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Selknam Defense

Selknam Defense is more than an exceptional strategy game. It’s a gateway to the past that puts a nation’s destiny into your control. Do you have the skills to alter history and save the Selknam?

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July 25, 2014
12 years and 11 days ago
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Mixed57 reviews42.1%

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Join in a quest to change one civilization’s fate in this award-winning tower-defense/RTS hybrid game inspired by true events.

Travel back almost 200 years to defend the Selknam people of South America against European colonization. Lead archers, mages and other warriors to fight off waves of attack in the dense forests, freezing tundra and lands you call home. Battle soldiers, pirates and other new-world foes to unlock powerful upgrades and customize your defensive strategy.

Selknam Defense is more than an exceptional strategy game. It’s a gateway to the past that puts a nation’s destiny into your control. Do you have the skills to alter history and save the Selknam?



  • 24 levels across 4 lands, each requiring innovative and unique defense strategies to defeat
  • Stunning and vibrant artwork that brings the game’s narrative to life.
  • 4 heroic Selknam defenders with powerful upgrades and abilities to tailor your defense
  • 7 enemy types, from soldiers to pirates, each with their own skills
  • Bonus stage with an epic boss battle for successfully completing campaign mode
  • Survival mode to test your defense strategies’ endurance
  • 15 achievements
  • Keyboard and mouse or Xbox 360 controls
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