If you enjoyed our last recommended touchscreen friendly game you’ll probably have fun with this one as well. The game is called Desktop Defense. Defense games should be immediately recognizable to anyone who has had much experience with an RTS (real time strategy game such as Starcraft) but anyone new to the genre can easily pick it up. This is flash based game that the UX handles with no problem. Give it a try over at handdrawngames.com. If you need more space to fit the game in your browser window make your browser full screen using F11.

The goal of the game is to prevent the enemies from getting from one side of the square to the other. While it may sound easy this game involves lots of planning and strategy. You have the option to place several different types up square shaped buildings which fire at the enemies as they attempt to go from one side of the square to the other. Each building has its own unique range, damage, cost, and can be used effectively in different situations. Its generally a good strategy to make a maze that the enemies must walk through with your buildings, but of course there are air units which will fly right over top so you better have the fire power to take them down.

This game works well with touchscreen because everything can be done through a button on the screen. Placing buildings is just a matter of tapping on the building you’d like then clicking anywhere on the playing field to place it. Upgrading your buildings is also done easily by tapping on the already created building then finding the large upgrade button which is easy tapped with a stylus. While this game can definitely be played well with the touchscreen you may also want to give it a try with a full keyboard which will let you use useful keybindings to speed up your play. Play it now!

Hint: From the main menu go to Fun>10k Gold to start out with 10,000 gold, its my favorite way to play.