A roguelike tower defense game with a dash of deckbuilding. Choose a reward, improve your build, survive the next wave, repeat. Highly replayable, difficult, and addictive. You'll want just one more wave, just one more run!
| App ID | 1203360 |
|---|---|
| App type | Game |
| Developer | ehmprah |
| Publisher | Sonderland |
| Homepage | https://coredefense.ehmprah.com |
| Release date | 2020-07-31 06:54 UTC |
| Release state | released |
| DLC list (appinfo) | 1563040 |
| Store page | store.steampowered.com/app/1203360 |
| Last store refresh | 5 hours ago |
| # | Executable | Arguments | OS | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Core Defense.exe | windows | ||
| 1 | core-defense | --in-process-gpu --no-sandbox | linux | |
| 2 | Core Defense.app/Contents/MacOS/Core Defense | macos |
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| Date | Price | Regular | Discount |
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| 2026-09-11 22:05 UTC | $9.99 | $9.99 |
| DLC | AppID | Release | Price |
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| Branch | Build ID | Description | Updated | Password |
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| public | 8007887 | 2022-01-12 12:21 UTC |
| Depot | Name | OS | Size | Download | Public manifest | Notes |
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| 1203361 | windows | 193.04 MB | 72.97 MB | 3015195898694160653 | ||
| 1203362 | macos | 201.54 MB | 73.71 MB | 7166828818170879935 | ||
| 1203363 | linux | 218.48 MB | 74.77 MB | 3797639737985274228 |
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Good news, everyone: my third game Blacken Slash is now available! Go get it, you won't regret it! Also: a big thank you to all of you! This whole solo gamedev adventure only works because of you – so thank you, from the bottom of my heart! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1746560/Blacken_Slash/ Have fun! Best, ehmprah
- Fixed caching for iOS and Android purchases for offline play - The restart button is now disabled for daily challenge games - Restarting a game will now keep the selected supercharge - The score bonus for unused mastery points is now tied to the amount of waves played so creating and immediately abandoning games can no longer be exploited to gain infinite XP - You can no longer abandon an already abandoned game for infinite XP
I fixed a little error in the score calculation bonus I introduced in the last patch.
Sorry for the long silence friends, I was busy working on the spiritual successor of Core Defense – Blacken Slash might be something you like, so check it out and wishlist it: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1746560/ Added - new supercharge *Tanky*, in which mobs have more health but move more slowly - new supercharge *BadaBoom*, in which only Powder Kegs are spawned Changed - All run scores now have a bonus for every mastery point NOT used to level the playing field in the daily challenge - Supercharges in normal games are no longer random and can manually be selected - Updated several tra
Core Defense is a "roguelike tower defense game with a dash of deckbuilding" and now it's been out for little over a year, developer ehmprah gives an overview of how the indie release went. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/08/developer-ehmprah-gives-an-update-on-how-core-defense-did-a-year-later
Added Added simple export / import for profiles Even though the mobile version has thousands of players, the game has only a handful of reviews so I had to add a rating prompt on iOS and Android ;-) Changed Endless rewards now always appear in the same order The keyboard shortcut to cycle the game speed can now also be used to reroll rewards Fixed Removed deprecated range stat from ability details Fixed color picker bug which would sometimes lead to a missing primary color Fixed the infinite mastery point exploit You can no longer submit scores to the daily challenge abusing the infinite maste
- Daily challenge submissions no longer fail when using the *Rocket Pod* - Daily challenge highscore cache is now purged upon submitting your run
I've been a bit busy working on my next game, which will be announced today – but of course I've also worked on Core Defense. Here's the new patch – I hope you like it. Do share your opinion on it and let me know what you think! Added Added brightness slider to the settings New tower *Rocket Pod*: Randomly shoots AOE rockets which slow enemies. New rare upgrade *Storage* for *Ion Cannon* and *Hammer*: Can reload multiple shots which carry over to the next wave New rare upgrade *Status Immune* for *Sunbeam* Added option to skip details while choosing rewards New players can now get a prebuilt m
Fixed UI scaling bugs on 4k displays
Changed Ability upgrade *Slow Amount* 20% 🡆 15% (fixes unplanned interaction with the new upgrade limit modules) Fixed Kamikaze hitting your towers no longer count as escaped mobs for flawless waves The *Grandmaster* achievement now unlocks properly Particle effects now respect the game speed, reducing lag at higher speeds Fixed kill bonuses and cap upgrades: all kill bonuses are now applied *after* the wave and are applied retroactively
- Fixed softlock occuring sometimes upon losing a run
A proper patch is coming soon, but meanwhile this little update fixes a few annoying bugs introduced with the expansion update. Close targeting should no longer choose random non-flying mobs Unity supercharge no longer damages your units when damaging mobs Fixed endless modules duplicate rewards
The Mastery Expansion is live! Go get it and become a true Core Defense master! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1563040/Core_Defense__Mastery_Expansion/ Added Mastery: a permanent progression system with levels and mastery points Supercharge: optional difficulty modifiers on top of the normal difficulty levels Daily Challenge: daily run with fixed seed, difficulty and supercharge and an online leaderboard to show off your skill Overload 21-30: Added ten new difficulty levels Rainbow: after beating Overload 25 you can choose any primary color New tower Berserker: Loses health when attacking
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36292907/d0db245364c031970f4443925ceb89b86d7a04fe.png Good news, everyone! The open beta weekend for the Mastery Expansion has begun! Right-click Core Defense in your Steam library, go to properties, select the betas tab and then choose the beta branch. To allow you to test all the content, you immediately have access to 30 mastery points without having to level up and beat all difficulties first. After the beta, your mastery pages will be reset, but you keep all progress. Please join the Discord server if you haven't already and do share your feedback with me! I can't wait
Core Defense, a positively rated tower defense game by users (and one we enjoyed) from developer ehmprah that sprinkles in a little deck-building is getting an expansion with a Beta you can try. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/03/tower-defense-with-deckbuilding-core-defense-set-to-get-an-expansion
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