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A tower defense game requiring the player to defend a position against attacking fantasy creatures. The game was created by Ironhide - an independent developer. Kingdom Rush is set in a classic fantasy world filled with magic, orcs, knights and giants. The player's goal is to prevent the enemies from reaching the other side of the map. The attackers come in waves and each one is more powerful than the previous.
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Videos and Screens
[1:10] Kingdom Rush trailer
LadiesGamers.com: by Paula Moore
Kingdom Rush is very well balanced, charming and with enough difficulty in it to even keep the veterans of Tower Defence games coming back for more. And with the extra modes and challenges Kingdom Rush offers the player a lot of content for replayability. Kingdom Rush is a classic example of tower defense, it combines elements of old and new and brings it to the Nintendo Switch as a very fluid battle simulator. Really, if you’re looking for a solid, amusing and satisfying Tower Defense game you should pick this one up.
Nindie Spotlight: 9 / 10 by Justin Nation
While one of the sequels in the series has already been released on the system (Frontiers), the OG Kingdom Rush has now arrived on the Switch...
Digital Chumps: 7.5 / 10 by Nathaniel Stevens
Kingdom Rush from Ironhide Game Studio is a casual and fun gameplay experience that doesn’t do too much to entertain but does enough to keep you coming back for more.
GAMERS Score
Average score from 151 votes.
Kingdom Rush Description
Kingdom Rush for PC, AND and etc. is a classic tower defense game, considered one of the best in the genre by many players. The player's goal here is to defend themselves against different kinds of enemies attacking - goblins, spiders or dark knights. Kingdom Rush was created by Ironhide Game Studio - an independent, Urugwayan developer.
Mechanics
The game is set in a classic fantasy world resembling the medieval period. Thus the player fights orcs, knights or giants, using mainly archers and cannons. Also, the game world does not lack magic, which is here for the player to use as well.
As befits a classic representative of the tower defense genre, the player's mission in Kingdom Rush for PC, AND and etc. is to defend the base against subsequent, gradually more powerful enemy waves. The enemies try to cross the player's line of defense constantly - they take pre-defined paths, which has to be taken into account when planning further actions. The player makes use of four typical buildings when protecting the base - a tower for archers, a magic academy for sorcerers, artillery posts causing damage as ranged weapons, as well as the barracks generating soldiers who neutralize the enemies directly on their path. Eliminating the attackers generates income here, which can be spent on extending the player's line of defense through adding subsequent towers or upgrading those already existing, which makes them cause more damage. When the situation gets worse, apart from being able to count on buildings, the player can also use spells allowing to weaken or even kill hordes of enemies.
Completing subsequent maps earns the player a prize in the form of golden stars. Depending on how successful the player was in defending themselves on a given map, they earn from one to three of such stars. Each of the in-game challenges can be re-approached multiple times until they manage to score the highest number of stars. The stars allow the player to strengthen towers and make spells more effective for example.
Kingdom Rush for PC, AND and etc. offers eye-pleasing, colorful and detailed visuals, which is definitely a great advantage of the game. Character models, backgrounds and maps were all designed with great care and make a successful mixture with the classic fantasy atmosphere the game offers.
Last updated on August 9, 2016
Kingdom Rush Summary
Game Series: Kingdom Rush
Platforms:
PC / Windows July 28, 2011
Xbox One January 25, 2023
Android OS May 16, 2013
Apple iOS December 19, 2011
Developer: Ironhide Game Studio
Publisher: Ironhide Game Studio
Age restrictions: none
Kingdom Rush System Requirements
PC / Windows
Recommended: Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz, 1 GB RAM, graphic card 512 MB (GeForce 8800 GTS or better), 1.5 GB HDD, Windows XP SP3/Vista/7/8