Kittypocalypse is an in-depth, strategic tower defense game built exclusively for VR. Across a diverse range of environments, defeat the hordes of evil alien kitties and salvage what's left of your home...
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Positive (46 reviews) - 97% of the 46 user reviews for this game are positive.
Release Date: Aug 15, 2016

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September 2

Kittypocalypse patch notes 1.0.06c (2016/09/02)

Hotfix to ensure that kitties cannot (in rare cases) get stuck under spawn-bubbles, making the level unwinnable.

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September 1

Kittypocalypse patch notes 1.0.06b (2016/09/01)

- Performance hotfix to improve framerate (and thus reduce the number of frame-drops) on levels with hordes of kittens and many towers

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Reviews

“It is just gorgeous!”
9/10 – All Games VR

“This is a must have title - it’s pure fun”
8/10 – Hyped 4

“The only things that could make this game better was if they had some awesome 3D fireworks at the end of each victory…oh wait…THEY DO!!!!”
4.5/5 – Gamechronicles

About This Game





Evil alien beings dressed up as cuddly kittens have successfully taken over your planet and all that you know and love. Prepare to repel wave after wave of dastardly cute but deadly kittens on 15 beautiful and diverse islands. Remember: the survival of your home planet lies in your hands!

Prevent evil alien kittens from taking over your floating islands homes by defending the control points.


Build weapons and upgrade them to adjust your defenses to the incoming hordes.


Beware! The kittens will armor up, to foil your defenses!




• 15 fantastically beautiful islands to defend
• Free flowing hordes of enemies
• Campaign mode
• Skirmish mode
• Unlockable weapons and upgrades
• Complex damage model for weapon and kitten armors
• Unique control system, designed exclusively for room-scale Vive play
• Over 50 weapons upgrades
• Fine-tuned difficulty progression which eases in new players but culminates in the ultimate challenge

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • OS: Windows 7 SP1 or newer
    • Processor: Intel Core i5 4590 or AMD FX 8350 or greater
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 290 or better
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 8 GB available space
    • Sound Card: Any
    Recommended:
    • OS: windows 10
    • Processor: Intel Core i7 4790K
    • Graphics: GeForce GTX 980
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 11 GB available space
    • Sound Card: any
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3 of 3 people (100%) found this review helpful
Recommended
35.4 hrs on record
Posted: September 15
Fantastic VR experience. It works better seated, in my opinion, as controls will allow you to turn around the level pretty easily. I spent many hours on it completing the campaign. Some points can be annoying due to the lack of a way to select a specific target for turrets, but this doesn't detract to the experience.
I have already recommended the game to my all my friends, so I will recommend it here as well.
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14 of 17 people (82%) found this review helpful
4 people found this review funny
Recommended
2.2 hrs on record
Posted: August 16
Solid game. Since it looks like the dev is watching these reviews, please add an option to take manual control of a turret, that would increase the meow factor.
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10 of 12 people (83%) found this review helpful
1 person found this review funny
Recommended
10.0 hrs on record
Posted: August 21
Definitely one of my favorite games for the Vive. This is a must have for anyone who loves the tower defense genre. This along with Quar: Battle for Gate 18 are two games that I think really take advatage of the room scale and controllers for a great game that is not one of the cookie cutter demos that have been coming out lately. This is close to AAA game quality and well worth your purchase.
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12 of 18 people (67%) found this review helpful
5 people found this review funny
Recommended
0.5 hrs on record
Posted: August 15
A very nice tower defence game with good graphics and decent controls, though I did start to get a sore neck using the menus, think they need some tweaking a little bit.

Moving to a birds eye view then back down to ground level is very nice.

Did encounter a couple of issues which ive posted about in the discussion forums for the game, but nothing game breaking.

Some things I would like to see to improve the game is the ability to take over a tower and control it directly as in toy soldiers for the xbox.

And of course COOP and MP would be good to have.

I played this sitting on the floor, didnt use room scale and not sure how the game actually uses it as its really suited to a sitting position.

