Dungeon Defenders
Moderate overall intensityWhat's in it
Dozens of paid add-ons sold alongside the game unlock extra hero classes, costume packs, and campaign maps for real money, so how much of the game a player can access depends on further spending beyond the purchase price.
Stylized, cartoonish fantasy combat where heroes use melee, ranged attacks, and summoned towers to defeat waves of goblins, orcs, ogres, and other monsters; no blood or gore.
Some purchasable character skins, including added anime-styled cosmetics, dress heroes such as the Huntress in revealing outfits.
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What it is
Dungeon Defenders is a four-player cooperative game that blends tower defense with action-RPG combat. Players pick one of several hero classes (apprentice, squire, huntress, monk, and more), then defend glowing Eternia Crystals from waves of cartoonish fantasy monsters by building and upgrading traps and towers between waves and fighting alongside them during combat. The action is bright and stylized with no blood or gore, and progression revolves heavily on leveling characters and grinding for better loot. It supports online play with strangers through matchmaking, with both voice and text chat. Beyond the base content, the game sells optional downloadable classes and cosmetic character skins, some of which dress heroes in revealing, anime-styled outfits.
How it's framed
The game frames its combat as lighthearted, heroic fantasy: young apprentices band together to protect their kingdom from invading monster hordes, with success rewarded through experience points and loot. There is no moral weight to the killing since enemies are non-human fantasy creatures, and the tone stays comedic and adventurous throughout.
Details
- Developer
- Chromatic Games
- Publisher
- Chromatic Games
- Released
- Oct 18, 2011
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