Pixel Siege Tactics

Pixel Siege Tactics sits somewhere between tower defence and a lane-pushing strategy game. You defend your keep while sending out your own units, so every match is a tug of war over three lanes. Cutting your losses on a losing lane is half the skill.

The unit roster is small but well balanced, with a rock-paper-scissors logic that stays legible even in chaotic moments. Matches run about five minutes, which fits the mobile format nicely.

The single-player campaign is short, and the game clearly wants you playing against the AI skirmishes over and over. That loop held our attention longer than we expected.

What we liked

• Fast five-minute matches
• Readable, balanced unit roster
• Push-and-defend tension in every game