X-Morph: Defense

Tower defense and top-down shooting from the invaders' side

EXOR Studios · Released Aug 30, 2017

Reviews: Very Positive; 91% of 4,241
Recent reviews: Mostly Positive; 77% of 76 in 30 days
Playing now: 32; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 4 years ago; Feb 24, 2022

Free demo available, 2 playing it now: get the demo.

What is X-Morph: Defense?

This top-down shooter and tower defense game puts you in control of an alien invader protecting resource harvesters from human forces on Earth. In each mission, you place towers and link them with laser fences to change enemy paths, then fly a fighter craft and shoot attackers during waves. You can also collapse buildings and bridges to shape the battlefield.

For you if...

+you like unhurried planning followed by hectic defense
+you enjoy shaping enemy routes with towers and fences
+you want shared-screen co-op for wave defense

Not for you if...

−you want towers to do most of the fighting
−you dislike switching attention between building and shooting

What players say

91% of 4,241 reviews are positive · 77% of 76 in the last 30 days

Players praise the freedom to create choke points with laser fences and fallen buildings; some also enjoy co-op. Others say towers feel too weak, while recent complaints cite waves that fail to end, a frozen final boss, and launch or crash problems.

Screenshots and trailer

X-Morph: Defense system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 7 64bit Service Pack 1
Processor: Processor: i3 2.6Ghz or AMD equivalent
Graphics: GeForce GTX 460 or AMD equivalent
Memory: 4 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: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 40
Steam features: Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Playable

Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
Aux functionality not accessible_ map editor
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Hungarian.