Emberward
Last updated: 2025-05-09
- Fun, polished, and addictive tower defense gameplay
- Diverse towers, characters, and strategic options
- Engaging Tetris-style maze building mechanic
- Active developer support with frequent updates
- Insufficient content and limited replayability
- Lacks map variety and randomness
- Reviews
(sample size) - 2000
- Helpful reviews
- 80%
- Unhelpful reviews
- 20%
- Protest reviews
- 0%
- 94%Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
- 6%Helpful reviews with negative sentiment
- Positive points
- 3320
- Negative points
- 1256
- Gameplay points
- 649
- Perf. points
- 59
- Rec. points
- 1084
- Misc points
- 133
| Point | Description | Importance |
|---|---|---|
| Fun, polished, addictive gameplay | The game is highly enjoyable, polished, and addictive, with many reviewers considering it among the best in the tower defense genre. It successfully blends elements from roguelike, puzzle, and strategy games, offering a unique and refreshing experience. Many reviewers draw comparisons to classic tower defense games like Kingdom Rush and Warcraft 3. | 97% |
| Diverse towers, characters, strategies | The game offers a wide variety of towers, characters, and relics, allowing for diverse strategies and playstyles. The unique abilities and synergies between these elements contribute to the game's replayability and depth. Players enjoy experimenting with different combinations to find effective builds. | 52% |
| Engaging Tetris-style maze building | The Tetris-style maze building is a core mechanic that players find engaging and satisfying. The ability to manipulate enemy paths and create custom mazes adds a layer of strategic depth and replayability. This mechanic sets the game apart from traditional tower defense games. | 19% |
| Top-tier tower defense game | Many reviewers express strong positive sentiment, calling the game the best tower defense game they have ever played and drawing comparisons to other popular titles like Bloons TD6 and Warcraft 3. These points are less specific and constructive than others, so they are weighted lower. | 8% |
| Unique, interesting game mechanics | The game features unique and interesting mechanics, including themed arenas, boss fights, and level layouts. These elements add variety and challenge to the gameplay, preventing it from becoming repetitive. The game's mechanics are well-designed and contribute to a fun and engaging experience. | 5% |
| Active, responsive developer support | The developers are actively engaged with the community, providing frequent updates, incorporating feedback, and showcasing creativity. This ongoing support and improvement enhances the overall player experience and demonstrates a commitment to the game's long-term success. | 4% |
| Well-implemented roguelike elements | The game incorporates roguelike elements that enhance replayability and strategic depth. The roguelike structure of upgrading loadouts and finding relics throughout levels is enjoyable. The game is forgiving of mistakes, respecting the "quick to fail" rule of roguelites. | 4% |
| Clean, intuitive user interface | The game features a clean, intuitive, and user-friendly interface. The menus, interfaces, and text have a cosy vibe while remaining clear and readable. The visually appealing aesthetic and satisfying sound effects contribute to a positive user experience. | 3% |