Creeper World 4
The unstoppable fluid enemy has returned and destroyed every world in its path! Defend against Creeper as it floods across the 3D terrain in this real time strategy game where the enemy is a fluid.
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The unstoppable alien force known as The Creeper has returned, devouring thousands of worlds in its path, and yours is next. Battle against the Creeper fluid in a groundbreaking pixel-level simulation to prove that humanity will rule the galaxy forever!
Creeper World IXE is a rts, tower defense and wargame game
developed and published by Knuckle Cracker.
Released on December 12th 2024 is available on Windows, Steam Deck and Steam Machine.
It has received 856 reviews of which 591 were positive and 265 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.7 out of 10. 😐
The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.
The Steam community has classified Creeper World IXE into these genres:
RTS
Tower Defense
Wargame
Real Time Tactics
Sandbox
Space
1980s
War
Physics
Strategy
Tutorial
Grand Strategy
Action
2D
Simulation
Colorful
Pixel Graphics
Sci-fi
Tactical
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- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 or later
- Processor: Quad Core 2.5Ghz
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: Dedicated GPU
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 2 GB available space
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I think you have to be a fan of the creeper world series in order to like this game. Coming from Creeper World 4 this was definetely different, but still hat the creeper world essence. It was fun, there are unique ways in order to complete the missions. Unfortunely, you cant do anything crazy or epic, lke in Creeper World 4 where you can pile up the AC and then drop it like a tsunami. Btw, the last mission with the power armor was absolute garbage... dont do that again.. But still, good game.
Creeper World is always a favorite for me, and IXE very much deserve a recommend! That being said, I think I prefer CW3 and CW4 over IXE. This side-on view and very slimmed down version of terraforming feels like it detracts from the fluid dynamics that makes Creeper World interesting. I have played for 50 hours and feel very satisfied with my purchase, but next time I want to replay a CW game I will probably not choose IXE
Lots of day-1 players and purists have said that this is nothing like Creeper World. I beg to differ. This has plenty of weapons from, I think, Creeper World 2, and is using a VERY similar map style except with some extra Noita pixel simulation, and overall is an expected step from CW4, from tower defense, more toward RTS. There is some of my own bias, though, because I'm a big sucker for space fleet battling games and there are SO PAINFULLY FEW OF THEM, and this was a nice change of pace from Starsector as far as scratching that itch. The fleet ship limit, as well, was good for forcing you to be, gasp, CREATIVE with ship placement and timing.
TL;DR: Not a bad game. It mostly just made me want to replay Creeper World 3 or 4, which are much much better. Gameplay: [*]I actually enjoyed my time playing IXE, because I enjoy watching missiles flying into blue goop and making big pressure waves that then get blasted into fine mist by smaller guns. So there's that aspect of CW which is still present. [*]There are a lot of experiments and gimmicks that aren't explored very deeply - the most obvious one being the powder mixing chemistry, which is clunky and not integrated very well into the main gameplay. Digging out a mixing basin, turning on the dropper, turning off the dropper, mining out the mixed materials, then doing that over and over again is a cute minigame the first time, but not very fun if the game tells you to make 1000 units of ixeide to kill the boss after you've already neutralized it with fifty gunships hammering it into submission. [*]The story missions are quite easy. This was most noticeable on the "survive 15 minutes" mission, where the characters talked about how desperate they were to get out of this dangerous situation while I was comfortably destroying everything. I think the problem for a lot of the missions is just not having any time pressure after the early game. It's trivial to just build up your fleet, poke a tiny hole in whatever big mass of creeper you're killing next, and permastun it while you throw missiles in for 10 minutes until the mass drops enough for you to go in. [*]The missions also have a habit of introducing some big dangerous enemy that immediately gets shut down by a new unit. Digitalis was never a problem in the campaign because the spirit ship just completely deleted it, for example. [*]The final mission is an anticlimactic series of puzzles and low-stakes combat tests. There was really no need to make you hold down the mouse button for 10 minutes shooting balls while dodging slowly moving enemies and, on the off chance you get hit by something, respawning right outside the room and going back in with absolutely no consequences besides wasting your time. I think this should've been relegated to the bonus levels. [*]I did enjoy being able to dig holes in the terrain and then patch them up to guide the flow of anticreeper. Playing with fluid pressure more might have been interesting. [*]Very performance-intensive. I couldn't use any game speed above 1 because the game simply could not handle running any faster. But I'm no programmer so I have no idea how one might optimize a powder game like this. Other: [*]The music is good as always. [*]The UI and graphics are pretty ugly. The level design is very obviously "programmer art". I can put up with ugly graphics if the gameplay is good, but I really think the game would have benefited from a once-over from an actual pixel artist. Also, the main menu looking like that is a really bad first impression. [*]The writing is, to be frank, terrible. I will say that the story enhanced my enjoyment of the game: the game would have been worse if it had just been a sequence of contextless levels. But the story was not particularly gripping, nor were the characters interesting, nor was the ending anything other than disappointing. Honestly, I would have preferred if the big bad evil guy was telling the truth at the end, and not just being a scary evil bad guy. That would have been interesting. That being said... I had fun. I like shooting big oceans of blue stuff. The game did a lot of things correctly because the developer is quite experienced and knows how to make good games. I also just inherently respect experimental games like this that do new things. Buy it if you enjoy Creeper World games.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Creeper World IXE is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.
No, Creeper World IXE is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.50€ on Steam.
Yes, Creeper World IXE received 591 positive votes out of a total of 856 achieving a rating of 6.65.
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Creeper World IXE was developed and published by Knuckle Cracker.
Yes, Creeper World IXE is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Creeper World IXE is not playable on MacOS.
No, Creeper World IXE is not playable on Linux.
Yes, Creeper World IXE is playable on Steam Deck, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
Yes, Creeper World IXE is playable on Steam Machine, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
No, Creeper World IXE does not support VR.
Creeper World IXE is a single-player game.
Yes, there is a DLC available for Creeper World IXE. Explore additional content available for Creeper World IXE on Steam.
No, Creeper World IXE does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Creeper World IXE does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Creeper World IXE is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Developer
Knuckle Cracker
Publisher
Knuckle Cracker
Release
12 Dec 2024
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