Defense Grid: The Awakening (2008)

Defense Grid: The Awakening is a 2008 Indie game by Hidden Path Entertainment, rated ★ 3.4 by 107 players, about 4 hours long. Below: 12 games like it, ranked by how much they share with it.

★ 3.4 from 107 players Metacritic 81 About 4h to play #269 in Indie 44% finish it

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Overview

Released in 2008, Defense Grid: The Awakening lands in the Indie space and runs on 4 platform families: Classic Macintosh, macOS, PC and Xbox 360. Players have rated it 107 times, landing at 3.4 out of 5. That puts it in the top 55% of every game in our catalog. Within Indie it ranks #269 of 1192 games by our quality score. Average playtime is 4 hours — a short run you can finish in a weekend, about 31% longer than the Indie average. Critics gave it a Metacritic score of 81 — 7 points above the Indie average.

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What players actually do with it

44%finish it▼ genre avg 49%

59%positive ratings107 votes

6playing now

6on wishlists

54gave upvs 42 beat it

Recommended 52%Meh 25%Skip 16%

Finish rate = players who marked it beaten ÷ (beaten + dropped) on RAWG. Wishlist and playing-now counts refresh with every sync.

Platforms & availability

Platform	Family	Release
Classic Macintosh	Other	Dec 2008
macOS	PC	Dec 2008
PC	PC	Dec 2008
Xbox 360	Xbox	Dec 2008

Can my PC run Defense Grid: The Awakening?

Minimum

Supported OS: Windows XP, Vista
Processor: 1.8GHz CPU or higher
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Hard disk space: 1GB available space
DirectX version: DirectX 9.0c or higher, June 2008 version or later
Video: Video: DirectX 9 video card with shader 2 support such as the following:
ATI Radeon 9600 or newer (9600-9800, X300-X1950, HD 2400-HD 4870)
NVIDIA GeForce 6100 or newer (6100-6800, 7100-7950, 8300-8800, 9600-9800, or GTX 216-280)

Supported OS: Windows XP, Vista
Processor: dual core 2.0GHz CPU or higher
Memory: 1GB RAM XP, 1.5GB RAM Vista
Hard disk space: 1GB available space
DirectX version: DirectX 9.0c or higher, June 2008 version or later
Video: DirectX 9 video card with shader 3 support and 256MB VRAM such as the following:
ATI Radeon X700 or newer (X700-X1950, HD 2400-HD 4870)
NVIDIA GeForce 7600 or newer (7600-7950, 8300-8800, 9600-9800, or GTX 216-280)
Controller: Optionally supports Microsoft Game Controller for Windows