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Defense Grid: The Awakening

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A tower defense game where you have to defend Power Cores from being stolen. Tower construction is limited to specified platforms on where you can place 1 out of 10 diffrent upgradeable towers. Towers can not be destroyed by the enemies. Tower placement is key to progress in this game as they each have pros and cons. During the game you battle a variety of 15 diffrent "Insectoid" enemies with various abilitys to handle such as stealth, speed, armor and shields etc. The invaders can carry 1-3 powercores as they reach the powerstations and try to make their escape.

Real Time Strategy (RTS) Simulator Strategy Tactical Indie Science fiction
2008 ★ 79 87 achievements
87 achievements
First Blood

First Blood

93.1%

Kill 1 alien.

Hey! That's mine!

Hey! That's mine!

92.4%

Kill an alien carrying a power core.

Happy Returns

Happy Returns

92.3%

Recover a loose core.

Field Promotion

Field Promotion

91.0%

Earn at least one silver medal.

Leadhead

Leadhead

90.0%

Build 5 Gun towers.

Eradicator

Eradicator

89.5%

Kill 100 aliens.

Surplus

Surplus

88.7%

Win with 1,000 resources remaining.

Yellow Beats Green

Yellow Beats Green

85.7%

Upgrade a tower.

Burn Baby Burn

Burn Baby Burn

85.2%

Build 5 Inferno towers.

Salvage Rights

Salvage Rights

85.0%

Destroy at least one boss alien.

Penny Pincher

Penny Pincher

83.4%

Win with 5,000 resources remaining.

Pew Pew

Pew Pew

81.7%

Build 5 Laser towers.

I Spy

I Spy

81.6%

Activate reconnaissance system.

Close Call

Close Call

80.3%

Save a core less than 10 seconds away from the map exit.

What IS that?

What IS that?

80.0%

Inspect 10 aliens.

Arsenal

Arsenal

78.7%

Build 20 towers in one mission.

Exterminator

Exterminator

75.9%

Destroy 1000 aliens.

Flawless Victory

Flawless Victory

74.3%

Earn at least one gold medal.

Confident

Confident

74.1%

Use speed up controls for a total of 30 seconds in any one mission.

Boot Camp

Boot Camp

73.6%

Finish the first 3 missions.

Not So Fast

Not So Fast

72.0%

Build 5 Temporal towers.

Great Ball of Fire

Great Ball of Fire

70.3%

Build 5 Meteor towers.

Sharpshooter

Sharpshooter

70.1%

Shoot down a flying alien.

Kaboom!

Kaboom!

68.7%

Build 5 Cannon towers.

No Sale

No Sale

68.5%

No towers sold in a single mission.

Liquidator

Liquidator

65.0%

Sell 5 towers.

Filthy Rich

Filthy Rich

62.1%

Win with 10,000 resources remaining.

High Voltage

High Voltage

59.9%

Build 5 Tesla towers.

Death From Above

Death From Above

54.1%

Fire the orbital laser.

The Not-So-Friendly Skies

The Not-So-Friendly Skies

53.6%

Build 5 Missile towers.

Pyrrhic Victory

Pyrrhic Victory

51.2%

Shoot down flying alien carrying a core.

Power Builder

Power Builder

50.7%

Build 6 towers within 10 seconds.

Head Trauma

Head Trauma

48.1%

Build 5 Concussion towers.

Retry

Retry

43.7%

Reload an earlier save checkpoint.

Overseer

Overseer

40.9%

Build 5 Command towers.

Annihilator

Annihilator

35.7%

Kill 10,000 aliens.

Full Defense

Full Defense

32.9%

Build 50 towers in one mission.

Indecisive

Indecisive

28.1%

Sell 10 towers in a single mission.

Tower Expert

Tower Expert

25.5%

Build every tower and upgrade.

Base Defender

Base Defender

24.3%

Complete the Story mode.

Relay Race

Relay Race

20.7%

Witness 1 core handed off 10 times within 20 seconds.

Full Potential

Full Potential

17.8%

Beat an advanced mission with only level 3 towers and no selling.

Flurry

Flurry

17.7%

Earn a gold medal on an adrenaline challenge mode.

Diversity

Diversity

17.2%

Build all tower types in one mission.

The Long Road

The Long Road

16.7%

Alien time until exit exceeds 5 minutes.

Siege Breaker

Siege Breaker

13.9%

Survive 100 waves on the Grinder challenge mode.

If At First You Don't Succeed, Retry Again

If At First You Don't Succeed, Retry Again

13.6%

Reload an earlier save checkpoint five times in a single mission.

Well Invested

Well Invested

13.4%

Gain 10000 resources from interest in a single mission.

Untouchable

Untouchable

12.9%

Beat an advanced mission with zero cores captured.

