Kingdom Rush 1.072

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. The Kingdom Rush series is probably the best example of this innovation. Let's look at Kingdom Rush.

To play Kingdom Rush, simply run the game with whatever SWF player you have.

This game looks like every other tower defense game on the surface, with some notable exceptions. For instance, you only have four towers to work with, each with two different final upgrades that operate vastly differently. While this may seem like not a lot, this makes it easy to make sure each of the towers are relevant. 

The army tower deploys soldiers onto the road to block the enemies from progressing, the archer tower shoots fast and but weak arrows, the cannon tower deals area damage, and the wizard tower shoots slow, but strong and armor piercing towers. This means that the gameplay lends itself well to kill zones and you also have to make sure that you can deal with enemies that have varying levels of armor.

You also have a number of disposable skills with cooldowns that you will have to use to get through some levels. You also level up your towers and skills to give them perks to help you out. 

All in all, this is a fantastic tower defense game. You need to give Kingdom Rush a try if you like the genre.