Nomad Defender

Nomad Defender is a game that has surprised me, especially with the great blend of tower defense and roguelike elements. I love how the game allows for deep deck customization. Yo soy el Nomad Defender.

Look... i support indie devs and their projects. No difference here. I can see that the game had thought and design behind it. Its nothing monumental, but still its not soulless. You can see the care behind it. With that being said however... im sorry, but this is a tech demo. A school project. The entire game is one single map long to the point it feels like a scam. I cleared the tutorial, entered first map and when i completed it, the credits screen greeted me. I spent less than 60 minutes clearing the entire game just to be told to now try hard mode which is a slightly longer map, and then i assume there is going to be an even higher difficulty with an even longer map. Maybe there is some length to later maps, maybe it offers a lengthier gameplay, but i cannot help to voice my surprise and disapproval at meeting the credits screen after what should have been level 1. Had it been some 2 euro game, i'd cut it some slack, but its almost 10. Sorry. No. Good game. Lots of potential. C...

I always loved the Tower Defense genre, but I felt like it had been a bit stuck lately without any fresh mechanics or systems. Nomad Defender feels like it brings this freshness to the genre, with a cool and origianl mix of the roguelikes and deckbuilding touches. To mention some, it lets you personalize your cards adding passives and changing its projectiles, which gives more depth to the strategy of the tower defense basis, making you uncover synergies between turrets and abilities. I strongly recommend the game.

A fresh take on Tower Defense with unique tower upgrades. Make impactful decisions that shape your entire run. Every choice matters!

Such a great roguelike! I hadn't played tower defense games in a very long time, but this one surprised me. Being able to build your own cards and turrets really adds to the game.

Positive with caveats (read on): I'm at about 12 hours of play at time of writing, and I'd say I've certainly got my money's worth of entertainment at the asking price. What's here is solidly executed and enjoyable, and the game offers a fun aesthetic with some interesting twists on the TD concept. That said, I've reached a point where success in the final levels on the Hard difficulty no longer feels dependent on me learning more about the game / improving my skill, so much as on whether I happened to find the right combination of upgrades along the way. I'm certain that's not entirely true, but there isn't enough variety in enemies / levels / upgrades / towers to justify another dozen attempts from me. With a sense there's nothing new left to find, but having enjoyed the time I've spent, I'm content to close the book on Nomad Defender.

This game is so good! Feels great to play, the visuals are on point and looks very nicely balanced. Can't recomend it enough, go play it

It's clear that the game stands on its own aesthetic and gameplay compared to, say, Plants Vs Zombies. And as a seasoned player of such, I value the effort put into creativity and refreshing take on the tower defence genre. As well as the deckbuilding aspect of which incentives me to start a new run and see what pops up. All in all, a pretty favourable experience for the tower defence enjoyers.

The game has a unique easthetic to it but what really stands is the gameplay, which differs from the most commonly known Roguelike TD in the sense that here you don't expand your path infinitely but actually craft a deck of Turrets to overcome individual TD levels. The runs aren't that long and the replayability is incentivised via unlocking new stuff or achievements. It takes some time to get used to but as time went on I kept finding new broken synergyes, which seems to be what the game wants you to do. The game clearly takes inspiration from other games like Inscryption or Buckshot Roulette, but it still has a charm of its own. Looking forward to keep playing some more runs.

Take a core of tower defense with preset paths and limited placements. Add a dash of deck building and some roguelike / survivors-like upgrade systems, then layer on a Slay The Spire like pathing system, and you've got Nomad Defender. Well worth the price of admission. Does need a bit of work: Targeting priority for turrets. A Reroll option for upgrades. A Borderless Windowed Mode.