Xenocide

Xenocide

10.9%

Kill 50,000 aliens.

Gun Crazy

Gun Crazy

10.4%

Beat an advanced mission with only Gun towers.

Minimalist

Minimalist

10.0%

Beat an advanced mission with only level 1 towers.

Nail Biter

Nail Biter

9.6%

Win mission with the last core less than 10 seconds away from the map exit.

Few and Proud

Few and Proud

8.2%

Earn at least a silver medal on the Story or Story Challenge mode of Divided Attention.

Kickstarter

Kickstarter

8.2%

Begin playing any mode of the Containment Campaign.

Planet Defender

Planet Defender

7.7%

Earn a silver medal on all missions in the Story mode.

Full House

Full House

7.3%

Build all upgrades of all tower types in one mission.

Shell-shocked

Shell-shocked

6.9%

Beat an advanced mission with only Cannon towers.

Out of Bullets

Out of Bullets

6.4%

Beat all 5 "Out of Bullets" challenge modes without using Gun or Cannon towers.

Alien Tears

Alien Tears

5.8%

Earn a gold medal on all missions in the Story mode.

Foresight is 20/20

Foresight is 20/20

5.5%

Earn a Gold medal on any Containment mission without going back to a save checkpoint.

Majestic Pony

Majestic Pony

5.1%

Earn a bronze medal on all story missions in the You Monster campaign.

Savant Genius

Savant Genius

4.5%

Earn a gold medal on any story mission past 'Divided Attention' in the You Monster campaign.

Master Siege Breaker

Master Siege Breaker

4.3%

Survive 100 waves on any Super Grinder challenge mode.

The Container

The Container

4.3%

Earn at least a Bronze medal on all eight Story modes in the Containment campaign.

Regional Deluge

Regional Deluge

3.8%

Earn a gold medal on the Campaign mode of Kill Zone and Overflow.

Combat Turmoil

Combat Turmoil

3.6%

Earn a gold medal on the Campaign mode of Service Interruption and Height of Confusion.

Civil Divergence

Civil Divergence

3.5%

Earn a gold medal on the Campaign mode of Urban Planning and Tactical Diversion.

Firebug

Firebug

3.4%

Beat an advanced mission with only Inferno towers.

Circular Hazard

Circular Hazard

3.3%

Earn a gold medal on the Campaign mode of Risk Exposure and Roundabout.

Mostly Dead

Mostly Dead

2.7%

Earn a silver medal on all story missions in the You Monster campaign.

Contains Trace Amounts of Gold

Contains Trace Amounts of Gold

2.4%

Earn a Gold medal on all eight Story modes in the Containment campaign.

Top of the Class

Top of the Class

2.0%

Earn a gold medal on the Story and Story Challenge modes of Ghost in the Machine and Divided Attention.

Overflowing

Overflowing

1.9%

Earn a gold medal on all the modes of Overflow.

Master Strategist

Master Strategist

1.8%

Earn a gold medal on any 100 missions in The Awakening campaign.

You Monster

You Monster

1.8%

Earn a gold medal on all story missions in the You Monster campaign.

A Temporal Would've Been Nice

A Temporal Would've Been Nice

1.7%

Earn at least a Bronze medal on the Story or Story Challenge mode of Occupation using only Gun, Inferno, and Laser towers.

Faithful Companion

Faithful Companion

1.4%

Earn a gold medal on 10 challenge modes in the You Monster campaign.

Clean Getaway

Clean Getaway

1.3%

Prevent the aliens from stealing a core until they have arrived safely at the second core housing in the Story or Story Challenge mode of Auger.

So Many Spaces to Build On, So Little Time

So Many Spaces to Build On, So Little Time

1.2%

Earn at least a Bronze medal on the Story or Story Challenge mode of Foothold building ten towers or less without selling.

Best Friends Forever

Best Friends Forever

1.1%

Earn a gold medal on all story challenge missions in the You Monster campaign.

This is…spartan.

This is…spartan.

1.1%

Earn a Gold medal on the Story or Story Challenge mode of Volition building fifteen towers or less without selling.

Beating A Dead Potato

Beating A Dead Potato

1.0%

Earn a gold medal on any 35 missions in the You Monster campaign.

Clear Skies

Clear Skies

1.0%

Earn a Gold medal in the Campaign Reversed mode of Passage without building any Meteor or Missile towers or using the Orbital Laser.

Fully Contained

Fully Contained

1.0%

Earn at least a Bronze medal on all 40 modes in the Containment campaign.

Supreme Strategist

Supreme Strategist

1.0%

Earn a gold medal on any 150 missions in The Awakening campaign.

Core Container

Core Container

0.9%

Earn a Gold medal on all 40 modes in the Containment campaign.

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