It's about as simple as tower defense games go, the sound quality actually sounds bad, you have to really try hard these days to make sounds sound low quality but this game wins at that, the whole setup feels like it was literally a copy and paste from mobile to the PC platform. The ESC button doesn't even open the options, everything in-game is gem based like it would be in a free to play mobile platform game where you would have to buy more gems to buy cool things and I'm not too thrilled with it +the resolution isn't that great. There is even a clear spelling issue in the gem shop in the game, this would be fine if this was an early access game but this isn't and they're expecting you to spend $2-$3 on this.

This is the perfect free to play game for your smartphone.
I recommend you pick this game up for $0.25 (that's 25 cents) or less.

How did they come up with the pricing for STEAM?
I'm guessing they got around and threw numbers in a hat and then randomly chose $2.99 for their free to play game.

I would have not recommended this sooner but apparently I don't have enough time in this free to play mobile port.
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I did decide to go back and play and my review is still the same, the gameplay is pretty bad for a tower defense game, very simplistic, very few game modifiers besides normal and hard setting / there is a survival mode but again very simplistic, towers are very basic, you have two different speed settings: slow and normal speed, not a lot of content to play through, becomes a boring grind for no real advantage=no STEAM achievements, the upgrade system is about as basic as it gets and doesn't provide enough advancements for towers. This game is very simplistic, cannot stress that enough and wouldn't recommend going out of your way to buy it. Pick it up in a bundle or for very cheap/free. Very basic game in-general and I think the initial trailer for the game illustrates that.

There is nothing exciting nor unique about this tower defense game.

Would not recommend.

Decent enough TD game but the lazy port to the pc platform makes it a chore to play due to no keyboard shortcuts so I'm going to suggest you pass on this one and play one of the myriad other options that do acknowledge that PCs come with keyboards and not just digital rodents.

I'm fine with simple games. I'm ok with mobile ports. I'm not ok with mobile ports that frequently crash and have a few really silly typos like "amd" instead of "and".


The game itself is the most lackluster of tower defense. Better alternatives can be found for free on almost any flash game site out there. Even at under £1 it doesn't feel worth it.

Game Information

"Goblin Defenders: Steel 'n' Wood" is a Strategy game. The game was developed and published by Alawar Entertainment.

At first glance, the game looks like it was developed for mobile devices. I guess it was originally developed for mobile devices before it was ported to PC.

There is a second installment for this game series but it is only for mobile devices.

The Game Review

Game Visuals

I want to mention that the visuals in the game are well done. The visuals can be adjusted in the game's option menu.

Game Audio

I want to mention that audio for the game is well done. Even though the audio is somewhat simplistic and repetitive. The audio can be adjusted in the game's option menu as well.

Gameplay

There are two different difficulty game modes to choose from: Normal and Hard.

There are two campaign modes to choose from: Campaign and Survival. The campaign mode features five different areas with two levels each. The survival mode features endless waves of invaders.

The defense towers can be upgraded to the max but it would require an "x" amount of coin to do so. The highest upgrade level has to be purchased from the shop with gems.

There are several different achievements that can be unlocked from playing the game. Each of these achievements does come with some requirements that need to be completed before they can be unlocked. The achievements are in-game only.

Miscellaneous

There are six different trading cards to collect. Only three of those trading cards are given out by the game. There are several ways to get the rest of the trading card: Purchased from Steam's Community Market; Trade with friends; Booster Packs and its' Booster Pack Creator.

Final thoughts: I have found the game enjoyable to a certain extent. The replay value for the game is low. I would recommend this game, but not at the game's full price value.

(05/10) - A refreshing Average

Yes, this game doesn´t offer anything new. It´s just the standard TD with few upgrades, few towers, few enemies and few mission. It´s mechanics work fine altough it might feel a bit clunky due to it´s controls.
It´s an average game.

Then why am i recommending it?
I really enjoyed myself in this game. The unlocks are quick to get (which makes this one of the few TD titles on Steam that are no mindless grindfest), it uses what i has (which isn´t that much) very well and it get´s really difficult in the end which most TDs here on Steam fail to do.
Sure it is utterly simplistic but you actually have to use your towers wisely as the enemytypes counter them perfectly. That fact alone let´s it surpass easily 80% of the TDs on Steam.

It might be an average game but it´s over really quickly which i saw as kind of a positive. I didn´t get bored by it, so if you´ve already played the good TDs here on Steam, you might want to give thisone a try...

Summary:
Very basic TD game with quality consistent with what you'd find in the mobile freeware markets.

Verdict:
Cannot recommend for any reason other than for cards.

Just before you read any further be aware that this is a port of a mobile game so yeah...
It is the pro version so you start off with enough resources to max out all of the upgrades which you would normally need to grind through or buy resources for to max out. So that's good at least, other than that it's a tower defense game so being a mobile game first doesn't change any of the gameplay as it is a simplistic game so no weird controls.

The waves are varied enough, the wait time can be skipped, your towers upgraded and there are little bosses once in a while. Definitely, a fun little tower defense game, be warned that the game is only like 3 hours long so don't expect to be busy with this for too long. Yeah, my review structure is completely screwed with this game but hey it isn't the type of game you can talk about in-depth about anything. So yeah I'm just going to end it here, the game doesn't add anything new, it's nice, fun, and short so worth picking up for a quick fun tower defense game. As such, I rate this game 3/5.

I really don't think this was made for pc. Everything felt so clunky.

There are far better games of this nature out there, I would pick one of them up instead.

average, fairly basic tower defence. nothing special. NEXT!

Only 10 maps, but each has 2 difficulties and there are 2 game modes. It also has ingame achievements.