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Kingdom Rush

Kingdom Rush

|United States|Real Time Strategy, Tactical

9.0 /10

Aww Amazing!

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17.1k ratings
Time to beat
Complete
5h
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Why play it

Get ready for an epic journey to defend your kingdom against hordes of orcs, trolls, evil wizards and other nasty fiends using a vast arsenal of towers and spells at your command! Fight on forests, mountains and wastelands, customizing your defensive strategy with different tower upgrades and specializations! Rain fire upon your enemies, summon reinforcements, command your troops, recruit elven warriors and face legendary monsters on a quest to save the Kingdom from the forces of darkness!Key Features Epic defense battles that will hook you for hours! Command your soldiers and see them engage in hand to hand cartoon battles! Full screen High definition awesome illustrated cartoon art! 8 specialized tower upgrades to customize your strategy! Mighty Barbarians, Arcane Wizards, Forest Rangers to name a few. Over 18 tower abilities! Have your Sorcerers summon earth elementals and polymorph your enemies! Over 45 different enemies, from Goblins to Demons each with their own skills! (Beware of the mountain Trolls!) 7 Epic Boss Fights! Face the unstoppable Juggernaut, the unbeatable Troll Warlord and the humongous JT! 12 Legendary Heroes! (All unlocked with no additional cost!) Bring them to battle to face the hordes of evil! The classic 12 stage core campaign: Defend the Kingdom from the forces of Vez'nan! The Winter Storm 2 stage mini-campaign. The Rise of the Bandits 2 stage mini-campaign. The Curse of Castle Blackburn 4 stage campaign. 4 Bonus stages: The Ruins of Acaroth, The Rotten Forest, The Lair of Sarelgaz and The Fungal Forest! Hours of gameplay with over 50 achievements Extra game modes that will challenge your tactical skills to the limit. In-game encyclopedia with information from your towers and enemies.

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Rating momentum

Aww Amazing!: 9.0/10 across 17.1k ratings. This score says: bump it to the top of your backlog.

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Leans into Real Time Strategy, Tactical, Indie — a quick read on whether that fantasy matches what you usually enjoy.

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Netto’s Game RoomJeremy Schepper · 21 Apr, 2025
8/10

I highly recommend checking out Kingdom Rush, if you like tower defense games. The careful balancing act of rationing your gold, choosing your Towers, their locations, their upgrades and where to locate your troops to maximize your effectiveness, and then flawlessly navigating your way through a nail-bitingly tough level is insanely satisfying. I couldn't put it down until I got through the whole game and I'm literally thinking about booting the game up again right now.

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Digital ChumpsNathaniel Stevens · 27 Jan, 2023
7.5/10

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.

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MondoXboxDavide Mapelli · 26 Jan, 2023
7.5/10

Kingdom Rush proves to be a fun and intriguing title, with balanced gameplay and a more than solid technical performance. Even if, given its age, it shows obvious limitations, it represents an excellent opportunity to discover (or rediscover) the Tower Defense genre.

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Generación XboxLuis Falcón · 25 Jan, 2023
7.2/10

Kingdom Rush is the perfect representative of the Tower Defense, with a very interesting adaptation for console

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XboxEraJesse Norris · 25 Jan, 2023
6.7/10

There really isn’t much more to say about Kingdom Rush on Xbox. It is a faithful 1:1 port of the mobile game, for better or worse.  The controls work well in the end but did require some time to get used to. At only $10 at launch, it’s an easy purchase if you’re already a fan or someone new to the series.  Here’s to hoping that this is just the start of the franchise porting over to consoles.

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Gaming ProfessorsPetr Polák · 4 Jul, 2022
9/10

Kingdom Rush is hugely popular on Steam. The numbers speak for themselves—an extremely positive rating, with 97% of 7,665 reviews, is a good indicator. The game is very well-balanced, smooth, sufficiently challenging, and features charming visuals. Really, if you’re looking for a solid, fun, and satisfying tower defense game, you should definitely give it a try; for me, it’s number one.

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LadiesGamers.comPaula Moore · 6 Aug, 2020
8/10

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.

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Video ChumsA.J. Maciejewski · 31 Jul, 2020
8/10

Kingdom Rush completely nails the tower defense genre and this first entry in the series is great fun to play; even nowadays.

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Nindie SpotlightJustin Nation · 30 Jul, 2020
9/10

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...

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