BARRICADEZ
Released Sep 2021
Barricadez is a mix of tower defense and survival game. Take on your care robot and explore the underground, find new blueprints, gather resources and build your defenses and traps to survive through the night against a myriad of zombie-like creatures. Your goal: to defend the defenseless cradle.
80% positive · 142 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
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Steam $18.99
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Evaluation
BARRICADEZ launched into full 1.0 release on September 29, 2021, after a long Early Access period during which the developer shipped several major updates. Following the 1.0 launch, the developer posted a development status update on November 26, 2021 acknowledging known bugs and stating they were working to "expand its entertainment value" — though this was a general statement rather than a specific commitment to new content. A map-saving feature was patched in on December 3, 2021. The last recorded developer communication was a minor bug fix on June 10, 2022. Since then — now more than four years ago — the developer has made no further announcements, patches, or communications of any kind. The full release note itself noted that content expansion would depend on sales ("we may expand game contents up to its sales"), suggesting post-launch additions were conditional rather than committed. No unreleased DLC is listed on the store, and no roadmap or future content promises were made after launch. The sustained pattern of updates ended with the June 10, 2022 bug fix, and the developer's silence since that date is consistent with a completed, shipped product.
Evidence
BARRICADEZ launched as a full 1.0 release on September 29, 2021. The developer noted future content expansion would depend on sales performance.
Minor bug fix released — the last official developer communication on record.
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Developer
Publisher
Fly Penguin inc.
Achievements
35
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
Humanity is almost extinct and the planet lies in ruins. The hopes of humanity lie in the survival of a child, a child that you must protect at all costs from the hordes of the night that will stop at nothing to destroy everything. You embody an all-purpose care robot, awoken by an emergency distress call. As you head to the surface, you intercept an escape pod of a human child, which results in your mission parameters being updated to protect the child at all costs. However, your memory banks are failing- if you could only remember why this child in particular is so important… As an all purpose care robot, you are the first and last line of defense of this child versus the oncoming hordes of zombie like creatures. Use your ingenuity and crafting skills to defend against the hostile creatures. Explore the world below the ground to find new materials, blueprints and upgrades, which you use to build defenses, traps and walls.
Gather your resources, prepare your Barricadez and strategies during the day, and hold out against the hordes until dawn in this unique side scrolling tower defense game. You’re in it for the long haul. As day turns to night you make haste to shore up the defenses to protect the cradle. Defeat your enemies to collect experience in the form of engrams which allow you to upgrade your skills and become stronger and efficient.Key Features
・Gather Resources by exploring the underground. The deeper you go, the more resources you collect, as well as new materials for upgrades.
・Exploration rewards you with powerful blueprints allowing you to expand your arsenal.
・Build and design the most effective defensive fortifications to protect the last child of humanity.
・Utilize a wide array of traps to defeat the encroaching monsters by arranging them along a path that you force the monsters to follow.
・Traverse and explore a procedurally generated map to plan your defense grid in advance by taking advantage of the day and night cycle.
・Upgrade your base defenses with stronger materials to increase your odds of success, or use augments to change the way some facilities function.
・Adapt your defenses on the fly depending on the type of enemies you fight. Different enemies require different strategies.
・Make use of the autocraft system to provide your traps with ammunition to continually defend against the monsters.
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Last evaluated Jun 26, 2026
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