Desperate Place

Our analysis

A fun, budget-priced build-by-day, defend-by-night tower defense game, essentially a sci-fi take on Thronefall, where you repair a stranded starship and fend off alien waves. Deep persistent upgrades, unlockable characters with varied abilities, and shrewd economy decisions give it staying power. Drawbacks are the auto-aim shooting that often targets the wrong enemy, fiddly space-bar controls that can accidentally trigger night, and too few maps, but it's a good time for the money.