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Jul 30, 2020·ehmprah·
StrategyCasualIndie
78%Mostly Positive337 reviews
$9.99at Steam · USD reference

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A roguelike tower defense game with a dash of deckbuilding. Choose a reward, improve your build, survive the next wave, repeat. Highly replayable, difficult, and addictive. You'll want just one more wave, just one more run!

About Core Defense

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About the Game

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Core Defense takes the best out of the tower defense genre and infuses it with roguelike mechanics and adds a dash of deckbuilding to create a simple, yet enticing gameplay experience which will have you craving for just one more wave, one more reward and just one ... more ... run!

Easy to learn – needs no tutorial
Hard to master due to high difficulty
Play in short sessions of under an hour
Unlock and discover different rewards with every run
Explore many playstyles and strategies
Blissfully despair at 20+ difficulty levels
Unlock dozens of elusive achievements
Save and share infographics about your runs

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