2026-03-09 23:03 UTC · Community Announcements · Northend Games
✨ Major Features & ProgressionNew Upgrade Tree: Enemies now drop Gems, which can be spent in our brand-new progression tree. Use Gems to unlock and upgrade towers, character stats, diggers, and collectors.New Guard Companions: You can now purchase Guards from the tech tree that actively follow your character and help you fight off enemies!Character Overhaul: We have completely revamped the player character with a brand-new 3D mesh, updated animations, and totally rebuilt shooting and mining systems for a much better feel.⚔️ Gameplay & CombatSimultaneous Spawner Logic: Overhauled the enemy spaw
2026-01-25 18:09 UTC · Community Announcements · Northend Games
The discount runs for 7 days, enjoy the thrill of war with all kind of war units, dismantle the enemy with 50% discounted price
2025-11-25 12:54 UTC · Community Announcements · PM
🏆 Help Us Win a Steam Award!Dear Players,Thank you for your unwavering support! This year, \ is eligible for the Steam Awards, and we would be honored to have your nomination! 🙏🌟 Our Dedication to the ExperienceRapid iteration based on community feedbackContinuous polishing of art, gameplay, and performanceReworking old systems and adding new mechanicsIf you feel this persistence deserves to be seen, please nominate us for the Labor of Love award.🗳️ How to VoteIf you are willing to support us, please go to the Nominate Section at the top of this announcement (or on the Store Page).Please n
2025-10-03 10:06 UTC · Community Announcements · Saif
Hello everyone!We are glad to be releasing the demo for everyone to try! In Deepstone Rift you will Fight big battles in the mines, get to mining and collecting gold and minerals. build and upgrade your towers, power up with treasure chests. Defend your base from looting goblins! using variety of weapons and tower, from RPG, ak47, canons towers, to sawblade towers and more!Watch the Trailer Have fun,Northend Games Team
2025-04-23 07:23 UTC · Community Announcements · Northend Games
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40888943/4ec811dcade9296db82b6716d0a7255f139aa79f.jpg Hello commanders, We are working on brand new game, called Deepstone Rift. Demo is coming soon, Wishlist to learn more! Thank you. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3552840/Deepstone_Rift/
2024-10-25 17:01 UTC · Community Announcements · Northend Games
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40888943/18cdefba995bd32e3bab0dcbc394804d8b32b80f.jpg Greetings commanders, Thank you for supporting us and enjoying the V1.0 release. As we promised we will keep looking into bugs and optimization and any arising issues. Here's the changes and fixes in this update: A lot of changes in the UI We got a lot of feedback on texts clarity and size, here's the changes made: - Changed the text color in the units descriptions in loadout - Changed the text color in options - Changed map names colors - Increased the size of units blocks in loadout Changes in tutorial: -We changed the
2024-09-04 17:00 UTC · Community Announcements · Saif
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40888943/9072e230084cca511b27d3f6b9bc472e28315f41.gif Greetings Commanders, We’re thrilled to announce that Northend Tower Defense is leaving Early Access on Steam! This milestone wouldn’t have been possible without your amazing support and feedback. Your insights have been invaluable, helping us refine and enhance the game every step of the way. We’re proud of what we’ve achieved together and excited for you to experience the final release! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40888943/b614e1853f9bfd228cc3432bba49921015c914b1.jpg We added +10 language support so all the community can experie
2024-08-02 08:17 UTC · Community Announcements · GamerskyGames
Dive into the massive battlefield of Real Time Tactics Tower Defense and protect your homeland! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/43554/Cats_on_Duty__Northend_Tower_Defense/ Jump into a realtime strategy, action filled battlefield, deploy relentless soldiers, unlock powerful troops and vehicles, upgrade your army, decimate the enemy. If that's not enough, jump into a chaotic Zombie mode, with traps, fun upgrades, and a new gameplay! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1669170/Northend_Tower_Defense/ Cats on Duty is a🐱 purr-fect blend of RTS, tower defense, game genres. Manage two game fiel
2024-06-29 08:20 UTC · Community Announcements · Saif
Greetings, Some players are stuck in the tutorial because they can't find the sell button. We will make it clear in the next small patch soon! In the meantime, here it's: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40888943/1e38c02b778635183b98273c14dc0fa068d66d37.jpg Sorry for the inconvenience. Kindly be patient.
