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Hold the Core

Hold the Core is a roguelite tower defense game about trading safety for power. Draft Risk Cards, shape enemy routes, evolve towers, and survive deadly enemies and bosses.

16 July 2026

Hold the Core is an indie developed by FavenGames, released 16 July 2026 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Hold the Core is

Hold the Core is an indie game developed by FavenGames and released in 2026. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Hold the Core is a roguelite tower defense game about trading safety for power. Draft Risk Cards, shape enemy routes, evolve towers, and survive deadly enemies and bosses.
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How it plays

Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Hold the Core launched on 16 July 2026, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, Beast of Reincarnation, Halo: Campaign Evolved and Big Walk.

Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, Beast of Reincarnation, Halo: Campaign Evolved, Big Walk.

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When did Hold the Core come out?
Hold the Core was released on 16 July 2026 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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