Keeper of the Grove 1.0

Warning: You need to have a program capable of running an SWF file to play this game. You can click here to find one such program right here on our website.

Tower Defense games have generally fallen out of favor in the mainline gaming industry in the 21st century. There are very few tower defense games in the AAA market, and even if they're there, it's usually as part of a gimmick or a minigame. Thus, Flash games have had time to refine and innovate on the formula by themselves. One of the many series that have tried is the Keeper of the Grove series. Let's look at the first one.

To play Keeper of the Grove, just run it with whatever SWF player you have.

The game looks deceptively like a children's game, and in fact, it even plays like it in the beginning. There's only three base towers when you start playing the game. Aqua towers are more expensive but have critical slowing abilities. Sprouts are cheap and fast and long ranged. Last but not least are the rock towers, which are incredibly expensive but incredibly powerful.

After a while, you'll eventually be able to research 9 different upgrades for these towers, giving you a ton of strategic possibilities. You can also hold the spacebar to slow down time, which will become very useful in later waves.

All in all, Keeper of the Grove is a very strong game and is surprisingly deep too, especially if you decide to play at a higher difficulty level.