I completed the game and got all achievements in less than 3 hours (without even trying to finish the game fast).

The trailer mentions "unique perks", but all upgrades are basic things that pretty much all games in this genre have (damage, attack speed, health, etc.)

The scaling is weird and the gameplay boring.

Great little defense game. Hope more updates are done to enhance the game; well worth it.

Arrow Spire is an entertaining tower defense that is easy to get into because it’s kept pleasantly basic. You need to beat 100 waves in order to win the game. You have permanent and temporary upgrades, differents types of arrows and items to buy. All of this is done with two types of currencies that accumulate over time. At first I played the game normally for the first 4.5 hours, but then I noticed idle mode where the game goes into grind mode automatically. It’s easier to max all the stats and be able to buy plenty of consumables that way. Even though this is probably the intended way to play the game, I still had lots of fun the first 4.5 hours.

The first thing that drew me to the game’s demo (before getting the full game) was the strong nostalgia I felt with the soundtrack in combination with the graphics. The few songs the game has remind me strongly of some Super Nintendo RPG classics and the graphics are not far behind. The gameplay is well paced with enough enemy variety to avoid the waves from becoming repetitive. The progression system is addictive, you wait for the currency to increase in order to become stronger and crush all the enemies.

When it comes to cons, most of them are minor. The most significant one is not being able to read descriptions during waves, only when you’re buying or upgrading in the main menu. I would have liked being reminded what items do before using them for instance. There were some small bugs that are probably patched with the first update already.

The game might not be super special if you want a specific reason why you should be playing it. But what it does, it does well. It’s not for players who want some complex mechanics but it is for players who just want to get busy for a couple of hours in a fun and relaxing way. The normal price of €3 is worth it. It took me around 5 hours of actual playtime, the rest was grinding in idle mode. The game can be completed more quickly if you make use of idle mode right away. The achievements come naturally and they’re fine.