Artificial Defense
Top-down shooter with tower defense inside a computer system
Thiemo Bolder, ONEMANGAMES · Released Jun 1, 2016
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 76% of 80
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 30, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 9 years ago
- Jul 10, 2017
What is Artificial Defense?
Artificial Defense is a single-player, top-down shooter with tower defense and real-time strategy elements, set inside an operating system under attack. You aim at moving enemies, build defensive and resource-producing towers, and send units to reclaim corrupted system structures. Challenges span seven servers, with RAM used to pay for shots, construction, and upgrades.
For you if...
- +you enjoy active aiming alongside resource management and defense planning
Not for you if...
- −you want towers to do most of the fighting
What players say
76% of 80 reviews are positive
Players praise the music and visuals. Some find the challenge-based progression repetitive and grindy.
Screenshots and trailer
Artificial Defense system requirements
Minimum: 450, 4 GB RAM, 0.5 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Artificial Defense?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 or higher
- Processor
- Intel Core i3 2.00 GHz or AMD equivalent
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce 450 or higher with 1GB Memory
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 500 MB available space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- Intel Core i3 2.00 GHz or AMD equivalent
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce 450 or higher with 1GB Memory
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 500 MB available space
Does Artificial Defense have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Artificial Defense run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 16
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Full audio: English.
Does Artificial Defense use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
Recent updates
- Jun 20, 2017 · Summer Update
- Jun 20, 2017 · Summer Update
- Jun 8, 2017 · v1.5 is online! Better GFX, better UI, better Tutorial, and much more ...
- Jun 8, 2017 · v1.5 is online! Better GFX, better UI, better Tutorial, and much more ...
- Jun 6, 2017 · Beta for v1.5 is online