Cartridge Defense
Released Sep 2022
Cartridge Defense is a tower defense game with over 300 distinct collectible cards that you will use to create your own decks to defend against robots in the cyberpunk inspired future. Play cards (cartridges) to spawn towers, upgrades, special abilities and more in a campaign or rogue-like mode.
92% positive · 100 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Where to buy
Steam $11.99
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Evaluation
Cartridge Defense launched into Early Access and graduated to its full 1.0 release on September 3, 2022, completing the campaign with Act 5, new enemies, and achievements. Following the 1.0 launch, the developer released a handful of patches addressing bugs and balance issues — most notably a boss mechanic rework on February 23, 2023, and a tutorial fix on September 1, 2023. That September 2023 patch is the last recorded communication from the developer. No future content has been announced, no unreleased DLC is listed, and the store description makes no mention of planned additions. The developer has not published a roadmap or indicated that additional content is in development. The post-1.0 update history consists entirely of maintenance and balance patches rather than named expansions or major free updates, and the pattern of those patches has fully ceased as of September 1, 2023. With no outstanding commitments and no update activity since September 1, 2023, the game appears to have reached its final state.
Evidence
1.0 release shipped, completing the campaign with Act 5, new enemies, cartridges, achievements, and Steam Cloud saves
Patch 1.0.1.12 fixed a tutorial bug and line-of-sight issue — last recorded developer communication
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Details
Developer
Publisher
Out Gaming
Achievements
14
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
Cartridge Defense is a tower defense game with collectible cards that you will use to create your own decks to defend against robots in the cyberpunk inspired future. Play cards (cartridges) to spawn towers, upgrades, special abilities and more.
Place towers to repath the enemy robots, set the priorities of towers with a highly customizable set of targeting systems, and watch waves of enemies get destroyed by your maze of towers. Each enemy has a chance of dropping loot in the form of cards, packs, targeting systems, items or resources you can use to customize your deck.
There are currently 9 tower types, each of which can be upgraded to level 5 and over 300 distinct cards, ensuring massive amounts of variety and replayability. Unlock cards, targeting systems and playable items by progressing through the story against specific spawn lists or farming completed levels with randomly generated spawns in 'Sponsored Mode' for bonus loot.
There are currently 33 levels across 5 zones for an expected 30-40 hours of gameplay. Additionally, the game includes an endless mode and a rogue-like mode for even more replayability!
Place towers to repath the enemy robots, set the priorities of towers with a highly customizable set of targeting systems, and watch waves of enemies get destroyed by your maze of towers. Each enemy has a chance of dropping loot in the form of cards, packs, targeting systems, items or resources you can use to customize your deck.
There are currently 9 tower types, each of which can be upgraded to level 5 and over 300 distinct cards, ensuring massive amounts of variety and replayability. Unlock cards, targeting systems and playable items by progressing through the story against specific spawn lists or farming completed levels with randomly generated spawns in 'Sponsored Mode' for bonus loot.
There are currently 33 levels across 5 zones for an expected 30-40 hours of gameplay. Additionally, the game includes an endless mode and a rogue-like mode for even more replayability!
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Last evaluated Jun 25, 2026
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