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Mainframe Defenders
MAINFRAME DEFENDERS - Turn-based tactics centered around gear and unit customization. It offers simple combat, high replayability, and tons of loot. Items don't just provide stats boost, but also offer distinct mechanics that can be combined into powerful builds.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-12.
“Хороший пиксельный рогалик . Великолепная музыка . Приятное изучение вселенной , которую создал разработчик. Каждый из четырех существ набранных вами в отряд имеет четыре модуля под снаряжение , которые предстоит найти и собрать в нужные комбинации по пути ошибаясь и делая…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“This game caused me to learn to really appreciate games of its kind. I never appreciated the turn based strategy games before this one. I like RTS and turn based RPG very much. Never turn based strategy before. I am a fan of traditional roguelikes though. This game really caught…”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played“Where is the option to hyperspeed enemy turns? Oh my GOD it's so boring waiting for the 15 enemy units to take their turns one by one. Literally cannot bring myself to play this game any more because of how slow it is.”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedLatest official news
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Indie, RPG, Strategy |
| Player tags | Exploration · Tactical RPG · Traditional Roguelike · Rogue-lite · Sandbox · Rogue-like · Strategy · RPG · 2D · Mechs · Isometric · Turn-Based Combat (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Adjustable Text Size · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Keyboard Only Option · Mouse Only Option |
| Languages | English, Russian, Hungarian, German, Portuguese - Portugal, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil |
| Achievements | 14 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://linktr.ee/syntheticdomain |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 or later Processor: Intel Celeron Memory: 2048 MB RAM DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 200 MB available space Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system