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Currently reviewing well from users on Steam is Nordhold: Origins, a free tower defense game with high replayability where you build up a medieval Nordic village. It's actually just a demo for the upcoming Nordhold, as some developers still seem to prefer making a free prologue rather than a demo, but maybe that will changes with recent updates to Steam demos.

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Features:

  • 20 Waves of Challenges - Experience a unique version of Nordhold with 20 waves of relentless enemies. Build, strategize, and defend Nordhold through escalating challenges that test your tactical prowess.
  • Grow Your Economy - With 14 buildings offering diverse strategic development options through unique upgrades and meta-progression, strike the perfect balance between economic growth and defending Nordhold.
  • Build Towers - Choose from 5 towers with unique abilities and numerous customization options. Fine-tune your defensive tactics to effectively safeguard Nordhold.
  • Tailored Upgrades - Explore over 80 custom upgrades that provide versatile customization options, enhancing strategic depth and offering countless combinations.
  • Heroes, Relics, Spells & More - Select from a multitude of hero combinations to defend Nordhold. Relics grant strategic bonuses across your economy and defenses, while spells unleash powerful effects to turn the tide of battle.
  • Master Escalation - Harness synergies and make strategic decisions that escalate your power to conquer ever-stronger waves of enemies and challenging bosses.
  • Compete on Leaderboards - Test your skills globally or with friends in our competitive ranking system. Can you achieve the coveted Valhalla rank?

As far as tower defense games go, it has a fun hook to it that is clearly pulling in some fans, which is promising for the full game. Worth giving it a shot!

Check out it with Native Linux support on the Steam page.

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pb Sep 2
I thought "prologues" were no longer allowed on Steam, as well as advertising other games in the description?
Liam Dawe Sep 2
Quoting: pbI thought "prologues" were no longer allowed on Steam, as well as advertising other games in the description?
At no point have Valve said they're not allowed. But with the demo system updates, they now make less sense.
pb Sep 2
Quoting: Liam Dawe
Quoting: pbI thought "prologues" were no longer allowed on Steam, as well as advertising other games in the description?
At no point have Valve said they're not allowed. But with the demo system updates, they now make less sense.

Ok, so maybe prologues and other demos-pretending-not-to-be-demos are not explicitly forbidden, but: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamworks/announcements/detail/4201376568915048836 "No images, links, or widgets pointing to other games on Steam - This means that you cannot use your store page description to advertise other products on Steam." - and yet this game (and virtually all other "prologues") does exactly that. Shouldn't be for long, though, as "Starting early September, we'll roll out an update that automatically hides any instances where a URL is included in a game's written description or other text section.". At the same time, Proper demo pages will prominently display infobox linking to the full game, so maybe that will do it.
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