Keep Keepers

Game is pretty fun. Probably not worth the price unless on sale though. Biggest issue is that the devs haven't updated the game in a while and announced a new game instead so this game is probably abandoned.

YOU CAN SAVE THE GAME!!! Very important information that is not readily apparent. If you beat a day, you can exit in to the main menu and it will save your run. Other than that, it's a really fun game, and the tools are great to use for automation!

The game has a really solid foundation. I found myself immediately thinking of the potential automation and offense options that await me. Where it falls flat is in small, but numerous ways. While I think the idea of having to weigh the value in upgrading shop slots to get access to better automation items is cool, it leaves too much to chance. In PlateUp (the clear inspiration for this game), you can utilize the Research Bench, Copy Machine, and Blueprint Cabinets to gain more control over your tools. If you get a basic stove in the store, you can use the Research bench to upgrade that into a safety hob. In Keep Keepers, if you're looking for the safety furnace, you have ZERO control or other options than praying it appears in your store via rerolling. That lack of control leads to runs feeling entirely RNG dependent. As far as weaponry goes, the game could use some variety. In the basic mode, you start with a basic cannon. You can find a double cannon or buzzsaw in your store, or you can upgrade either of your cannon types with elemental ammunition. That is the extent of it. Once you have your desired element, beyond a couple of small buffs from the totems, you cannot improve your offense capabilities. The entire fun of tower defense games is constantly upgrading and improving your towers until you are obliterating the massive waves of enemies with your supreme defenses. Keep Keepers fails to achieve this in any meaningful way, leading to no real motivation to push to higher waves. Automation of ammunition and econ combined with tower defense elements sounds amazing on paper and even feels good at the start. Unfortunately, the game fails to follow through on making these elements rewarding, causing the waves to feel like chores rather than be enjoyable to watch your chaotic cannon factory consume the enemy forces. What pains me the most is these issues can easily be solved through the addition of a few new tools akin to the PlateUp Research Bench variations and upgradable defenses. Apparently, the dev has foregone any future development on the game for financial concerns, which while valid, mean the game will remain in the mediocre and uninspired state I found it to be.