No (real) kittens were harmed while testing out this game

Played using a GTX 970 oc
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6 of 7 people (86%) found this review helpful
Recommended
5.0 hrs on record
Posted: August 22
yPleasantly surprised by the fun gameplay, great graphics, and intuitive Vive controls. Amount of unlockable weapon upgrades suggests plenty of depth.
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7 of 9 people (78%) found this review helpful
Recommended
17.7 hrs on record
Posted: August 23
brilliant! my fav. would request a map editor (as 10$ add on) with an easy in-game sharing like in portal 2. it will become a master for many years. request text translations too (french:-)
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4 of 4 people (100%) found this review helpful
2 people found this review funny
Recommended
11.8 hrs on record
Posted: August 30
Fun and innocent mowing down of cute adorable evil kittens.

Works great in VR and looks great.

Hope a few bonus levels or game modes get added, but it certainly has filled a Tower Defense void on the Vive and in such a great fantastc way. None of that boring monster / zombie / alien / robot stuff. Pink spaceships land fluffy bundles of joy at your doorstep and they skip merrily towards you for pats, smooches and cuddles. How will you stop this nightmare?
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5 of 6 people (83%) found this review helpful
Recommended
5.7 hrs on record
Posted: August 18
One of the best VR games I've played so far. Feels like an actual complete game. The locomotion and movement is just awesome. The ability to be first person on the ground, yet high up in the sky looking down is just a really really cool feeling. I've played sitting in a chair for hours it seems. The immersion is just amazing. Yes it's "expensive" for a VR game, but it's an actual game, and not just a demo. One of my favorites at this point. I realize I sound like a spambot, but I'm not. The game is relatively simple (so far at least) since you only have a few spots to actually place towers; unlike Defense Grid or other TDG where you can make your own maze and direct things. But maybe later levels will allow for that, not sure.

Anyway I've wanted to refund quite a few of my VR purchases as I completed them in 10 minutes. This one I'm still playing and enjoying greatly.
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5 of 6 people (83%) found this review helpful
Recommended
1.3 hrs on record
Posted: August 27
Quick Hit from tutorial/first mission. Interesting Tower Defense and storyline/gameplay. Being able to manipulate the world and be "in" the action from any angle is schwifty. The gameplay and tutorial are great and its polished from this first expereince. I will have to see (and report back) after more time about re-playability. The Name and storyline did get me to try and so far not bad.

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6 of 8 people (75%) found this review helpful
Recommended
5.9 hrs on record
Posted: August 18
Well, where to start?

Just buy it already. This game is fun, beutifully detailed and 10/10 in the fun scale.
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Glasfod
4.0 hrs
Posted: October 5
this is one of the better Vive games, of course cloudlands is taking the first prize in best Vive game but this game is really needed in ur VR list of games.

there is not enough games like this, i Salute u good sirs who build this fine kitten hating machine.
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ultimateoutsider
4.0 hrs
Posted: October 1
Disclaimer: I am a dog person.

The only other tower defense game I've played is Dungeon Defenders, so I don't have a lot to compare this to, but I've found Kittypocalypse to be quite entertaining so far. I've only played the campaign mode, but it's been great fun equipping my bases for optimal kitty carnage.

I would enjoy some more environmental sound effects to make the battlefield and the invasion feel more alive (although I like the tiny mews you hear when you zoom in on the kitten marauders).

I'm a Rift user with Xbox One controllers. Navigating around the field took a little getting used to (there is a movement tutorial to help you get your "legs"), but is pretty easy once you get the knack. Fun game, easy to get into.
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St1mpy
2.1 hrs
Posted: September 4
Summary: Well polished tower defense made for VR

This is a tower defense game at its simplest and most refined. 15 levels, with tower placement locations around the map. However depending on the map only 5 or so of these are useful.

From what I have played your tower choice does actually matter though, with different enemies having specific vulnerabilities. For example armored kittens need high powered laser beams. Some kittens run fast and you need fast firing weaponry to take them down. There are many upgrade paths, although some of the towers are very similar visually, and it is unclear which upgrades are available.

