Citadel: Fortress Defense

About the game

Reviewed by the EarnVera team · 9 Nov 2026 · How we review

Citadel: Fortress Defense is a 3D medieval strategy game played in first person. By day you build your town, placing walls, gates, houses, farms, sawmills, quarries, towers, barracks, a market and a mage tower, and gathering wood, stone, gold and food. Each night a raid arrives, and you hire knights, archers and mages and can take direct control of any soldier in the fight.

Goblins, bandits, skeletons, shamans and enemy soldiers try to break through your walls, with a boss every fifth day. It is endless survival in single player, and the game ends if the town hall falls. Renown buys upgrades between raids.

How to play

1. 1WASD - move Shift - run Mouse - look LMB - attack build RMB - cancel build B - build mode 1-9 and 0 - pick building R - rotate X - demolish 1-9 - control a soldier Q E - switch soldier G - back to the Lord H - barracks T - market U - upgrades

Tips

• Press B for build mode and set walls first; everything else is behind them.
• Keep the town hall well inside your defences since losing it ends the run.
• Use 1 to 9 to control a soldier where the fighting is thickest.

From the developer

Citadel: Fortress Defense is a 3D medieval strategy game in first person. Each day you build your town, then a raid comes. Build walls, gates, houses, farms, sawmills, quarries, towers, barracks, a market and a mage tower. Gather wood, stone, gold and food. Characters: you are the Lord. Hire knights, archers and mages and control any soldier in battle. Enemies: goblins, bandits, skeletons, shamans and enemy soldiers break through walls; every fifth day a boss arrives. Each raid is stronger: spend renown on upgrades, raise stone walls and expand your land. Mode: single player endless survival. If the town hall falls, the game is over.

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