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Citywars Tower Defense

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Linux • 2022

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Quick resume

Citywars TD is a cute multiplayer third person Survival Tower Defense. Build towers, gather resources, craft tools, upgrade weapons, level up buildings, expand your city with your friends and work under pressure before the next incoming wave of monsters.

Global score

80/100

Genres

Action, Adventure, Casual, Massively Multiplayer, Strategy, Free To Play, Early Access, Role-playing (RPG), Arcade

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    Pros

    • Free to play
    • Unique blend of tower defense and survival crafting
    • Strong multiplayer cooperation
    • Frequent updates and active developers
    • Extensive content and progression

    Cons

    • Server lag and crashes reported
    • Some bugs and ui issues
    • Steep learning curve for new players
    • Balance issues in single player
    • Some players find resource gathering tedious

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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      4

      "Players have freedom to choose characters, builds, tower placements, and play styles, with multiple classes and strategies available."

      Capsule for Dungeon Defenders Dungeon Defenders

      "Players have control over character classes, tower placement, crafting, and resource management, allowing freedom in playstyle and decision-making."

    • Competence

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      "Game involves skillful resource management, base building, and defense strategy with increasing difficulty and boss fights."

      Capsule for Vectorio Classic Vectorio Classic

      "Game involves skillful multitasking, strategic tower defense, resource gathering, and upgrading, with increasing difficulty and challenge."

    • Competition

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      -3

      "Focus is on cooperative multiplayer and personal progression rather than competitive ranked modes or leaderboards."

      Capsule for Forge Quest Forge Quest

      "Focus is on cooperative multiplayer and personal progression rather than competitive ranked modes or leaderboards."

    • Continuation

      Game with the same Continuation vibe

      4

      "Many players report long playtimes, addiction, and habitual play with frequent updates encouraging continued engagement."

      Capsule for POPULATION: ONE POPULATION: ONE

      "Many players report long play sessions, habitual play, and addiction to the game, with frequent updates encouraging ongoing engagement."

    • Cooperation

      Game with the same Cooperation vibe

      5

      "Strong emphasis on multiplayer co-op, teamwork, communication, and shared objectives."

      Capsule for Backrooms: Extractions Backrooms: Extractions

      "Strong emphasis on multiplayer co-op, teamwork, shared resources, and coordinated defense strategies."

    • Creativity

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      4

      "Players can customize characters extensively, build housing, craft items, and influence the ecosystem creatively."

      Capsule for WAKFU WAKFU

      "Players can build, craft, customize homes, and design strategies, showing significant creative involvement."

    • Domination

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      -4

      "Interactions emphasize cooperation and mutual support rather than dominance or power over others."

      Capsule for Lynked: Banner of the Spark Lynked: Banner of the Spark

      "Interactions emphasize cooperation and mutual support rather than dominance or power over others."

    • Escapism

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      "Players use the game as a fun distraction and stress relief, enjoying its addictive and immersive gameplay."

      Capsule for Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor

      "Players use the game as a fun distraction and stress relief, enjoying immersive gameplay and social connection."

    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of intrinsic interest and enjoyment, not out of obligation or pressure."

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of intrinsic interest and enjoyment, not out of obligation or pressure."

    • Experimenting

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      3

      "Players explore different strategies, tower layouts, and story combinations, experimenting with mechanics and upgrades."

      Capsule for News Tower News Tower

      "Players explore different classes, tower combinations, and crafting options, experimenting with strategies."

    • Exploration

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      "Game features a map with navigation and discovery of new areas, resources, and secrets."

      Capsule for Bloobs Adventure Idle Bloobs Adventure Idle

      "Game includes discovering new maps, secrets, parkour challenges, and hidden items."

    • Expression

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      "Character customization and home decoration allow for personal expression."

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      "Character customization and home decoration allow personal expression."

    • Fantasy

      Game with the same Fantasy vibe

      3

      "The game features fantasy elements such as spells, magical towers, and mythical units in a fictional setting."

      Capsule for Hexguardian Hexguardian

      "Fantasy elements include classes with magical abilities and imaginative tower defense scenarios."

    • Fellowship

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      5

      "Strong community feeling through multiplayer, shared experiences, and active developer engagement."

      Capsule for Core Keeper Core Keeper

      "Strong community feeling with active multiplayer, friendly players, and developer engagement."

    • Growth

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      "Players develop skills, unlock upgrades, and improve performance over time."

      Capsule for Pixel Cafe Pixel Cafe

      "Players develop skills, unlock upgrades, and improve strategies over time."

    • Health

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      -4

      "Gameplay is sedentary with no physical activity involved."

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      "Gameplay is sedentary with no physical activity involved."

    • Idle

      Game with the same Idle vibe

      -3

      "Requires active attention and multitasking during gameplay; not designed for idle or background play."

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      "Requires active multitasking and attention during gameplay, not suited for idle play."

    • Intimacy

      Game with the same Intimacy vibe

      3

      "Players form friendships and social bonds through cooperative play and community interaction."

      Capsule for Fallout 76 Fallout 76

      "Players form friendships and social bonds through cooperative play and community interaction."

    • Leadership

      Game with the same Leadership vibe

      2

      "Some players take leadership roles in multiplayer, but overall cooperation and shared decision-making dominate."

      Capsule for Barony Barony

      "Some players take on coordinating roles in multiplayer, but overall leadership is balanced with cooperation."

    • Progression

      Game with the same Progression vibe

      5

      "Strong progression through leveling, skill trees, equipment upgrades, and unlocking new abilities."

      Capsule for Salt and Sanctuary Salt and Sanctuary

      "Strong progression through unlocking towers, upgrades, skills, and permanent perks."

    • Relaxation

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      2

      "Some players find the game relaxing and enjoyable, though it can also be intense and challenging."

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      "Some players find the game relaxing and enjoyable, though it can be hectic and challenging at times."

    • Sensation

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      "Visuals and audio provide moderate sensory stimulation; some players find it immersive and fun."

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      "Visuals and audio provide moderate sensory stimulation; some players enjoy the aesthetic and sound design."

    • Status

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      -2

      "Focus is on cooperative play and personal achievement rather than social recognition or ranking."

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      "Game focuses more on cooperative play and personal achievement than on social status or recognition."

    • Story

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      1

      "Minimal narrative elements; focus is on gameplay and progression rather than immersive story."

      Capsule for Heroes of Hammerwatch Heroes of Hammerwatch

      "Minimal narrative elements; focus is on gameplay rather than immersive story."

    • Strategy

      Game with the same Strategy vibe

      4

      "Requires planning tower placement, unit deployment, and resource management to succeed."

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      "Requires planning, resource management, and tactical tower placement."

    • Thrill

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      3

      "Players enjoy suspense and challenge from waves of enemies and risk of defeat."

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      "Players experience suspense and challenge from waves of enemies and survival mechanics."

    • Value

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      "Highly praised for being free with frequent updates and extensive content, offering great value."

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    • Violence

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      "Combat against enemies is central, with destruction and defeating foes as core gameplay."

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      "Combat against enemies is central, with towers and player attacks causing destruction."

    • Survival

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      "Strong survival elements with resource management, avoiding damage, and overcoming threats."

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    Analysis

    A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Fellowship, Cooperation.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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