Timeless nostalgic classic
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“I remember Zombie on your lawn song and such when it just arrived And it's over 15 years ago, the game is still nice to play”
Steam review · 4.5 h played ↗
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Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 98%PopCap Games, Inc.2009Tower Defense · Strategy · Casual
The verdict
A timeless, charming tower defense classic with great music and tons of replayability for about $5. Skip it if you need widescreen or high resolution, or if it won't launch on your modern PC.
Great for
Nostalgic players and newcomers wanting a cheap, charming, easy-to-learn strategy game
Main risk
Fixed 800x600 window and launch/flicker/crash problems on modern PCs
What players love
Better than Replanted, cheaper, no AI upscaling
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Please just buy this game instead of the horrendous Replanted version. This game was made with love through and through”
Steam review · 16.4 h played ↗
Charming art, humor and characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“everything in the game is so charming (the goofy characters and dialogue, the beautiful soundtrack, the well designed levels, and minigames)”
Steam review · 7.7 h played ↗
Iconic soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Soundtrack is extremely iconic and absolutely HEAT.”
Steam review · 31.6 h played ↗
Simple but strategic gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“Simple to learn but surprisingly strategic.”
Steam review · 107.3 h played ↗
Lots of extra modes and replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“you have SO MUCH post game content to go through, achievements, mini games, puzzle, endless survival is my fave”
Steam review · 30.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Won't launch or crashes on modern PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“every time I open the game, the screen flickers between black and showing the game. It does it a *lot*.”
Steam review · 55.4 h played ↗
Locked 800x600 4:3 resolution
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“it's not optimized, lacks widescreen support, runs at the low-resolution of 800x600 and it can't be changed”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Console and mobile versions are better
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Both the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions are superior in every way, featuring more content and much higher resolutions.”
Steam review · 0.4 h played ↗
Abandoned port, no support from EA
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“there's effectively no official support for it.”
Steam review · 16.1 h played ↗
Repetitive, slow and boring
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“in adventure mode, the pacing is so unimaginably slow that I damn near fall asleep”
Steam review · 10.5 h played ↗
Tedious, grindy achievements
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“Vase breaker and I zombie endless achievements are bullcrap, it's boring, it's tedious”
Steam review · 36.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unknown
Minimum
OSWindows XP/Vista/7
Processor1.2GHz+ processor
Memory1GB of RAM
Graphics128MB of video memory, 16-bit or 32-bit color quality
Storage65+MB of free hard drive space
OSWindows XP/Vista/7
Processor1.2GHz+ processor
Memory1GB of RAM
Graphics128MB of video memory, 16-bit or 32-bit color quality
Storage65+MB of free hard drive space
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