Creeper World IXE
Side-view real-time strategy commanding ships against a spreading fluid
Knuckle Cracker · Released Dec 12, 2024
ActionCasualIndieSimulationStrategy
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 70% of 886
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 6
- peak 24h 12
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 11 months ago
- Oct 15, 2025
Free demo available, 1 playing it now: get the demo.
What is Creeper World IXE?
A side-view real-time strategy game where you command ships across planets threatened by the spreading Creeper. In each mission, you reshape terrain, mix materials, and use weapons to hold back the fluid, destroy its emitters, and activate IXE Cores. Victories unlock technology, and you can play or create custom maps.
For you if...
- +you like tactical puzzles built around fluid and terrain
- +you enjoy coordinating a small fleet of ships
- +you want to create maps with custom units
Not for you if...
- −you prefer building broad defenses to steering ships
- −you want quick missions rather than slow tactical progress
What players say
70% of 886 reviews are positive
Players praise the fluid effects, material interactions, and creative community maps. Many say the limited ship selection restricts their strategies and makes missions feel slow compared with earlier games. Some also report performance slowdowns when many pixels are moving.
Screenshots and trailer
Creeper World IXE system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10 or later
- Processor
- Quad Core 2.5Ghz
- Graphics
- Dedicated GPU
- Memory
- 6 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 or later
- Processor
- Six Core 3Ghz
- Graphics
- nVidia RTX 20 series / AMD RX 580 series equivalent or better
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 4 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 28
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Tags
- RTS
- Tower Defense
- Wargame
- Real Time Tactics
- Sandbox
- Space
- 1980s
- War
- Physics
- Strategy
- Tutorial
- Grand Strategy
- Action
- 2D
- Simulation
- Colorful
Recent updates
- Oct 15, 2025 · Unity Patch
- Mar 14, 2025 · IXE Version 59
- Feb 5, 2025 · Version 52
- Feb 4, 2025 · Version 51
- Jan 24, 2025 · Version 50
1 DLC available.
