Defense of the Dauntless

About this game

Defense of the Dauntless is an endless horde mode tower defense game with roguelite progression.


Build your Defenses, your Way
Let your creativity and ingenuity guide where you place your towers and walls. Anything goes!


Defend and Reinforce your Stronghold
As you defeat the hordes you'll earn reinforcements. These timely bonuses could give you some much needed gold, stun enemies, unlock new tower types, or — if you're feeling risky — reward you handsomely, for a price. The higher your level, the higher your chances of getting stroner gold and prismatic reinforcements.


Survive and Become Dauntless
The enemy forces are relentless and will stop at nothing to see your stronghold destroyed. Do you have what it takes to remain dauntless? Enemies appear in constant waves, some with unique defenses and abilities of their own, so be ever-vigilant.


Upgrade your Tower Arsenal
Research and unlock progressively more powerful towers between runs to ensure victory! As you unlock towers, new more powerful tiers will be revealed.

Latest news

• Patch Notes·1 May 2025Official

  Defense of the Dauntless v 1.1 -- Endless Update

  Hey everyone, Scott here, sole developer of Defense of the Dauntless and founder of Threesided Polygon. I'm insanely excited to be releasing version 1.1 today, which entails a complete overhaul of the base game. What started out as a quick revamp, blossomed into a complete, end-to-end overhaul of nearly every system, enemy and asset. Before the full patch notes, I just want to briefly talk about the update as a whole. About 8 weeks ago I decided on a whim to revisit the game and address some feedback and criticism I received around progression and a lack of content. What happened instead was, well... I changed... everything. The core gameplay is the same: build towers, kill endless waves of enemies, unlock useful reinforcements and upgrades, and unleash powerful hero abilities to sway the tide of battle and try and survive; but everything else around it has changed dramatically. Here are the two biggest changes: - There is now a world map with new battlefields to unlock and progress through, each with new castles and biomes, as well as new bosses to defeat. - Victory is no longer the end! You can now play in "Endless Mode" where exponentially tougher enemies will continue to spawn to try and take you down. As I worked through these two big additions, it became apparent how much I needed to improve the entire experience. As a result nearly every asset has been given a visual upgrade: icons, menus, enemies, terrain and more have been given some love. These new maps also introduce new layouts for you to build upon, meaning a complete balance rework to allow for the core systems to remain fresh and fun no matter where you do battle. Most progression costs have been reduced dramatically, and higher tier towers and hero abilities have been boosted to make you feel more powerful. It has been a labor of love these past couple months and i could not be more proud of what you will get to play starting today. I can't wait for you all to check it out :) Stay dauntless folks. --...
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