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Kingdom Rush Frontiers

Command your troops through an epic (mis)adventure as you defend exotic lands from dragons, man-eating plants, and ghastly denizens of the underworld -all with flashy new towers, levels, heroes, and more…

80 6 June 2013

Kingdom Rush Frontiers is an indie developed by Ironhide Game Studio, released 6 June 2013 on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Android and iOS.

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What Kingdom Rush Frontiers is

Kingdom Rush Frontiers is an indie game developed by Ironhide Game Studio and released in 2013. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on LÖVE.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Kingdom Rush is a 2011 tower defense game developed by Ironhide Game Studio and published by Armor Games. In the game's medieval fantasy setting, players take control of a general serving under King Denas of Linirea, who must defend the land from an onslaught of evil monsters. Each level is composed of a number of pre-set roads, which the player can place defensive towers around to fight off the approaching monsters. Slaying enemies gives the player gold, which they can use to buy new towers or upgrade existing ones to improve their capabilities.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 87 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Kingdom Rush Frontiers holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 65% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 77, across 50 votes.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Dual Core CPU and OpenGL 3.0 compliant with 512MB of video RAM.. Install size is roughly 1GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Kingdom Rush Frontiers launched on 6 June 2013, within three weeks of The Last of Us, Trine 2: Complete Story, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy and Rogue Legacy. All of them reviewed better. It was a Xbox One launch-window title.

Released around the same time: The Last of Us, Trine 2: Complete Story, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy, Rogue Legacy.

Cheats and codes

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Quick answers

Kingdom Rush Frontiers — frequently asked questions

When did Kingdom Rush Frontiers come out?
Kingdom Rush Frontiers was released on 6 June 2013 for Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Kingdom Rush Frontiers?
At minimum, Kingdom Rush Frontiers needs Dual Core CPU, OpenGL 3.0 compliant with 512MB of video RAM. graphics, 1500 MB available space of storage.
How many GB is Kingdom Rush Frontiers?
The PC version needs about 1.5 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("1500 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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