2024-06-27 17:08 UTC · Community Announcements · Northend Games
Greetings Commanders, We are thrilled to announce update V 0.9.6 of Northend Tower Defense, it's been an amazing experience with all of you. More than 2 years of hard work and great fun. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40888943/18cdefba995bd32e3bab0dcbc394804d8b32b80f.jpg At Northend Games. We are committed to delivering a quality and unique experience to players around the world. With this game and any future games we have the "unique and quality first" approach. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40888943/de7078cbd51b6cc8bbb95f78d7cca0942ec86d76.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40888943/db8791c25a3973582fac5d4517a84549cfe4f965.pn
2024-03-14 17:05 UTC · Community Announcements · Northend Games
Greetings Commanders, This update introduces updates and polish to the game. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40888943/5611bdff10b160ba44aadfa83feab9be70354ac2.jpg User Interface New main menu design New in game unit cards New in game abilities cards New animated main menu background Animations New animation to text waves counter New animated pattern for placement New unit cards animations New animation for money adding and subtracting New units placement animations Graphics New VFX blood splatters Highlight enemy units on hit {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40888943/6916ac8e7b2fb412bbfb2262a50a5678e4df8fd7.jpg In the n
2023-11-21 18:50 UTC · Community Announcements · Northend Games
Greetings commanders, In this update we fixed 3 old units, added one new unit and polishing gameplay. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40888943/b614e1853f9bfd228cc3432bba49921015c914b1.jpg Additions Units M16 Rocket Launcher Rain rockets on swarm of enemies, decimate them to pieces Special: Increase fire rate if built close to same unit Bigger range: Increase range by 25% Faster reload: Increase reload speed by 30% More rockets: Shoot twice as much Cluster bomb: Drop 3 grenade for every 3 rocket that explode Rockets rain: Increase fire rate for each unit killed up to 50% Zombie Mode Added Surrender button t
2023-10-18 18:03 UTC · Community Announcements · Northend Games
Greetings Commanders, Small patch that addresses some issues and improvements: - Improved Zombie Mode performance - Game over button shows incorrect text - Now cards in zombie mode will be stacked, if they are similar - Fixed achievements for Zombie mode - Stun upgrade wasn't showing in draft in the zombie mode - Reinforcement armored name was showing incorrectly in the Zombie Mode - Air drops now double the amount of units in Zombie mode Thanks everyone, if you notice any issues please let us know!
2023-10-06 14:50 UTC · Community Announcements · Northend Games
Greetings commanders, In this update we polished a lot of things and added features based on the community's feedback. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40888943/8799dea25cb7c9ee2bfa8a67dac2a4341e5bc880.jpg Additions Zombie mode Units Level up your units if you got the same unit cards, or just deploy them. Increased units deployment spots from 6 to 12. Added icons for replacing, upgrading, and deploying units. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40888943/77238702ddbc19b7e6e50d8e27c28505731de437.gif {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40888943/25646b0f302e1b67d818de8378ef575e66e60e5d.gif {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40888943/f12861202baf7035d5c09261222
2023-08-28 17:05 UTC · Community Announcements · Northend Games
Greetings commanders, At the community's request we built a new game mode, it's the zombie mode, free update for everyone to enjoy! Update V0.8 contains the changes below {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40888943/cb6aa04ee4adc490587d0f912d1ddec0f4ea8a24.jpg Zombie Mode ZOMBIE TYPES {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40888943/6e795e5a771c1340e8b08c571da5429bbde9cf7b.jpg +12 Zombie types to slay Shovel Zombie Shield Zombie Runner Zombie Respawner Zombie Medic Zombie Mechanic Zombie Flag Zombie Crawler Zombie Captain Zombie Bicycle Zombie Walker Zombie Vehicle carrying zombies with flag Vehicle carrying zombies UNIT TYPES {ST
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