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2010 · Cadenza Interactive · Indie · Science

Sol Survivor

Jump in to intense turret defense action with Sol Survivor! Build turrets to defend your colony and the innocent colonists within. Smash enemies with volleys of actively-controlled orbital support. Play with friends in co-operative and competitive multiplayer matches or test your mettle against our new Survival mode.

Released
15 March 2010
Platforms
Windows
Genres
IndieScienceStrategyTower defense
Developers
Cadenza Interactive
Publishers
Cadenza Interactive
Modes
Co-opMultiplayerSingle-player
Themes
Science fictionHorrorSurvival
Engine
Microsoft XNA
Country
United States
Languages
English

About

Sol Survivor is an independent tower defense video game developed by American studio Cadenza Interactive. It was released in September 2009 on Xbox 360 via Xbox LIVE Indie Games and on March 15, 2010 on Windows via Steam and Impulse.

Keywords

  • tower defense
  • roguelike
  • death
  • military
  • procedural generation
  • steam trading cards
  • grid-based movement
  • high score
  • day/night cycle
  • steam achievements
  • single-player only
  • steam cloud

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Gameplay

Creeps in Sol Survivor take preset paths from a spawn node to a colony. The player must defend the colony by placing turrets and by calling in support abilities from orbit. As the player cannot force the creeps into a maze, turrets must defeat creeps as they walk by. Turrets are capable of interfering with and slowing down creeps, in addition to damaging them. Support helps to finish off creeps or to keep creeps in the range of turrets longer to maximize the latter's effect.

Story

The single-player campaign places the player in the role of a young commander rising through the ranks in a time of war. The story progresses across four planets, with each planetary campaign consisting of five missions. Each planet is under siege by the Ascendancy, a race of cult-like aliens that use the souls of sentient beings to power their technology. The player represents the Sol Paragon, a well-organized and democratic vestige of humanity in space. As a member of the Sol Paragon fleet, the player is tasked with keeping the Ascendancy from stealing the souls and other resources they need to continue their conquest of the galaxy.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Windows15 March 2010Worldwide

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