Lanternfall Keep

Lanternfall Keep sits between tower defence and puzzle. Instead of endless waves, each level is a hand-crafted scenario with limited tower slots, and there's usually one elegant placement that clears it. Figuring out that placement is the whole game.

Because it's puzzle-first, there's no grinding. You get the towers you get, and the challenge is arrangement and timing. The later maps introduce enemies that force you to rethink habits, and a couple of them genuinely stumped us for a while.

It's short if you're good, longer if you want the perfect three-star runs. Either way it respects your time, which we love.

What we liked

• Puzzle-tight level design, no grind
• Enemies that force new thinking
• Great in short sessions