Grow Castle offers an original take on the world of tower defense. At its heart, the game is all about defending a single structure: your castle, from furious waves of monstrous enemies. Although the premise itself sounds simple, Grow Castle uses resource management and strategic unit upgrades to keep you interested and avoid boredom.
Your main task is to reinforce the defenses of your castle. During the game, you will receive gold by killing enemies. Gold is used to reinforce the castle walls and to improve its overall strength. However, that is only the beginning. In Grow Castle, there are a lot of heroes you will be able to place on the towers of your castle. From archers and fighters these heroes come in many shapes and forms, each possessing the unique skills capable to change the outcome of the battle.
You have to upgrade your heroes to up your survival chances because the enemy waves are more difficult each time. The game is quite immersive as it gives a feeling of progression as you unlock new heroes, improve their abilities and skillfully place them in your castle to increase effectiveness. Grow Castle also features a ‘Town’ mode in which you can build structures that increase revenue and improve abilities of archers.
The game’s simplistic design adds to its appeal. There would be no advanced level mazes or castle towers spanning the battlefield. Broadly, the objective is not about hoarding resources, choosing upgrades and relocating heroes to create a mighty defense line.
The strength of Grow Castle is in its short gaming sessions that hide a great deal of tactical thinking. The loop of earning the resources, improving the defenses as well as uncovering the new heroes builds the feeling of rewarding progression. If you are a fan of tower defense games which emphasize the focused strategic choices over the detailed mechanics of building, Grow Castle is definitely something to try out. The game is based on the free-to-play model with the option of in-app purchases. The patient players can continue to enjoy the core gameplay without spending any money.
