Kingdom Rush
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…
Kingdom Rush is an indie developed by Ironhide Game Studio, released 19 December 2011 on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Android and iOS. The main story takes about 11 hrs to finish.
What Kingdom Rush is
Kingdom Rush is an indie game developed by Ironhide Game Studio and released in 2011. It was published by Armor Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
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.
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 74 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Kingdom Rush holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 7 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 74, across 117 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 11 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Dual Core CPU, 1 GB RAM and OpenGL 3.0 compliant with 512MB of video RAM.. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. 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.
What it launched against
Kingdom Rush launched on 19 December 2011, within three weeks of Mario Kart 7, Trine 2, Age of Empires III: Complete Collection and Star Wars: The Old Republic. All of them reviewed better. It was a Xbox One launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Mario Kart 7, Trine 2, Age of Empires III: Complete Collection, Star Wars: The Old Republic.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Kingdom Rush yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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