Tower Defense Games

[Grandpa Troll]

I am 61 years old, had a bad accident about 13 years ago, had my left wrist totally fused and my spine L-4 & L-5 had to be trimmed up from the violent collision. I can play games with just my right hand. I would LOVE to be able to purchase the game Circle Tower Defense for offline play. Is this possible? I would also love to be able to purchase the Vector TD Family of Tower Defense games too. Please set me on the right path if possible. Regards for any assistance, God Bless Grandpa Troll

 

[Synobun]

If you can find the contact information for the creator, they might be willing to email you the .swf files. After that, you'd need to download something that can play .swfs. I don't know if Adobe still has their .swf player available, but there's likely to be some sort of solution elsewhere if not.

https://www.howtogeek.com/438141/how-to-play-adobe-flash-swf-files-outside-your-web-browser/

 

[sendos]

I got a few TD games to recommend. Gemcraft and Element TD. Both are available on steam.

 

[Jident]

Prime World: Defenders is my favorite TD game, and I highly encourage you to play it as well. It's only $10 on Steam (currently $3 at a discount) and the second installment is completely free.

 

[ls612]

I've played Gemcraft and Bloons TD6. Both are pretty fun and super cheap on steam sale. I also have liked Orcs Must Die in the past, its kinda a mix of action shooter and tower defense.

 

[Quintillus]

My second-favorite tower-defense game, Warstone TD (on sale for $7.49 from $15 on Steam), is amenable to playing with one hand. It's all mouse-driven (with optional keyboard shortcuts), and also works well playing solo.

I just tested and my favorite tower-defense game, Deathtrap ($20 on Steam, but IIRC it falls to $5 occasionally with seasonal sales), works with one hand but not as well as Warstone. It plays third-person and some of its actions are activated with keyboard shortcuts (1-4 and Q in particular) that would require reaching across the keyboard; the num pad doesn't work for the numeric shortcuts. So it would be playable, but somewhat more difficult as reaching across the keyboard would mean slower reaction times. It also is at its best when played co-op with friends instead of solo.

Conversely, I've played Orcs Must Die, but was not a fan - to me it was too fast-paced. I also don't think it would work well with one hand as it is a mix of FPS and tower defense, i.e. WASD for movement and a mouse for aiming and actions.