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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.

Mainframe Defenders is a exploration, tactical rpg and traditional roguelike game developed and published by Synthetic Domain.
Released on February 25th 2020 is available on Windows and Linux in 13 languages: English, Russian, Hungarian, German, Portuguese - Portugal, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Portuguese - Brazil.

It has received 679 reviews of which 597 were positive and 82 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 4.90€ on Steam.


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System requirements

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Windows
  • 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
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  • Processor: Intel Celeron
  • Memory: 2048 MB RAM
  • Storage: 200 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

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March 2025
Lovely little game, found it while browsing the sales like the cheap-ass I am, and found this little gem. Nice variety of Mechs, Upgrades and Items. Requires paying attention to positioning, prioritizing the right enemies and accurately building your Mechs to synergize and cover eachother weaknesses. Also the soundtracks are bangers.
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March 2025
This game is actually quite simple than I first thought when I began playing, so that's good for me, since I don't play Tactical RPGs often. But man, this game had me sucked in for quite a while. I finished playing in hard mode, and while it kicked my butt in the beginning, after a while, getting a grasp of the mechanics and whatnot, I still wanna continue playing and unlock some cool gear, experiment with builds till I can't anymore. Really fun little game. This is a great gateway to more of these types of games, which I am now a fan of. Try it out! Literally cheaper than a Hershey's bar lol.
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March 2025
fantastic tactics game with a lot of fun itemization.
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Oct. 2024
I'll be honest, I suck at this game xD. But it is pretty damn good, especially considering the price/quality ratio. It's very complex, and it's very hard to get a build going, but it feels very good if you do (even though it happens rarely). The lack of guides doesn't help. The complexity of this game is both a blessing and a curse. I found it to be a bit too complex for me, but I definitely see the appeal. Would recommend.
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June 2024
I did not expect to enjoy this game so much. It is very simple, somewhat questionable but serviceable AI behaviour, it has repetitive missions. But the progression, weapon and item synergies, squad possibilities make for all those faults. Climbing the game's difficulty after learning how to min max and combo is very satisfying. It has enough weapon variety to keep you going. If you are a fan of turn based squad games, I can 100% recomment it.
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Mainframe Defenders
8.3
597
82
Online players
2
Developer
Synthetic Domain
Publisher
Synthetic Domain
Release 25 Feb 2020
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