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First Day: Home Defender

Build and protect your home after a nuclear apocalypse!

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Developer
BadWolf Games
Publisher
HandMade Games
Release
January 29, 2020
6 years and 187 days ago
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Mixed52 reviews65.4%

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About the Game

First Day: Home Defender

This game combines genres such as Strategy and Tower Defense.

Saving? - Forget that word forever!
Out of the game? - Start over.
Distracted? - Start over.
Dead? - Start over.
Start. Over.

In the game you have to:
  • Build a house
  • Reflect enemy attacks
  • Accumulate money
  • Buy a variety of weapons
  • Hire assistants
  • Defend, repair and strengthen the base

How long can you survive against an endless crowd of monsters wanting your flesh ?!
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