The navigation is what makes this unique. You can free move round the whole map. This isn't very accessible however, as it requires a bit of time to get used to the motion. It will make you sick at first if you make the wrong movements, but through negative re-enforcement, you learn to stop doing things that make you sick. You are entirely in control so it works!

I am about 5 levels in, and typically keep my play sessions to one level max.

Positives

It is very satisfying to see your base as a scale model and then zoom into ground level and back up again at will. It feels like the kind of thing VR was made for as when zoomed out, units appear as toys, and then appear as full-size cats.

The guns are well modelled, and the environments are detailed, if a little too 'sand and rock' based for the time being. Like I said, I am not too far in, but maybe it improves later on.

The sound is good, with technical issues I will mention later.

Complaints

I am having audio-problems on a freshly formatted PC with the Vive audio output. This is on the latest OS, with a GTX1080. Maybe the issue is my 2700k sandy-bridge is a bit out of date and is a bottleneck, but the crackly audio is an issue.

There are no bosses in this game so far. Maybe they have yet to come, but a main feature of tower defense for me is stronger units which take way more damage, with unique models/skins. This would break up the gameplay as the waves can get a bit repetetive.

Also it does take a bit long for the game to get going. You start with only 2 or 3 turrets and no upgrades, but the scope expands after about 3 maps.

Also, this is a VR that has lots of standard interface elements. IMHO we should be pushing for interfaces which are not boxes on screens, but that is a personal gripe with the current crop of VR games more than anything.
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Bill_Dance
20.5 hrs
Posted: September 4
Great game, still havent beat it yet at the 9 hour mark. I'm usually not a big tower defence guy but i think this one is really well done. I play it on normal difficulty and i still have a hard time beating many of the levels. deciding what wepons and when to upgrade makes all the diffrence in the game. it is very strategic and i highly recommend. i havent tried skirmish mode yet but the campign has kept me very busy. well worth every penny
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Mule
11.1 hrs
Posted: September 2
If you like tower defense you'll love this game. This game is very addictive, lots of different towers and upgrades. Played very well on my system. Worth every penny of what there asking for.
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4nd1
3.8 hrs
Posted: September 2
I should have bought this sooner.

I didn't take this game seriously when I first saw it but after seeing a few videos on youtube I gave it a shot. From the trailers it looks like a standard Tower Defense game, and it is. It's not redefining the genre or anything. But what trailers can't really capture is how well it does VR.

The UI works well and is for the most part intuitive.
While the right controller acts as the mouse the left one controls the map, you can move the game world, turn it around, zoom in and out. Of course, if you're doing roomscale you can just walk around the map. The game also scales seamlessly between giant mode and standing right in the action, allowing you to switch between romscale and seated on the fly. One second you are towering over the map, managing your units, then you're standing right next to a tower you just built as it starts firing at little kitties.

I've always thought that the Vive would be perfect for strategy games and this game confirms it.
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Rowdy
1.2 hrs
Posted: September 2
Product received for free
Do not let the name fool you. This is a really serious and engaging Tower Defense game. There is a variety of weapons, upgrades and enemies to keep you entertained. The storyline, which is completely in line with the title, is done in a fun way and makes me chuckle from time to time. And let's be honest, it's about time someone put an end to these cute little monsters.

Additionally, I would love to see a level creator or a level randomiser for this to expand the longevity of the game in itself.

If anyone wants to see some actual gameplay, you can check out my first experience with it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI2pL6wUyrM
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Byte
3.2 hrs
Posted: August 30
Have you ever been playing your run-of-the-mill TD game and thought to yourself, "Dang, I wish this game had more cats", then this game is for you! As long as you meant you wanted to blow them to smithereens that is.

Good tower defense game. with a nice VR twist, highly recommended if you liked Bloons TD5 or similar.

Also, one of the best features in my opinion is the interesting zoom feature, though it isn't for the faint of stomach, (motion sickness). It's just a little satisfying getting to stand next to your guns as they destroy your enemy.

10/10 Would send cats into the stratosphere again.
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