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Protolife is an unique tower-based strategy game which gives you a direct control over the builder robot in a struggle against the hungry proto-life organism.
Protolife is a tower defense, pixel graphics and rts game
developed and published by Volcanic Giraffe.
Released on June 15th 2018 is available on Windows, MacOS, Steam Deck and Steam Machine
in 2 languages: English and Russian.
It has received 447 reviews of which 380 were positive and 67 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.9 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 11.99€ on Steam.
The Steam community has classified Protolife into these genres:
Tower Defense
Pixel Graphics
RTS
Strategy
Base Building
Sci-fi
Indie
Singleplayer
Top-Down
Aliens
Retro
Dark
Atmospheric
Here is the detailed breakdown of supported languages for Protolife:
| UI | Subtitle | Audio | |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | |||
| Russian |
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Windows
- OS *: Windows 7 or later
- Processor: 2.7 GHz
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: OpenGL 2.0 support, 256 MB VRAM
- Storage: 500 MB available space
- Additional Notes: Minimum resolution: 1280 x 720
MacOS
- OS: Mac OS X 10
- Processor: 2.7 GHz
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: 256 MB VRAM
- Storage: 500 MB available space
- Additional Notes: Minimum resolution: 1280 x 720
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This has a similar feel to Creeper World.. If the creeper was actually as menacing as it's said to be. Like the infection does *not* know the word chill. Jokes aside, it's a solid little game. Here's for the pro and cons : + Simple to pick up gameplay loop + Very unique style, building is done in a very unique way! + Great enemy variety, it's usually an issue with these games, but not here, plenty of unique threats to have + Great tower variety, there's just about anything, they're not all born equal, but, most of their own usecase + The pixel art style works pretty well, and it looks fairly decent, plus there's some nice ideas done with it, like the trail of blood being left by enemies eventually reveals the path the enemies take ~ Difficulty is pretty high. I'm managing to get through the campaign without much issue, but I'm well versed with similar games, and I've got some good keyboard dexterity (See negative about controls below) ~ Mission pacing is fast. Honestly, after playing Creeper world, it's a great change of pace from the very slow paced mission, but I can imagine that will very much stress people out, don't play if you don't like timed missions, because you're almost always on some sort of timer, and you often have to act within seconds. - The controls are functional, but nothing more. Just like the game, they're simplistic, except perhaps a little too much, and with how often missions put you on a soft timer, the controls could use a lot more love, as I can imagine them getting frustrating very fast. - The music is....... yeah. I like the style, but there's maybe a single track I enjoy.... And let's not talk about the state of my ears after sitting on the title screen for a single second, I thought my game was crashing the first time with how painful this was to listen to. - Some of the missions are absolute slogs, it's rare, most are well paced, but when they are, they REALLY are. Looking at you, Slime boss. - The game can feel a little unfair at times. The first boss is a good example of this, as its mechanic is absolutely not explained or foreshadowed, and will likely cost you an attempt. The game also really loves to throw absolute monstrous waves in the final waves of survival missions, my jaw dropped a couple of times seeing the jump in difficulty. Overall, I think this game could really use a demo, as a lot of its negatives are extremely divisive. You will either love this, or hate it. 7.5/10
This is basically "Dead or Night" map from Starcraft 2 in standalone game but with only tower rush by playing as armored 'Probe', A perfect mixture of Tower Defense with RTS element which hard to see these days. The way to setup desired turret or various fortification is pretty unique, fun to play and also simple to understand. It's sound like become alchemist while setup each turret. The campaign progression difficulty, while easy as first, over around half of the campaign, it's hard. the game require you to be active for the most of time, just like ordinary RTS game which it's fine by me. (it's easy and fast to restart tho, so I don't mind if it's needed) there are some tower customization part with randomize round of challenge to purchase the part for the endgame content, which it's can prolong my playtime when all campaign mission is finished (include NG+) and buildup my own tower is fun, but still. over Risk Level 5 challenges without custom tower is brutally hard, some are almost unbeatable or require more than 10 times restart. most of the challenge require you to act "very" fast in order to soften impossible swarm of enemies, which it's too hard without very powerful custom turret or have "GOD" amount of APM speed. Overall, the game was great! I watched my friend play this game around 5-6 years ago and it's really got me, unfortunately that time I was busy and I forgot to wishlist but still already remember the mechanic. Until now I remember the name and play it myself, It was... truly mistake for ignore it. And lastly, if dev is reading this, Can I request you add one last feature for this game: "Coop-multiplayer", at least doing local multiplayer is fine so I can play and able to beat Risk Lv10 with my friend who introduce me with Steam Remote play,
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Frequently Asked Questions
Protolife is currently priced at 11.99€ on Steam.
No, Protolife is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 11.99€ on Steam.
Yes, Protolife received 380 positive votes out of a total of 447 achieving a rating of 7.94.
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Protolife was developed and published by Volcanic Giraffe.
Yes, Protolife is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Yes, Protolife is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
No, Protolife is not playable on Linux.
Yes, Protolife is playable and fully supported on Steam Deck.
Yes, Protolife is playable and fully supported on Steam Machine.
No, Protolife does not support VR.
Protolife is a single-player game.
Yes, there is a DLC available for Protolife. Explore additional content available for Protolife on Steam.
Yes, Protolife is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.
No, Protolife does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Protolife 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.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Protolife.
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Developer
Volcanic Giraffe
Publisher
Volcanic Giraffe
Release
15 Jun 2018
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