Path Defenders
Lead your own MMO raid in a tower defense
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What if your tower defense party was an MMO raid group? Path Defenders fuses the two: you are the raid leader and the front line, placing heroes in real MMO roles (tank, healer, DPS, support) and commanding them through real-time 3D waves and bosses. The fight never pauses while you explore. Solo-developed in Austin by a longtime EverQuest player. His wife and cats are characters in the game. Free Steam demo out now. Full launch November 10. No generative AI used in the game or its assets.
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PH · launched Oct 27, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 67%)
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Partial A 3D real-time tower defense prototype is achievable with a game engine and AI help, but a polished multiplayer-quality game with balanced MMO-style roles and boss mechanics needs serious game design and engineering.
What it would actually take: Build in a game engine such as Unity or Godot with real-time 3D wave logic, hero role systems, and boss AI, and add networking if co-op or shared progression is planned. The hard part is game balance, combat feel, and performance across devices, which needs experienced game designers, gameplay programmers, and playtesting over months.
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Attention rank: #58 of 110 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 338 days after the earliest competitor.
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