Invader Crush

Invader Crush is a nice blend of flavours that come together to bring something new to the arcade fans, especially those who enjoy Space Invaders themed creations. It fuses turn-based elements with match-three gameplay, there’s a bit of roguelike, strategy and puzzle. Maybe it sounds confusing, but it’s quite the opposite.

In Invader Crush, you have to shoot projectiles at incoming waves of invaders but you can destroy them only if your bullet matches their color. You can shoot down one at a time or multiple in one go if the same color targets are next to each other.

The latter highlights the match-three part of the game, but it has a nice twist. Shooting a blue bullet at a red invader doesn’t remove points from you, but it does push back the row by one. This allows you to align invaders for later shots when you have the chance of eliminating more with one bullet.

Invader Crush has an easy concept, but the gameplay itself is challenging. The space invaders move at a fast speed, and you need to move as fast as you can to take them down.

Unlike in the arcade original, here, the invaders make a move right after you do. They don’t advance after a short period of time so this forces you to think carefully about where you shoot and what you can destroy. It’s a really nice touch to the game.

To wrap it up, Invader Crush is a very neat game. It’s still in early stages of development, but it’s on the right track. Adding in a few skills, upgrades, maybe the enemy could fire back, there are plenty of things that can make the game better. But the start is good, and that counts.