Anomaly Defenders

Overview
Anomaly Defenders is the closing installment of the Anomaly series. The original incarnation of the Tower Offense sub-genre had players controlling humans fighting alien invaders. Now, the tables have turned. The human counterattack is underway and the alien homeworld is under threat.
SteamMostly Positive (75%)
409 Steam user reviewsMetacritic70/100
Screenshots & media
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- Open the retailer offer using the deal link.
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Eligibility
- PC offer.
- Country availability and activation platform are determined by the retailer.
- Pricing data is in US dollars.
Costs & conditions
- The listed price is the game price before any retailer taxes or other checkout charges.
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About the game
- Developer
- 11 bit studios
- Publisher
- 11 bit studios
- Released
- May 29, 2014
Description & review sources
- Anomaly Defenders is the closing installment of the Anomaly series.
- The original incarnation of the Tower Offense sub-genre had players controlling humans fighting alien invaders.
- Now, the tables have turned.
- The human counterattack is underway and the alien homeworld is under threat.
Read full description
Anomaly Defenders is a fast-paced Tower Defense game where attacking human troops can damage and destroy your defenses. You have to react and counterattack enemies on the battlefield at all times. Each time you start a campaign, the unique tech-tree technologies can be tailored to your needs. Killing humans is easier due to 8 upgradable towers and special functions: repair your towers, make them go berserk, sacrifice them in explosions that are harmful to nasty humans, and use other tricks. This is the final battle against the humans. For the Hive, Commander!
Key Features:
- Functions to fix and boost your towers: Repair, Rage, Explode and others
- Full-blown tech-tree to tailor unique strategies
- Attacking forces can damage and destroy your towers - watch out!
- Outsmart humans by deploying towers that force them to change their movement path
- Fight the humans on the orbital stations and undiscovered lands – 24 unique levels are waiting for you to protect them
- 8 unique, upgradeable towers
- Three difficulty levels adjusted for both new and hardcore players
- Developer
- 11 bit studios
- Publisher
- 11 bit studios
- Released
- May 29, 2014
Ratings & review sources
SteamMostly Positive (75%)
409 Steam user reviewsMetacritic70/100
System requirements
Features, requirements and screenshots describe the Steam PC version. Other stores and editions may differ.
Windows
Minimum
Minimum:- OS *: Windows XP SP3 (32 bit) / Vista
- Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo 2.4, AMD Athlon(TM) X2 2.8 Ghz
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Geforce 9600 GS, Radeon HD4000, Shader Model 3.0, 512 MB
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX compatible
Recommended
Recommended:- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad 2.7 Ghz, AMD Phenom(TM)II X4 3 Ghz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 260, Radeon HD 5770, 1024 MB, Shader Model 3.0
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX compatible
macOS
Minimum
Minimum:- OS: 10.6
- Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo 2.4, AMD Athlon(TM) X2 2.8 Ghz
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Geforce 9600 GS, Radeon HD4000, Shader Model 3.0, 512 MB
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Sound Card: Integrated
Recommended
Recommended:- OS: 10.6
- Processor: Processor:Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad 2.7 Ghz, AMD Phenom(TM)II X4 3 Ghz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 260, Radeon HD 5770, 1024 MB, Shader Model 3.0
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Sound Card: Integrated
Linux
Minimum
Minimum:- OS: Ubuntu 12.04
- Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo 2.4, AMD Athlon(TM) X2 2.8 Ghz
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Geforce 9600 GS, Radeon HD4000, Shader Model 3.0, 512 MB
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Sound Card: Integrated
Recommended
Recommended:- OS: Ubuntu 12.04
- Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad 2.7 Ghz, AMD Phenom(TM)II X4 3 Ghz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 260, Radeon HD 5770, 1024 MB, Shader Model 3.0
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Sound Card: Integrated
Accounts, launcher & DRM
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Features & game information
Features, requirements and screenshots describe the Steam PC version. Other stores and editions may differ.
Play modes
- Single-player
Steam features
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Leaderboards
- Family Sharing
Controller & mod support
- Controller support
- Not specified
- Mod support
- Not specified
Game details
- Genres
- Action
- Indie
- Strategy
- Developer
- 11 bit studios
- Publisher
- 11 bit studios
- Released
- May 29, 2014
- Content type
- game
- Operating systems
- windows
- mac
- linux
- Achievements
- 20
All community tags
Community tag votes
- Strategy63
- Tower Defense58
- Action51
- Indie47
- Sci-fi12
- Singleplayer7
- Top-Down7
Languages & audio
- English*
- French
- German
- Spanish - Spain
- Polish
- Russian
*languages with full audio support
Related editions & add-ons
Steam purchase options; availability and pricing are confirmed on Steam.
Sources, updates & publisher notice
- CheapShark Oct 12, 2026 16:35 UTC
- Steam Spy Oct 12, 2026 09:42 UTC
- Steam Store Oct 12, 2026 09:42 UTC
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Publisher notice
© 2014 11 bit studios S.A. Anomaly Defenders™, 11 bit studios™ and respective logos are trademarks of 11 bit studios S.A. All rights reserved.



