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Nobody can forgive this huge error. He was banished from school and returned home. \nMisfortunes never come singly. The amethyst of ancestral seal was smashed into pieces, and the monsters come swarming from seal stone. The whole world descended into chaos. \nHis father left him alone with only one copy named “Turret Engineering. “Aren’t the papers for my tears? “, he thought.\nAlthough he burned the school by accident, he is so confident of his spell. For protecting the muggles of village, for saving his lovely home and for maintaining the peace of the world, he stands up and starts to deploy the defense of dark forest.\n\n「Game Features」\n◆\t10+ Types of towers with different functions: Arrow, Magic, Stone, Poison, and so on.\n◆\tUpgrade and evolve towers: level up to gain great power.\n◆\tUse elemental skills to hit the monsters: Lightning, Frost Freeze, Breeze Wind and so on. \n◆\tResearch system to improve tower power: more than 10+ researches.\n◆\tSummon ancient demons to help you: now 16 demons and more in the future!\n◆\tResurrection and get more resources: you will never be defeated!\n◆\tWell-designed task system: easy to get many resources.\n\nGame facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IdleDefense\nDiscord:\nhttps://discord.gg/GkCBKpQ\nIdle Defense 2 is coming, follow us to get the latest info.\nhttps://www.facebook.com/IdleDefense2/","facts":{"developer_id":1539578606,"developer_url":"http://loongcheer.com","first_released":"2020-01-09T08:00:00Z","support_url":"http://loongcheer.com/","privacy_url":"http://loongcheer.com/privacy/","website_url":"http://loongcheer.com/","app_version":"1.1.31","release_notes":"fix some bugs.","rating_current_version":4.64382,"rating_count_current_version":2510,"star_counts":[105,36,52,262,2055],"genres":["Games","Adventure","Strategy"],"languages":["EN","JA","ZH"],"content_advisories":null,"device_families":["iphone","ipad","ipod"],"chart":null},"freshness":{"apple_read_at":"2026-10-20T20:05:04.804Z","catalog_read_at":"2026-10-20T20:05:04.804Z","reviews_checked_at":null,"summary_written_at":"2026-10-20T21:27:13.463Z","placed_at":"2026-10-19T09:13:11.601Z","scored_at":"2026-10-22T10:35:12.511Z"},"editorial":{"one_liner":"Tower defense strategy game with 10+ tower types, upgrades, elemental skills, a research system and summonable demons.","what_is":"Idle Defense: Dark Forest is a free tower defense strategy game listed under Games. 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