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tower defense

subgenre of strategy video games
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tower defense

Summary

tower defense is a video game genre[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • tower defense's instance of is recorded as video game genre[3].
  • tower defense is a type of real-time strategy[4].
  • tower defense is a type of puzzle video game[5].
  • tower defense's Commons category is recorded as Tower defense video game screenshots[6].
  • tower defense's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tower defense video games[7].

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Definition and Type

tower defense's instance of is recorded as video game genre[3]. Recorded subclass of include real-time strategy[4] and puzzle video game[5].

Why It Matters

tower defense has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_tower-defense_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{tower defense}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/tower-defense}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 24d ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → real-time strategy, puzzle video game
    Instance of → —
    P14470 → Concepts/Tower_Defense
    Topic's main category → Category:Tower defense video games
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14470]]: Concepts/Tower_Defense, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
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