- n/a
- Genres
- Indie, RPG, Strategy
- Features
- Full controller support, Stats
- Tags
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History
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