Defend The Highlands
Released Nov 2015
Defend the Highlands combines the genres of Tower Defence, Real Time Strategy, and Scotland. The player will have to build defences, recruit Scotsmen and manage their porridge stockpile as they fight off the British invasion of Scotland.
78% positive · 354 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Evaluation
Defend the Highlands launched out of Early Access on November 6, 2015 as a complete, self-contained tower defense/RTS game with a 20-level story mode and skirmish mode. The developer released several feature patches and bug fixes during and shortly after its Early Access period (August–November 2015), and issued one additional balance patch in June 2016. No DLC was ever released or announced for the base game. The developer's attention shifted entirely to a separate sequel — Defend the Highlands: World Tour — which was announced in March 2016 and launched into its own Early Access on May 12, 2017 as a standalone product on a different Steam page. There have been no developer communications about the base game since June 2016, no roadmap, no announced future content, and no unreleased DLC. The game launched as a finished product and has received no post-launch content beyond maintenance patches.
Evidence
Developer released a full sequel — Defend the Highlands: World Tour — as a separate Steam product, signaling that future creative effort was directed away from the base game.
Final patch for the base game — minor balance and bug fixes. Developer noted work was progressing on the sequel. This is the last known communication about the base game.
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Details
Developer
Publisher
KISS ltd
Achievements
40
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
Defend the Highlands combines the genres of Tower Defence, Real Time Strategy, and Scotland. The player will have to build defences, recruit Scotsmen and manage their porridge stockpile as they fight off the English invasion of Scotland.
The player will control a band of Scotsmen, led by the short, hairy and nationalistic pub owner Alfredo. Making use of traditional Scottish weaponry, such as golf clubs and haggis catapults, the band of Scotsmen must defend locations around Scotland, Wales and England, as they defend their homeland, and then take the fight to the enemy.
The player will control a band of Scotsmen, led by the short, hairy and nationalistic pub owner Alfredo. Making use of traditional Scottish weaponry, such as golf clubs and haggis catapults, the band of Scotsmen must defend locations around Scotland, Wales and England, as they defend their homeland, and then take the fight to the enemy.
- Fight wacky enemies: Welshmen who ride sheep into battle, English teapot hurlers, Irish potato farmers, and many more.
- Build crazy defensive structures including porridge cannons, turnip turrets and cheese wheel stations.
- Building defenses is only half the equation. Unlike ordinary tower defense games, you will also have to man your towers with Scotsmen.
- Recruit Scotsmen to your cause by playing bagpipes - but be sure to keep your bagpipe players defended.
- Capture and hold oat farms to keep your porridge stockpile full.
- Command powerful hero characters, from the humble pub owner Alfredo, to the great William Wallace himself.
- Earn points and upgrade your Scotsmen and defensive structures.
- Fight the enemy through a 20 level story mode, or play custom matches in skirmish mode.
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Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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