Fit check
Is Artificial Defense worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Strategy players who want aiming and shooting alongside tower placement
- Tower-defense fans interested in managing resource production
- Players who enjoy upgrading weapons, towers, and hardware as they progress
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a relaxed tower-defense pace may hit a wall when they must manage aiming, projectile travel time, cooldowns, and RAM costs together.
- Players who prefer straightforward attacks may find that moving targets, delayed impacts, and weapon-specific cooldowns demand frequent tactical decisions.
- Players looking for cooperative action RPG features such as loot, pets, and character customization may prefer Dungeon Defenders: Awakened.
Our take on Artificial Defense
The bounce point comes when firing requires resource management as well as aim: each shot costs RAM, weapons have separate cooldowns, and projectiles take time to hit moving targets.
What is Artificial Defense?
Artificial Defense combines real-time strategy, tower defense, and an orbital shooter in a virtual reality setting.
The task is to protect an operating system from waves of intruders. Players fire 21 offensive weapons, deploy 21 defensive towers and seven resource-producing towers, and send Intrusion Counter Measures to capture corrupted databases, honeypots, and firewalls. Firing consumes RAM, weapons have individual cooldowns, and projectiles take time to reach moving targets. RAM also supports system routines, while data carriers release RAM when they reach backup devices. Weapons and towers can be unlocked and installed in the uplab. Hardware progresses through seven levels, from punch-tape systems to quantum AI. The game has 49 challenges across seven servers and 13 music tracks.
How Artificial Defense plays
- 01Orbital weapons
- The 21 offensive options include flintlocks, missiles, meteors, and neutron bombs.
- 02Defensive towers
- The 21 tower types range from pistol sentries and flamethrowers to long-range railguns.
- 03RAM production
- Seven production towers generate the resource used to run system routines and fire weapons.
- 04Hardware progression
- The seven hardware levels range from punch-tape systems to a quantum AI mainframe.
- 05Server challenges
- There are 49 challenges across seven servers.
- 06Structure capture
- Intrusion Counter Measures can be sent to capture corrupted databases, honeypots, and firewalls.
Artificial Defense compared to similar games
Artificial Defense combines manual orbital shooting with tower placement, RAM production, and capturing corrupted system structures. Anomaly: Warzone Earth also mixes action and strategy with tower-defense elements, but its description focuses on directing forces against alien-held cities. Dungeon Defenders: Awakened pairs tower defense with cooperative action RPG systems including loot, leveling, pets, and character customization.
Artificial Defense: platforms & release
Is Artificial Defense worth it?
It is worth it if: strategy players who want aiming and shooting alongside tower placement. Skip it if: players seeking a relaxed tower-defense pace may hit a wall when they must manage aiming, projectile travel time, cooldowns, and RAM costs together.
Where can I download Artificial Defense?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Artificial Defense's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Artificial Defense on?
Windows only.
